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"Manny! Glad I caught ya," Jay smirked. "Can you bring Meghan home? Thanks."
Jay tried to walk away from Manny quickly, before having to explain himself, but she grabbed onto the back of his shirt and held him steady.
"Why?" she questioned.
Jay turned to face her, his head low. "I've gotta leave."
"Why?"
Jay stepped closer to Manny and smiled. "I've got places to be."
Manny threw her hands up in the air, exasperated. "To Emma's? No way! The whole idea is to make her think that you're unavailable, not to roll over the second she flirts with you. Are you really that easy?"
Jay nodded his head and smiled wide. "Look, your plan worked. Emma wants to see me."
"So you're doing this for Emma?"
Jay licked his lips and pointed both index fingers at his crotch. "I'm doing this for him!"
Manny rolled her eyes. "Forget about him for one second and remember that you want more from Emma than just something casual."
"I can wear her down. I tend to have that effect on people," he said proudly. "Besides, what's the point of all of this if I never get to be with Emma?"
"The idea is for Emma to realize that she has feelings for you that go beyond the physical. The idea is for Emma to come to her senses and agree to marry you because that's what she really wants. The idea is to get Emma to forget about Sean and her broken heart. The idea is to get Emma to love again. Don't you care about any of that?" Manny asked.
Jay sighed. "Damn you, Santos!" Jay shoved his hand into his pocket, removing the key to Emma's apartment. He dropped it into Manny's hand. "You better take this so I won't be tempted. I guess I should call her, huh?"
Manny bit into her bottom lip, deep in thought. She suddenly smiled, dimples and all. "Don't call her. Let her call you."
"What?"
"Let Emma Nelson chase Jay Hogart for a while! Don't call her. Trust me, she'll call you when she realizes that she's been stood up. Tell her you got caught up with Meghan. She'll be so furious, she'll be fuming for weeks!"
"And how does that help me?" Jay asked.
"It doesn't matter if she's angry, as long as she's thinking about you. It's the perfect way to start this whole thing!"
Jay shrugged, checking his watch. "Fine. Whatever. I'm gonna take Meghan home and then go take a really long, really cold, shower!" He turned away from Manny and then turned back. "By the way, Santos. Isaacs' been staring at you like a fat guy at a buffet table."
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