Keep Your Friends Close And Your Work Enemy Closer – Jenna Fiore (1)

One by one, we watched as the others took off, Mona included, squealing and laughing as she disappeared into the trees, her voice echoing back to us. Ranger Jim, ever the enthusiastic taskmaster, clapped his hands, snapping me out of my thoughts. “All right, last two! Let’s get you geared up.” Dee looked like she was about to bolt, but I caught her hand, her ice-cold hand, and gave it what I hoped was a reassuring squeeze.

An idea suddenly struck me, and I turned to Ranger Jim. “Hey, is it possible to go tandem on this thing?” Ranger Jim nodded. “Yep, we can set that up. It’s not uncommon for folks who need a little extra support.” I glanced at Dee, who was still eyeing the zip line like it might bite her. “What do you think? We can go together—tandem. Might make it a little less… terrifying.” She hesitated, clearly weighing her options, holding onto my hand a second longer than necessary before nodding.

“Fine. But if I die, I’m haunting you.” Chuckling, I released her hand to help her into the harness, thinking she could join my late grandpa. “Deal.” As we got strapped in, the others long gone, an occasional whoop echoed back to us. It was just us now, Dee gripping the harness like it was a lifeline, and me, honestly kind of relishing playing the hero for once. “Ready?”

I asked, standing next to her on the small platform. She took a deep breath, then nodded. “No. Yes. No. Okay.” “Come on. Let’s do this,” I said, and with one final glance at her, I pushed off the platform. The world dropped away beneath us as we soared through the air, the trees blurring into a green sea below. Dee’s initial screech of terror turned into something that sounded suspiciously like laughter, and I couldn’t help smiling.

God, this felt amazing. Not just the physical sensation of flying, but having this woman in my arms. When we’d taken off, she’d ended up nestled between my legs, her back pressed firmly against my chest. I could feel every tremor of her nervous energy as we sped along, the wind rushing past us, her hand instinctively gripping my knee. My arms were wrapped around her, holding her securely in place, and although I was supposed to be reassuring her, the closeness was doing a number on me, unlocking something in my chest.

Humming with tension, the zip line vibrated under our combined weight, but it was smooth and steady, the sensation of gliding through the air unlike anything I’d ever felt.

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OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Title Page Copyright One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Twenty-Five Twenty-Six Twenty-Seven Twenty-Eight Twenty-Nine Thirty Thirty-One Thirty-Two Thirty-Three Thirty-Four Thirty-Five Other Books by Jenna Fiore About the Author OceanofPDF.com ONE Annalise My twenty-ninth birthday… absolutely nothing could bring me down today. My last year of my twenties, and I was on a cloud.

The past several months had been the best of my life, starting my new job, getting out from under the shadow of my last name and the accusations of being a rich daddy’s girl at my previous place of employment. Abandoning my old name, getting a fresh look, and going undercover at Insight Ink was the best thing I’d ever done. I was even used to answering to my fake moniker Cordelia, not making the other person wait an odd beat while I looked around wondering who on earth they were talking to.

That had definitely been awkward at first, and I’d had a few strange looks from my new co-workers in the beginning. But now? Everything was perfect. I’d put my nose to the grindstone and been the best damn acquisitions editor I could be, earning the trust of my new office mates and even a few words of praise from my tough-as-nails boss.

It was Friday, and I had a fun night and weekend planned, plus so much to look forward to at the office. I’d never worked somewhere before where birthdays were such a huge deal, and judging from Mona’s big day two weeks ago, I was in for a treat. Even the sun was shining brightly today. Although you mostly couldn’t see it for all the skyscrapers perennially blocking out the rays.

But that was okay. Just knowing it was there made a huge difference. Walking into the building, I nodded at the cute security guard and made my way to the elevators, my excitement growing with each passing floor, not caring that we stopped at every single level or that it was so crowded I could practically feel the guy behind me breathing down my neck. At least he was keeping other parts of his body away from me.

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