Page 55 of Overdue I Love You's
“An editor isn’t that cool,” I say with a forced laugh. “I look at books and things, that’s it.” There’s more to it and I would’ve found out if I stayed.
“Books are like the new social media,” Rhys pushes. “Editors are the gatekeepers behind stories, you’re the reason why many young talented artists make it through the publishing industry.”
I swallow rocks. “Well, yeah. I guess so,” I mutter. “Who’s next?”
“I’m twenty-five,” Shaan looks directly at me. “And I am a Tamil actor.”
Oohsandahh’s.
But what is Dean thinking right now?
I’m scared to look. Can someone else tell me?
“Well,” Hina claps her hands together. “I’m twenty-seven, same as Kat over there. And I’m a model.”
“I knew it,” I beam. “You scream model energy.”
She winks, “Right? I have that aura to me.”
“That and of a five-year-old child who can’t keep her mouth shut at the dinner table.”
All heads turn to Katarina, except Deans. I’m getting tired of pointing that out.
“It’s adorable,” she saves herself by saying. “Nova’s right, you haveelitistmodelenergy.”
“Don’t you mean elite?” Rhys asks.
Katarina’s smirk finds a haughty edge. “Nope.”
She then turns to her left. “What about you, Dean?”
I fill water up to the rim of my glass.
“Thirty-two,” he grunts. “Head of Security at Vuk Securities.”
He doesn’t specify more than that. Not where it’s located, not how he got the job, nothing.
“Smart man,” Katarina leans back against the chair. “What university did you go to?”
Nonchalantly, I side-eye him.
Because I, too, am curious about this.Sue me. I barely know anything about Dean other than he nurtures growls and grumbles for a living.
“None,” he says bluntly.
“Self-made man, then?” Hina clears her throat. “Admirable.”
“Something much more important to add to who you are, Dean?” Rhys’ gaze pins Dean down. “Don’t you think everyone has the right to know their housemate was in prison for four years?”
Pin. Drop. Silence.
Not even Hina has words.
I fling my gaze to Dean’s side. His jaw ticks. Once. Twice. Three times.
Ex-convict? In the two years I’ve been working with Vuk Securities, I never knew this. Albeit, it’s never been a topic of interest but no one in the office mentions it either. From the faint scar above his brow, to the thickness of his body, to the tattoos curving againsthis past… There’s stereotypical signs, but it never crossed my mind.
What do you think of felons?
