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won’t.”
    She chuckled dryly. “Knowing your mum...”
    “I know. Anyway, I’m here now. Be up there in a minute.”
    “Okay, hon. I’ll be right out.”
    “See you, sweetheart,” Brad said with a laugh.
    “One of your best friends?” Kevin asked with a smile as she hung up.
    “That’s Brad, my boyfriend. Remember Lexie’s brother whom you’ve met a couple of times? He’s joining us for drinks.”
    The shock in Kevin’s face was priceless. “Boyfriend? Since when?”
    “We’ve been going out in secret for a while,” she said, turning her computer off and getting ready to leave. “We didn’t want our family and friends getting involved in the development stage of our relationship because being good buddies for so long is a big complication. But it’s serious now, so it’s time to let everyone know.”
    “But... Brad?” Kevin asked in disbelief. “Isn’t he the one who’s not interested in a relationship? He even told me that once, during your birthday party.”
    “Turns out he was just waiting for me,” she said with a sweet smile.
    “You have a boyfriend?” Amy, her closest work friend, asked. “And you didn’t tell me?”
    “If it makes you feel any better, we only just told Lexie recently,” she said with a nervous laugh. It was one thing lying to Kevin. It was another to keep up the act in front of everyone else.
    “And he’s joining us tonight?” Amy asked.
    “Yes. But only for a drink or two. He has to leave early to finish a report for a client.”
    “What does he do?”
    “He’s an interior designer for corporate and commercial projects.”
    “Hey, Erin has a boyfriend? I can’t wait to meet him,” Gerald, the office chatterbox, said. He slung his satchel bag around his shoulder and grinned at her expectantly, ready to follow her out the door.
    “Let’s go, then,” she said. Geez. Imagine their reaction if she’d told them she was engaged.
    “I’ll be right behind you,” Kevin said, a deep frown on his face. “I’m just quickly going to the gents’ first.” He hurried out, looking unhappy with this turn of events.
    “Why have you kept it from us, girl?” Amy asked when Kevin was out the door. “We’ve been so worried about Kevin working with you. This is great!”
    “Yeah,” Gerald said in a low voice. “I take it this means you’re really over Kevin? He wants you back, you know. He even told his wife about it.”
    Erin’s eyes rounded. “Told his wife? What do you mean?”
    “I heard him talking on the phone to Paula in the basement car park yesterday. They were having an argument. At one point he told Paula that her looks alone won’t find her a guy who’d stick with her for a lifetime because she’s such a bitch. He also said that it’s you he wants because you’re not a bitch.”
    “How could he say that to his wife?” she asked, horrified. “I hope Paula doesn’t think I’m being a homewrecker when I have no intentions of reconciling with Kevin!”
    Gerald shrugged. “That’s what I heard.”
    “Don’t worry about Kevin,” Amy said, linking arms with her and leading her away from her desk. “He should leave you alone now that you’re with Brad.”
    Yes. That was the whole point of this.
    She opened the security door leading to reception and her face broke into a wide smile. Damn. Brad could sure wear a suit and look like the poster boy for the hottest men in the world list.
    “Hey,” Brad greeted, walking towards her. He placed a hand on her waist and kissed her cheek.
    “Hi.” The word whooshed out of her like a swooning sigh. Why was she so nervous... and disappointed that Brad didn’t kiss her on the lips? Wouldn’t that have been better at proving they were “in love”?
    “Hello, Brad,” Amy said beside her, extending her hand towards Brad. “Glad to meet you. I’m Amy.”
    “Pleasure to meet you, Amy.”
    Erin watched as her work friends made small talk with Brad, obviously sizing him up. Judging from the big