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Noelle stared at her computer screen. She was still getting glances from people at the office, but at least there were no more whispers. It was as if Ronan's threat had worked wonders because even the reporters were nice about it.

The elevator chimed, and she lifted her head to see who it was. She knew that her face lit up when she saw Ronan walk out of it. Left to her, she would have run towards him, but there was enough for people to talk about already.

"Come in," he said, slowing down at her table before walking into his office before she could respond.

She looked up at the closed door of his office, looked around and smiled before she stood up and walked into the room.

As soon as she walked in, she was glad that the walls were covered because he pulled her into a hug and wrapped his hands around her tightly.

"Mr. Quinn?"

"Are you going to keep calling me Mr. Quinn?" He murmured into her hair with his eyes closed.

"We are at work; we should be as formal as possible," she replied
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