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"What took you so long to use the restroom?" Ben vacated the chair he was sitting in from in front of Maureen's desk. He showed her some data displays on the laptop screen that she hadn't had time to look at.

"Yeah, how about that? It's also a stomachache." Maureen pretended to hold her stomach as she accepted Ben's polite treatment of letting her sit down.

The skin met skin when switching the mouse over to the laptop, like an electric shock that forced Maureen to shudder in amusement.

Ben himself reflexively withdrew his hand. The young man seemed to scratch the layer of skin behind her ear and looked away in various directions, ending up back in front of his own desk.

"What are you doing?" Maureen swiveled in her chair. She was suddenly curious to see the thick books Ben had stuffed into a large tote bag.

"Oh, I need to go to college tonight," Ben responded as he cleared every corner of his desk of clutter.

According to Maureen, it seemed like her coworker always left his desk too t
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