A Millionaire, His Suit And Poor Me – Part 28
I looked at them expressionlessly until Jace’s warm hand took mine, bringing me back to reality. “Noras,” he said softly. “I thought you told me he wouldn’t see anyone else.”
“He said it.”
“Oh. Come on, let’s get out of here and go to a club.”
leave, he’ll see
until it’s gone?”
ers. “Unless you find something better.”
rse. “Okay. We’re going to sneak out the bathroom window. Isn’t that what you do on a bad date?”
I think so.” I whispered. “But the
g, which included sitting in a corner of the restaurant for another hour and a half, promising not to look back and find my heart into several small pieces while Jace continued to talk about Louis.
silent. I had nothing to say and my roommate, knowing me, knew I didn’t want to talk.
When we finally got home, I threw my phone at Jace. “Keep it. He will write to me.” I mumbled,
wake you up to
too.”
t under the covers and buried my face in the pillow. I tried to focus on thoughts of Jace, work, and that awesome Marc Jacobs bag I wanted so badly, but all I saw was Henry’s stupid face.
to the shower, in which he talked to me the whole time while I washed. When I
for an a*****e. Got it?”
ee the breath coming out of our mouths in a little white cloud, so of course Jace and I pretended to smoke like the mature adults we are.
know, today we know if we get the promotion or not.” Jace re
bshell.”
st employees in the world and that we don’t have a sense of style that makes you want.”
ll have my phone, rig
you can’t have it.” I opened
pstairs.
get bigger offices, a raise, and an apprentice as an assistant.
a power couple now.”
ool. We should do this every day.”
o get us a table in one of the storage rooms and she came back twenty minutes later, followed by two men from the journalism department who
you have
would go really well with the table, I gave them
kiddo. Bring the chairs. And a coffee milk too. Skim milk. She
her. For lunch, our table and chairs were placed in the center of the office and most of our things were on the shelves . We put
ful peonies as a centerpiece while she had gone to get lunch for us. As I put the flowers down, I realized I hadn’t had
. “We have our phone now. Does that
d Noras’s office.
be: “Yo, br
ng phone. “You’re not allowed to
artner at work today – and I burst out laughing like children watching her answer the phone, rolling my eyes. “Jace and Noras’ office, this is Sophia. How do I have
eyes
”
. “You don’t even like women.”
ed over and shook his
Sorry guys, already busy. And apparently a very cool guy is here t
a asked slowly.
ake him come.”
on. “You don’t have to
e most
clock seemed to slow down. And then the door came in,
is. He was wearing a dark gray suit with a navy blue tie . His tousled curls were brushed back from his forehead, making him look old
at the sound of his beautiful accented voice. “What are these
e got a promotion and Jace got
staring at me with concern. After giving them a brief nod, telling them to leave the room, they went out, leaving m
always seemed to be on his skin reached me, enveloping me and making my heart pound, making me regret sending away my little protector, under the “
eated.
ant now. Her name is Sophia.”
to look at him and found him with his jaw clenched, staring at me in his
don’t wa
h Jace. To Saki.”
ed. “I saw you wit
whoever I want. And not that you should care, but it was
o hold hands with my business partners . Co
s interact
I actually tried to avoid it because it hurts
We were having dinner and you were acting irr
ding hands!”
erent directions and his expression full of exasperation. “Claire is a big part of my life but she’s just a friend. Now you’re going to calm down and answer y
nches from mine and his minty breath brushed
e’re not in a rel
me like
one.”
being rude for a single second of your life?”
, as if I have hurt him. “Noras , please. Do you believe me