Page 31 of The Hero I Can't Resist
One being the interviewee waiting for me in the other room. “I’ll be back,” I tell Skyler, and with one last longing look, I point to the back door. “Keep that locked.”
She salutes me. “Aye, aye, Captain.”
I smirk and shake my head. “Please keep that locked.”
She practically preens, smiling at me. “You got it.”
I force myself to walk away. As soon as I get to the living room and apologize to Bree for making her wait, she asks, “So Logan doesn’t know I’m applying for the job?”
I shake my head. “No. Is that a problem?”
She nods. “Yeah, because he’s most likely not going to like it, and we’re probably just wasting each other’s time.” She shakes her head. “This is a bad idea.”
I ignore her and pick up the resume and application that I printed out earlier. “You have the experience. Your background checks are clean, your job references are impeccable, and?—”
She shakes her head with a look of defeat on her face. “None of that matters if Logan is going to come back into town and fire me on the spot.”
I nod. “You’re right. Which is why I would sign a contract that you will have a job for six months and then there will be an evaluation.” Fuck, I hope I’m doing the right thing. “So you would have six months to prove yourself.”
She tilts her head and seems to think about it. “And Logan couldn’t fire me in those six months?”
“The contract would guarantee a job for six months.” I hold my hands up. “Now, I don’t pretend to know everything about you and Logan’s situation but I would imagine when Logan gets back… well, he’s not going to make it easy for you.”
She lifts her chin. “One year.”
I open my mouth, but before I can get anything out, she continues, “Make it that I’m guaranteed a job for one year and I’ll do it.”
I lift my hand and stroke it through the stubble of my chin. My instinct is to say yes. Logan needs this, whether he knows it or not. As I’m thinking about it, Bree continues. “You need help starting up your business, and I have experience doing that. I can put in all the systems, prepare training manuals, even train my replacement if it comes to that.”
Fuck, I hope he forgives me for this. “Fine, you’re hired. Can you start tomorrow?”
She nods. “Yes. I’ll have a contract drawn up for you to sign.”
I nod, and we talk about pay, hours, and other details of the job. When the interview is over, I walk her out to her car and meet Alex in the driveway.
Frustrated doesn’t even begin to cover it. I’d hoped to have a little time with Skyler. “You’re early.”
He just laughs, not taking any offense. “That new client called the office and asked to move up the meeting, so I figured I’d better get here early so you could show me around.”
I nod and I remind myself that after this is all over with, we’ll have plenty of time alone together.
CHAPTER 14
SKYLER
“How are you holding up?” Aria asks me.
I look across the room where Zach is sitting with some buxom blonde, and I’m imagining pulling out every strand of her extensions and popping her inflated bust with a pin. “Fine,” I answer shortly.
Aria follows my gaze, raises her eyebrows, and then looks back at me. “What’s going on with the boyfriend over there?”
I gesture with my hand toward them. “Prospective client. Or so he says.”
Aria waves her hand in front of my face. “Sky, you have to see how that man looks at you. You have nothing to worry about.”
I shrug. “Yeah, right. Well, it doesn’t matter. Who knows if this is real? I mean, he says it is, but what’s that called when there are high stake situations and you fall in love?—”
“Love!” Aria exclaims. “You love him?” She shakes her head. “I mean, I’ve heard about the crush you had when you were younger and how you told everyone that you were going to marry him one day, but love… that’s just wow.”
