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[nobasisinfact]

[He'd prefer to think that it was both work and the pleasure of his company.]

You could come work in my office.

[11calls]

[Well, it was, but they don't talk about that, do they?]

You could come work from mine.

[nobasisinfact]

My office is quieter.

[Meaning private.]

[11calls]

Privacy really doesn't matter though.

[She knew what you meant, and yes, she's texting now.]

[nobasisinfact]

For me it does.

[11calls]

You just want to be able to drive me insane while I'm trying to work.

[Because he's better at denying himself than she is.

But she's still amused af.]

[nobasisinfact]

False accusations aren't neccessary.

[11calls]

[Yeah, she's switching to voice, and things sound busy around her.]

I think you mean 'That is a factual statement, Alex.'

[nobasisinfact]

I'm not the one making accusations.

[11calls]

It's not an accusation if it's something that's true, Richard.

[She knows you, silly.]

[nobasisinfact]

And how exactly would I drive you insane?

[11calls]

[And it's video from the porch as Alex is just raising a brow, because honestly Richard, really?]

[nobasisinfact]

[Which asshole isn't going to bother opening the door? This one right here.]

I fail to see how I would be the distracting one.

[11calls]

[Of course he's not. But that's okay, Alex is going to let herself in and drop everything onto the table. Everything being her bag and the back of tea that she just picked up for him.]

You act like you don't do the cheating voice thing too, Richard.

[nobasisinfact]

[He raises a brow at the falling tea. What's she done this time?]

This, is my normal voice.

[11calls]

We both know that's not what I mean, Richard.

[And since you bought coffee, she bought tea.

Blue tea. Hell yeah.]

[nobasisinfact]

I think you're making things up.

[He reaches for the tea to inspect it.]

[11calls]

You can accuse me of a lot of things, my love, but not that.

[Alex drops a kiss onto his head before she heads over to grab a glass of water.]

[nobasisinfact]

[He catches her hand for a moment before letting her go.]

I can't say I agree.

[11calls]

[That makes her laugh.]

That's fine, but you still do the cheating to drive me to distraction thing, my Richard.

[Alex isn't even cheating right now.]

[nobasisinfact]

I still maintain this is my normal voice. No one's ever been driven to distraction by it.

[11calls]

[Alex just laughs as she sits next to him.]

Oh, you are so wrong. I get the fanmail, remember?

[nobasisinfact]

I'm fairly sure they're sarcastic. Like that stupid haunted chair.

[11calls]

Maybe some are. But I'm pretty sure most aren't, you know. [Alex make me smirking, and this is definitely her narration voice when she speaks again.] Dr. Richard Strand the enigmatic founder and President of the Strand Institute has an incredibly sexy asshole persona as well as eyes that are like the blue at the bottom of a candle flame, and an incredibly melty voice especially when he drops it into his lower register to drive this reporter incredibly insane and to distraction.

[nobasisinfact]

[He reaches out, running his fingers along her hand.]

Where's your evidence?