Page 21 of We Met Like This
A man who told me I was a four.
You are NOT a four.
A knock sounded at my door and I jumped, nearly dropping my phone.
“I know you’re awake,” Sloane said through the door. “If you’re staying in there to avoid me, it’s not going to work.”
“I’m not!” I called.
She opened my door, then jumped onto my queen-sized bed beside me.
“Twenty matches last night? I bet that made for some interesting messages to wake up to,” she said.
I pulled my blanket around my shoulders and crossed my legs under me. “Someone called me a four out of ten.”
“That person obviously wouldn’t know a ten if it slapped him in the face. Which, you should. I hope you go out with him just so you can march up, slap him in the face, and then leave.”
“I unmatched him.”
“Probably a less-unhinged option.” She took my hand in hers, then said, “Spill. What happened yesterday?”
And so I did. She sighed heavily throughout the retelling of the events of the day before. I understood. Telling it again, in the light of day, made it even more obvious how stupid I’d been.
“Rob is a manipulative jackass,” she said when I was finished. “Are you okay?”
“Okay?” I asked. “What do you mean?”
“It sounds like he kissed you when you didn’t want him to.”
“No, I mean, I didn’t at first but then I did. He asked,” I said.
She lowered her brows, angry. “He did all that because he doesn’t want to give you a promotion. You think the timing of himmissing youis a coincidence?”
“You think?” I asked. I’d been quick to beat myself up about the situation but I didn’t think Rob had ulterior motives, aside from the obvious one.
“Iknow. You doallthe work on your junior agent splits and at least half the work as his assistant on all his other clients. He doesn’t want to lose you. You’re damn good!”
He just wanted to get laid. It was as simple as that as far as I was concerned.
“Turn him in to HR,” she said, hugging her knees to her chest.
“We’re too small to have HR,” I said.
“Then turn him in to the other agents.”
“And tell them what? I propositioned Rob two years ago, he took me up on it, and we’ve been sleeping together off and on ever since. And now that I want a promotion, I want him to get in trouble for not giving it to me?”
She rolled her eyes. “You’re making it sound stupid on purpose because you know I’m right. He shouldn’t have been sleeping with you to begin with no matter who started it. He’s your boss, Margot. And a lot older than you.”
I knew this. It ate at me often. “Let’s stop talking about me. How was your night? Is Miles going to steal you from me?”
“You’re stuck with me for a while longer. He’s nice but it’s only been six months.”
“Six months? I thought it had been four. Is that a record for you?” I asked.
She shook her head. “No, it’s a record for you. For me, it’s pretty average.”
“Really? Huh. Well, if I get a vote, I say keep him. He seems low on drama.”
