Chemistry of the Heart (Romancing The Geek Book 3) by Emi Leon

Author:Emi Leon [Leon, Emi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romancing the Geek, Book 3
Publisher: Emi Leon
Published: 2023-09-20T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

SAM

The following day, I arrive at the office before Hildy and focus on the task at hand—data analysis. Somehow, I make progress. I’m excited to see the Orchid project delivering as promised. The few anomalies can easily be confirmed with additional testing. And I must admit Hildy has a sharp eye for patterns and numbers, as evidenced by her breast surgery observation.

I make the most of my time alone until the door whooshes open. She acknowledges me with a tilt of her head but says nothing. I barely glance her way. I … can’t. Instead, I concentrate on the data, but I’m aware of her putting on her lab coat and going to her desk.

Focus.

I do and try not to watch the clock.

My knee bounces, something abnormal for me, but Hildy has frayed my nerves. She hasn’t even opened her mouth, but the tension is practically viscous.

As she works at her desk, I try to ignore it—her. I’ve managed not to make a fool of myself yet. But each minute that ticks by, memories about last night at her place swirl in my mind.

Fuck.

I still can’t believe I told her about my past. I suppose it’s something I should have mentioned before saying “I do,” but I never wanted her to see me as less than—the way I’d been seen every day since my parents died. I went from being lower middle class with two parents to an orphan to a foster kid to an at-risk student on financial aid with nowhere to spend holidays. No one except Mr. Beauregard expected me to amount to anything. People made assumptions about my parents’ deaths. They thought I’d use my love of science to make meth as if my parents were druggies and blew up our house with a drug lab or something.

I hated being seen that way. Still do. I wanted to be more than those labels—so much more. Werner Bauer didn’t know I had nothing, but he sensed it. The slant of his mouth and the better-than-you gleam in his eyes told me he knew something was off with what I did say about my background. I feared if he knew the truth, he’d color Hildy’s view of me, even though I knew I would make something of myself someday.

Hell, even coming from nothing, I’d earned a PhD and gotten accepted into a prestigious postdoc position. I’d come so far from the skinny college student washing dishes or serving food at the dining hall. And that guy was a world away from the even skinnier foster kid who kept his head down and tried to get by without causing any problems.

But what I’d been doing in that postdoc lab wasn’t enough. Nor was the government job, despite the many promotions. Hell, even this position isn’t enough.

I want more.

And I will make something more of myself and reach the success I’ve dreamed about.

I’ll show each person who made fun of or bullied me growing up what I can do and be.

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