NovelEnglishNow she was starting to feel drowsy. She was probably still recovering.
So she Lay her head down on the desk to take a nap. When she started to drift off, the sound of the door opening jarred her awake.
Abruptly, she raised her head and sat straight up. Through her sleepy eyes, she saw Wesley coming in
Seeing her drowsy look, he knew at once what was going on.
“I’ll drive you hnow.” He should have asked her to wait for him in his dorm, rather than his office. The girl looked really tired.
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Dazed, Blair rubbed her eyes, trying to wake up.
“Get your work done?”
“Mmm hmm.”
When they left the office, sof Wesley’s colleagues craned their necks to look at them. Blair noticed and asked, “Wesley, what are they looking at?”
Looking straight ahead, he answered outright, “You.”
“Why?”
Wesley continued descending the stairs. He caught a glimpse of her when he turned a corner and explained, “You’re the niece of Lieutenant
General Jenkins. They’ve never seen you before.”
“Oh, I see…”
After the two were completely out of sight, the group of men hidden in the corner began to gossip.
“Wow, she’s gorgeous.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Yeah she is. She got such nice eyes, and the way she rolls them…”
One of them clutched his heart to make his point.
“But he’s so bad-tempered. What does she see in him?”
“Maybe he’s more tender to her than he is with us.”
“Point taken. So I wonder if he’s marrying into Lieutenant General
Jenkins’ family.”
“Maybe. He’d be smart to do it. He’d work his way through the ranks quickly.”
The fervent discussions didn’t subside even after the pair had left the office building.
Wesley escorted Blair back home. He watched as she unlocked the door to her apartment. He followed her in.
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