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man. Don’t mess up.”
    “You can let go of my hand now.”
    Owen took her hand and placed it on her desk. “You’re a lucky woman,” he said as he walked away.
    “Yes, I am.”
    Her email indicator beeped to inform her of incoming mail.  It was a message from her boss.  What does he want? she thought.  She clicked on it and skimmed through it.
    Another meeting?  How many meetings will we have on the same issue? I swear these people up here like to meet just for the sake of having a meeting.
    Madison grabbed her pen and pad and headed to her meeting.
     
    ***
     
    Ethan watched Joyce as she closed his office door behind her and sat in the chair across from his desk.
    “Uh oh. Whenever you shut the door, I know I’m in trouble,” he teased.
    “I spoke with Frederick while you were at lunch. He told me to keep an eye on you. I asked him a few questions.”
    “I bet you did.”
    She sat on the edge of her chair. “All I want to know is when will I get to meet this Madison?”
    “Soon. Everybody will meet her real soon.”
    “I hope she’s not like Sarah. Sarah was a gold digging-”
    “Don’t even go there,” Ethan interrupted.
    “She was and you know it. You were blind to her evilness at first. I don’t believe in voodoo, but I was about to do something to get rid of her.”
    Ethan laughed. “She was definitely a character. Madison is nothing like Sarah. They are totally opposite.”
    “As long as you’re happy.”
    “I am.”
    Joyce stood up. “I’ll let you get back to work then. You know I have to keep tabs on you.”
    “Between you and Frederick, I’m surprised I have any privacy.”
    “You don’t,” Joyce said as she walked out the door.
    Ethan was no longer able to concentrate on work. He tried to prepare a presentation, but the only thing he could visualize was Madison sandwiched between him and the couch.
    He shifted in his seat at the thought. I don’t know if I made the right decision about insisting we live under the same roof.  I only wanted to prove how silly her scheme to fool her family was and it might have backfired.
     
    ***
     
    “How was your day?” Ethan’s sexy baritone voice vibrated through Madison’s cell phone.
    “Busy. I had back to back meetings,” Madison said as she pulled into her driveway and turned off the ignition.
    “When do you want to move your stuff?”
    “You don’t waste time do you?” She got out of her car with her laptop and purse. She almost dropped her phone. “Oops.”
    “Did I catch you at a bad time?”
    “I just got home.”
    “Call me on my cell phone when you get settled in and we can discuss your move date.”
    “Bye.” She hit the end button on the phone. Her keys fell to the ground. “Darn it.”
    When she got inside she dropped her keys and purse on the couch. After washing up and changing into a jogging suit, she made herself a turkey sandwich.
    She sat down at the kitchen table.  I didn’t think he was really serious about us living together, she thought.  I was just playing along with him . The doorbell rang before she could take the first bite.
    “This better not be Ethan,” she shouted.
     

Chapter 13
     
    Madison opened the door without looking through the peephole. She was shocked to see her sisters, Pam and Adrienne, standing there.
    Pam was the first to speak. “Do you always open the door without looking to see who’s on the other side?”
    “I thought y’all were somebody else,” Madison replied as she hugged her sisters as they each walked through the doorway.
    Adrienne walked towards the living room and said, “Obviously.”
    After closing the door, Madison followed them to the living room. “Why are y’all here?”
    Adrienne and Pam exchanged glances. Pam asked, “When do we need an invitation?”
    Adrienne added, “Oh, I forgot, since she married her invisible husband.”
    “He’s not invisible anymore. You’ve seen him with your own two eyes. Remember?” Madison reminded her