The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 73

Chapter 40: Permission to Fall-1

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Maya sat curled on the hospital bed, a blanket draped over her legs. The air smelled faintly of tomato sauce and herbs-Jamie was still picking at the last of Ms. Janice’s lasagna, humming contentedly under his breath.

The older woman had already left, her usual warmth lingering in the room like sunlight after a curtain is drawn.

Maya’s phone lit up again.

Harper: Green or red? Or should I go full savage and get her leopard print?

Maya bit her lip, trying not to laugh. She quickly typed back:

Don’t you dare.

Another ping.

Harper: Ohh she’s replying!! I’m making progress!!

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Maya smiled. But then her gaze shifted, lowered to the one contact she still hadn’t

touched.

Damien.

Her finger hovered over his name. She opened it. Typed “Hi.”

Deleted it.

Typed again. “Thank you, Damien.”

Backspaced everything.

She sighed and locked the screen, tossing the phone beside her like it offended her.

Jamie glanced up, chewing. “You okay?”

She smiled too quickly. “Yeah. Just eat. Or else.. I will fight you for it.”

He grinned. “You’re so weird.”

Not long after, the door swung open and Harper Lin breezed in like a hurricane in heels, holding a paper bag in one hand and a venti iced coffee in the other.

“Okay, you will not believe what happened!” she said, plopping into the visitor chair dramatically. “I might’ve just committed career suicide, but it was worth it.”

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Maya blinked. “What did you do?”

Harper grinned. “So I got into the elevator… with Damien Blackwood-cue organ music-and didn’t even realize he was there until James Horton looked like he was about to faint. You know what I was doing?”

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