凱文是在波士頓長大的白人,mid 30s,約六呎高,大大的肚子透著衣服鼓了出來。凱文才搬到紐約不到一年,在這個project已經做了八個月了,小黛剛開始認識凱文時,凱文就曾經說過如果工作有什麼問題都可以去問他,又因為凱文和小黛一樣在波士頓待過,同樣喜歡魔戒,所以對凱文有些親切感。只是小黛一直覺得跟凱文聊天時,凱文的臉讀不出喜怒哀樂,總是用businessman-like的語氣說話,不帶有感情,所以不太能聊得深入。小黛剛開始幾次跟凱文說完話後,凱文總是伸出手做握拳狀要跟小黛很buddy似的碰拳頭,後來有一次凱文跟小黛說"What's up"時跟小黛碰拳頭被優那看到,被優那當場說了句,"Kevin, I've got to tell you something in private."後,就再也不見凱文伸出拳頭了。凱文有次開門走出辦公室走了兩步後回頭一看到小黛跟在後面,連忙跑回來幫小黛開門,並說"I didn't know it was you"後,小黛開玩笑地問,"So you were saying that if it wasn't me, you wouldn't have hold the door?",凱文回答,"No"。還有一次凱文幫小黛把她的轎車服務的voucher特地拿去給離自己位置最遠的小黛,小黛才有些明白。

即使小黛知道凱文跟優那的關係不錯,小黛仍然豁出去了,把凱文拉到一邊開始抱怨被優那欺負的事。果然凱文又用一副businessman-like並且中立的語氣告訴小黛,其實曾有很多人打電話到staffing firm抱怨過優那,但是因為優那的cousin在staffing firm當senior account director,所以打去的抱怨都被cousin壓下來了,糟糕的是打去抱怨的人的名字也被傳開來,所以最好不要輕舉妄動,以免對自己不利。優那因為喜歡凱文跟其他常常向優那示好及跟她聊天的人,所以除了對這幫人以外,優那對其他每個人都是非常rude及bitchy的。凱文說,反正就是按時薪計算嘛,所以每次發生不合理的事,他就告訴自己"fuck it",咬著牙就過去了。

小黛聽完後,覺得自己為這種事跟凱文抱怨有點不好意思,跟凱文又小聊幾句後就跟凱文道謝,並且說不好意思讓他花這麼多時間聽小黛倒垃圾後就想離開。凱文回說,"Any time. You are not wasting my time. I enjoy talking to you."。凱文說完後,忽然不好意思地說剛剛正經八百地說"I enjoy talking to you"有點funny。小黛趕忙說,"No no, this is good. I thought you always talked like businessman. You normally don't show emotions."。凱文冷不防地忽然說,"I like you."。小黛的腦門霎時像是被閃電打到,嘴巴張得老大,腦袋一片空白地說,"Huh?" 凱文又說了,"I like you."。小黛想不出要說什麼,只好說,"What does that have to do with what we were talking about?" 凱文說,"I am shy. I guess I talk like that as a disguise. I guess a lot of people do that."。小黛只好說,"That's true."。為了衝散尷尬的氣氛,小黛故意學凱文說what's up的語氣說,"Ok. Cool.",並伸出右手做握拳狀跟凱文碰了拳頭,兩人都笑了。

小黛有驚無險地回到位子上,一天之內受到不少驚嚇,喝口茶鎮定神經正要開始工作時,身邊的手機忽然響了起來,原來是凱文傳了簡訊過來,約小黛星期六下班後去喝酒。小黛不喜歡跟辦公室的人搞曖昧或約會,所以還想不出來到底該怎麼回覆凱文。請了一星期假的熱情直率的拉丁美洲男Jose隔天又將來上班,這故事到底會怎麼發展呢?

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