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hadn’t popped into his doorway.
    “Uh, Lex, there’s someone here to see you. I tried to ring up her coffee before I came back here, and she nearly bit my nuts off.”
Oh Lord. Amy .
“Sorry. I forgot to warn you about her.” He gave Tally a genuinely regretful smile. He could easily see Tally relax.
“Evil bitch or something?”
“Close.” Lex rolled his eyes and smiled so Tally would know he wasn’t serious. Then he came out from behind his desk and led the way out into the hallway. He looked over his shoulder. “Oh, and I don’t charge her for anything. Next time she’s here, come get me right away. She can be a little scary.”
“No kidding,” Tally muttered and followed Lex meekly, like a little whipped puppy.
“Hey, sweetie,” the woman chirped as soon as he and Lex rounded the corner. Tally couldn’t believe how nice she looked once she smiled. She gave Lex a familiar peck on the lips and brushed his bangs out of his eyes. His girlfriend. Of course, he’s straight. Tally was surprised by the lighting quick flash of disappointment, as unreasonable as it was. Even if Lex was the gayest man in Washington, he obviously hated Tally’s guts. I would have gone for an anger fuck too , Tally mused, smiling to himself. But not a straight-guy fuck. The last one of those he’d tried had ended with him in the ER paying for stitches he couldn’t afford.
“Are you going to introduce me to your employee?” The woman batted her eyelashes at Lex. Tally nearly chuckled at the obvious insincerity of her flirting. From Lex’s annoyed face he assumed she was there to meddle.
Lex sighed. “Tally, this is my best friend Amy. She’s a little intense sometimes.”
“Best friend? You mean she’s not your girlfriend?”
Amy laughed out loud. “In his dreams.”
“In your dreams is more like it,” Lex teased back. “You know you’re not my type.”
“True. I guess I’d be more of your dream girl if I looked like Zac Efron.”
Lex groaned. “ One time . One time I say he might be slightly cute, and you will never let me forget it.”
“I can’t help that you’re a total cougar.” Amy was still giggling.
They continued to tease each other, the teasing turning into poking and pinching just like they were brother and sister and about ten years old. Tally barely noticed the hilarity. He’s gay? It was the only fact that seemed to make it into Tally’s brain, rustling around in there until it finally started to sink in. He couldn’t help the momentary thrill the thought sent chasing through his body.
“You’re gay?” he blurted out before he had a chance to think about how it would sound coming from him… or at least the “him” he used to be.
Lex’s face instantly turned standoffish. Amy stood, orienting herself in front of Lex, expression hostile and protective.
“Yeah, I am. Is that going to be a problem, Carrington?”
Tally sputtered. “Oh, no—” He tried to hold in a smile. “Not a problem at all, I just—” Want you to throw me on the floor and take me now. “Can I go on my break?” He needed to get out of there before he opened his mouth and shoved his whole leg down his throat.
“Yeah, go ahead. Fifteen minutes,” Lex warned him.
“I know. I’ll be back in fifteen. And please. Tally or Tallis, not Carrington.”
Tally escaped through the back door with what little was left of his tattered dignity.
“He’s not what I expected at all!” Amy whispered heatedly as soon as Tally left the room. Lex nodded, agreeing. He still wasn’t sure what to think of that last strange exchange, but it was starting to seem like Amy was right. Tally wasn’t what anybody in town had expected him to be. At least not so far.
“Yeah. He’s been really good all morning. I was acting like a total asshole, Ames, and piled all of this info on him, but he took it and did the job well. Better than anyone else I could’ve hired. I hate to say it, but—”
“Maybe he’s changed,” Amy finished. Lex