| English term or phrase: living in the bad place | “You okay?” Violet asked in a low voice.
“Bitterly jealous.”
“Don’t be. He’s enduring, not enjoying.”
Jenna frowned. “How can you tell?”
“Let’s just say I have a lot of experience with reading men’s
body language. See how the blonde is leaning into him?”
Jenna didn’t want to look, but she turned her head anyway.
Sure enough, the tall, curvy blonde was all over Ellington.
Like white on rice, as her grandmother would say.
“Uh-huh.”
“Look at how he’s standing. He’s leaning away from her,
not toward her, and he has his arms folded. See how the left
one is blocking her from getting too close?”
Jenna hadn’t noticed that, but now she saw that Violet was
right.
“He’s smiling but he keeps looking at you,” her friend
added.
Already Home 185
Sure enough, Ellington glanced in her direction, then
winked.
Jenna felt the jolt all the way down to her toes. “Have I
mentioned how much I adore you?” she asked Violet.
“Just doing my job.”
Jenna laughed. “You’re the best, seriously. I was living in
the bad place.”
“No need to go there with Ellington. He’s interested.” |
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The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
