I just sat there.
Looking at nothing for a second too long.
My mind went back to Sade.
Her voice.
Her face.
The way she looked at me like I wasn’t shit special.
I exhaled low.
Damn…
I wanted her to like me.
And she didn’t.
Sleep never came.
I stayed up the whole night going over numbers that didn’t need to be checked again.
Just needed something to focus on other thanher.
Sade
“Everything with him felt simple… and I didn’t know if that was a good thing or not.”
Isat on the contract longer than I should have. Not because I was scared, but because I had to break the news to my team and my scheduling arrangement.
Now it was a week later, and I told Vaughn I was on the way to the structure.
I pulled up alone, boss energy turned up. But when I walked in, I powered down a bit and smiled.
“What is this? For us?” I asked as I approached the desk.
He had two dozen red-and-white roses from A Million Roses, two bottles of rosé Cliquot, and balloons.
“Nah, not for me… for you. You earned this,” he said, walking around the desk.
I smirked. “But I haven’t done anything yet.”
He took my hand, and I let him. “You’ve done enough.”
He pulled the chair out, and I sat down.
I put the folder that held the contract on the desk.
“I wanted to sign it in your face.”
I took the contract out, picked up his pen, and signed my name neatly. I slid it to him. He wasted no time signing under my name.
He smiled, showing off his pearly whites and small gap. “We locked in now for two years, maybe more.”
He picked up a champagne bottle and popped it.
He poured into two glasses. “Have a drink with me before you leave.” He handed me the glass.
