Even the way he wants it done isn't rocket science.
But I bite down on the sighs, stop the eye rolls, and listen, and when it is done, I breathe out my relief and get to work.
It is mundane, but I do all my tasks like he asked me to, and then I start more of the data entry and funds transfer tasks he set me.
I also go over it all.
I don't understand him. I don't need to be up here. I don't need the promotion...though the money is good. Because it is like he did all that and is now being extra hard on me, like he wants to prove to me that just because we once knew each other as kids, I'm not getting special treatment.
But as lunch approaches, I stop.
Something is wrong with the transfer I'm working on, and I go over it all to make sure it is not me.
It isn't.
Numbers aren't matching.
I reach for my phone because I want to look something up to do with the company the transfer is with. It is their money coming to us, but while the surface looks good, hidden in the center are some fudged numbers.
Maybe it is a mistake, but I could see it getting lost, and I want to know about their reputation.
I'm not a banker, I'm not an accountant, but something feels...off.
Enzo's voice comes from ahead of me. "What the fuck did I say about phones?"
I scream and drop my phone.
"How not suspicious at all." A muscle in his jaw twitches as he holds out his hand for it. "Keep your personal shit to your personal hours."
"I'm not giving you my phone."
"You are. And I warned you."
Panic flares.
What if he looks at my messages, sees the ones from Alex?
God. What if he sees the photos?
I don't think and slam my heel down on my phone, the screen crunching beneath my force.
Enzo stares at me like I lost my mind.
I probably would, too.
It is about now that common sense rushes in.
How would he see if my phone is locked? He couldn't.
And as we stare at each other, I can see that maybe killing my phone was a tiny overreaction. Okay, maybe a major one.
He looks at me like I'm a total nutjob.
Heat radiates off my face.
"You smashed your phone?" He sounds amused. "To avoid what?"
"I accidentally stepped on it."
