Page 8 of Love Not Qualified

goodnight *sleepy emoji*

THREE

HAELYN

I was an idiot for thinking an hour and a half was enough to get some rest before my shift. Now, I came to the conclusion that I shouldn’t have slept at all.

My alarm rang at six-fifty and I woke up feeling like a zombie to head to work. My head ached and every time I moved my eyes left or right, the pressure convinced me not to do it again.

Thankfully, there weren’t many customers this morning.

As much as I was feeling like shit today, I had a great night talking with the guy. And it wasn’t only that. I told him about my job and he somehow persuaded me to apply to a few high-paid jobs. He gave me the confidence that it’s better to try than regret that I didn’t.

I didn’t even remember how many times I wrote my CV and never sent it. That’s mainly because all of my previous jobs were a mess.

How could I hope for more when I always screwed up the simplest tasks?

The stranger said it was because I didn’t find a job that was made for me, but I couldn’t buy it. People chose their jobs. They studied and prepared, it wasn’t the other way around. And I had never focused on one thing I wanted to do—I just appliedto every job that appeared in my way. If I happened to get it, I worked there without considering if it was something I liked to do or not.

My phone pinged with a message and I jolted awake, unplugging the charger.

A broad smile pulled my cheeks up to my ears when I zeroed in on the notification from Unlock. I glanced at the clock.

It’s twelve p.m.

It didn’t take him long to text me again.

Unknown

How are you holding up? Because I’m dreaming about going back to bed

Me

that makes two of us *crying emojis*

maybe we can talk when the sun is still shining so we won’t end up here again

Unknown

Why?

Me

what do you mean why? *laughing emoji*

neither of us got enough sleep to be able to carry a whole shift

Unknown

Yeah. But it was worth it.

A blush crept upon my cheeks and on instinct, I looked around me to make sure no one caught it.

That was actually sweet of him to say.

Me

you’re right, it was worth it *tearful emoji*

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