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" You don't have to call me ma'am," I told him, wrapping my arms around myself some more as I entered the dining room.
His eyebrows lifted, eyeing me carefully. "You are in a relationship with Maxwell Alexander Emerson, are you not?"
"I am."
"Well, it just so happens Mr. Emerson is my employer and as such, so are you, hence the title 'ma'am', just as I call Mr. Uhler 'sir.'"
"You know about that."
"I was not aware it was a secret, and if it were, the lot of you are very poor at keeping it." He snickered "
― Amelia LeFay , The Anatomy of Us (WJM, #2)