Beneath the Surface by Harper Bliss

Author:Harper Bliss [Bliss, Harper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9789881491039
Publisher: Ladylit Publishing
Published: 2016-12-19T00:00:00+00:00

“I’m worried about your drinking,” Kristin said as soon as she walked in the door. Sheryl had retreated back inside. She’d poured the remainder of the bottle of wine away, assuaging some of her guilt as she watched it spill into the drain. She sat waiting for Kristin again, the way she would have done either way, even if Kirstin hadn’t come home early to surprise her. And what a surprise it had been.

“I’m worried about it too,” Sheryl admitted, out loud for the first time. “And I’m worried about us. The two might be related.”

“We’re not going to Hong Kong. I’ll inform Nigel tomorrow. It was a ludicrous idea in the first place.”

“It wasn’t ludicrous, just not very realistic. It might have shortened your business travel times, but it wouldn’t have changed anything for us. Besides, you wouldn’t be able to see your parents every weekend. You’d be devastated.”

“You mean they would be devastated.”

“No, I meant exactly what I said.” Sheryl rose from the sofa and went to stand next to Kristin, close enough to touch her if needed. “I don’t want to stand in the way of your dreams, and if it really is your big dream to move to Hong Kong, then we can discuss it. But the terms you presented are not feasible.”

“More than wanting to go to Hong Kong, I want to fix us,” Kristin said. “I will tell Nigel I expect to be kept at a position similar to where I am now. He doesn’t really have a choice, I’ve been an essential part of the company’s growth and he won’t want to lose me to a competitor. A minor financial loss might be inevitable, but I wouldn’t be traveling as much. And things can go back to how they were before.”

Sheryl was simultaneously impressed and worried. Kristin was actually putting their relationship first and she had managed to find a way to do so with only having to take a minor financial loss. But Sheryl worried that Kristin’s unbridled ambition, that invisible thing that drove her to work her ass off for this company she didn’t even own stock in or shared profit with, would never be fully satisfied. Maybe the kind of drive Kristin displayed could find a much better use if she started her own company. Not a new thought to Sheryl at all, but one she had never voiced out of fear that if Kristin were running her own business, she might actually work herself into an early grave. Perhaps the fact that she was paid a salary, which only went up at certain intervals, was what kept her from going totally crazy and working fourteen hours a day for a boss she only owed eight.

“Maybe we need some new ground rules,” Sheryl offered. “Have a couple of date nights every week.”

Kristin, who was leaning against the dining room table, said, “That sounds like a great idea.”

“But you have to promise me one thing.” Sheryl inched closer, curled her fingers around Kristin’s wrists.

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