Page 30 of Love Not Qualified

but I also really REALLY want this job. Or a better way to say it, I NEED it.

Me

And why would you think not taking the break you deserve will stop you from getting the job?

Go eat, Haelyn.

Haelyn Ross

ok

right

you have a point

I’ll grab a McCrispy chicken sandwich *sandwich emoji*

you’re awfully sweet for someone who just gave me an orgasm last night *laughing emoji*

thank you, Chad

The message stole a smirk from me. It didn’t take a genius to know that food and orgasms were the way to a woman’s heart.

What didn’t sit right with me was her calling me by a name that wasn’t mine.

But I was the one to blame for that.

My teeth clenched when I locked my phone and got up to my feet. I threw a quick glance at my watch. I still had twenty minutes left until I had to go back.

Sara’s big eyes stared at me, waiting for any word to pass my mouth.

“Don’t be late,” was all I said before I buttoned my coat and walked out of the coffee shop.

I had to find another place to drink my coffee.

Dry leaves swirled in the wind and the cold air slapped across my face with each step I took toward the company building.

The weather left clues that fall was about to come to an end and while winter brought me more profit because people loved to spend money from the comfort of their houses, it was also my least favorite season.

It wasn’t until my dad passed away that I realized Christmas wouldn’t be the same without him and since this was going to be the first holiday with his absence, I wasn’t looking forward to it.

Sure, I was going to spend more time with my family, but I could barely take the emptiness of his seat at the table in New York and talk about the holiday without his laugh.

Somehow, I got on the other side of the street, staring at the big yellow and red sign of McDonald’s. I didn’t even know why I was here—I never ate fast food—except that Haelyn’s message was too suggestive about where she was headed.

Without really thinking my decision through, I walked in and was immediately sucked in by the mass of people waiting in line. Since I was already inside and it was too late to turn back, I planted my feet at the end of one of the lines, not really knowing what to order.

Another coffee maybe?

“Thank you,” I heard a voice and watched how Haelyn walked away from the ordering desk with an enormous plate for the single sandwich she got.

When she started walking toward my direction, I kept my eyes ahead, acting like I didn’t notice her.

I was so stupid for doing this. What if she figures it all out?

Fuck, this woman is turning me into a stalker.

“Mr. Graves?” she greeted me, stopping inches from my body.

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