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46|Not A Funeral Home
After her morning session with Gibby the next day, Eden returned to her office to find more flowers waiting for her on her desk, and a bunch of curious assistants crowded around her broom closet.
"Aren't you quite the smash hit? You haven't been here a full day, but look at the bouquets you've amassed!" Matthew's assistant, Lucy, drawled as she picked up the card from the newest bouquet—peach Calla Lilies this time—and read it aloud. "'Looking forward to coffee with you. I.J.'"
Eden sensed the other woman doesn't like her much, and she had no idea why considering they've only just met.
When Matthew made the introductions yesterday afternoon, Lucy had brushed her off with a condescending nod and an insincere smile.
Eden had thought she was being paranoid and had chalked down the cold reception to her being overly-sensitive from her run-ins with Liam earlier.
But now, she wasn't so sure if her still-delicate emotional state had anything to do wi
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