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Men at Work

by Mike Gayle · 2011

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Ian Greening loves his job.He loves it so much he won't even take a promotion. He'd rather muck around with his workmates.

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The other love of his life is girlfriend Emma. They've been together for years. The problems start when Emma loses her job and gets a new one in Ian's office. Ian doesn't like it at all. No more mucking about. No more flirting with the girls in admin. Ian wants her out. The question is, how? Can he do it without losing her or will it all end in tears?

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 87 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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