Office Crush Gone Wrong

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e out how to salvage

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ed when I la

d inevitable, but I got lucky. I secured a spot at a unicor

media, "Soon-to-be colleagues with my crush! Time t

ful smirk emoji t

, you perv, I knew you only applied the

the-top dramatics, "His handsome face, those piercing eyes, powerfu

my friend and I went back and forth in the comments, e

owhere, the po

t was Carson Brown-my college senior, th

with anything I'd posted, and of a

exited the app and opened a chat w

at?

forgot to restrict the

ing their head against a wa

Sure, your inner weirdo slipped out, but we didn't

t enough. I decided I ne

and typed, "Hi, Carson!" Then I ad

y appeared on my screen like a th

What did that mean? W

some kind of consta

d tried to think of h

he wasn't thinking that at all?

"You too." The message sent

as the familiar three dots appeared, indica

d, and nothing. N

ere, and I guessed he was

s assigned to Carson's team. Natural

ing a giddy smile. This was

age from Ellie. She had se

d thought, I ta

filled with the unmistakable so

mortified smile plastered on my face a

y at that exact moment an

rted, "It's a workout video

eadable, but he gave me a glance fu

eyes was clear-Take