His eyes held hers. โBecause I knew, ten seconds after walking into this office and meeting you, that we had this in the bag.
Julie JamesJack turned to Cameron. "Do you just line them up, waiting to yell at me, on the off chance I'll stop by?
Julie JamesCameron threw her hands up in frustration. โWhat is this so-called โlookโ?โ Whatever it was, she was going to have to start taking extreme measures to guard against it. Amy grinned. โYou know the Tom and Jerry cartoon where Tom hasnโt eaten for days and he imagines Jerry looking like a ham? Kind of like that.
Julie JamesShe asked him the question she had been asking herself for the past few days. "Why are you being so nice to me now?" J.D. leaned forward in his chair. He gazed directly into her eyes, and Payton suddenly found herself wondering why it had taken him eight years to look at her that way. "Because you're letting me," he said softly.
Julie JamesNefarious. This is what we get when we hire a Yale boy.โ โYou missed sacrosanct earlier. And taciturn and glowering,โ Jack said. โWhatโs glowering?โ โMe, apparently.โ Wilkins pointed. โNow that has to be a joke.โ He turned to Davis. โYou heard that, right?โ Davis didnโt answer him, having spun his chair around to type something at his computer. โLetโs see what Google saysโฆ Ah โ here it is. โGlowering: dark; showing a brooding ill humor.
Julie JamesAnd as for you Agent Pallas โ man-to-man, if you ever insult my girl on national television again, Iโllโฆโ he stopped. Everyone in the room waited, hanging. Jack raised an eyebrow. โYes?โ Collin turned to Cameron with a look of astonishment. โIโve got nothing. I had this whole exit speech going and I was gonna end with some big macho threat but when I got there, it was like โ bleh โ nothing. Thatโs a pisser.โ He appeared disgusted with himself, then shrugged it off. โOh well. Catch you guys later.โ He strode out without a second glance.
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