Ex Match (Perfect Match Agency: Springtime Book 1) by MM Farmer

Author:MM Farmer [Farmer, MM]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Michael

Whoa. So that happened!

My pulse was pounding as I swept John out of the room and upstairs to my bedroom so I could pack. Pack up all my earthly belongings. At least, those that would fit into the suitcases I fetched from the room’s walk-in closet.

“Wow,” John said, sounding a little shaky as he helped me transfer clothing from the closet and bureau into the suitcases. “I can’t believe you just did that.”

I laughed humorlessly. “I can’t believe I did it either,” I said.

I straightened after dropping an armful of socks and underwear in the suitcase and pushed a shaking hand through my hair. I was still breathless, but not so much from charging upstairs in a hurry as from growing panic.

“I think I just exploded my life,” I said, feeling a little woozy.

“Hey, hey,” John said, leaving the armful of suits he’d just brought out from the closet on the end of the bed and coming over to me. He maneuvered me to sit on the side of the bed, then sat beside me, rubbing my back. “You did good.”

Eyes wide, I turned to him and just stared. I didn’t smile, but a pleased flush raced up my neck to my face. If I wasn’t mistaken, it sounded like John was proud of me.

“Really?” I asked, needing his approval way more than maybe I should have. “You don’t think that was the most ridiculous and irresponsible thing I’ve ever done?”

“No, doing a keg-stand on the end of the diving board at Lenny Marx’s pool party junior year was the most ridiculous and irresponsible thing you’ve ever done,” he said with a hint of a grin.

I belted out a laugh that was way too much for the moment. “That was really dumb, but we’d just won the city championship and the whole team was celebrating.”

“Yeah,” John said, pinching his face just a little. “Let’s not remember how some of your puck-head friends decided to celebrate.”

I remembered something about the guys pissing their names on the pool deck and pushing a few people into the pool. College guys were really dumb sometimes.

I wasn’t in college anymore, though. Far from it. I had responsibilities, an adult life, and a child coming into the world.

“I quit my job,” I said, panic welling up in me again.

John shrugged and stood to continue packing. “You were an executive at a major investment company with your own office before the age of twenty-five. I think your resume will look pretty good when you go job hunting. Half a dozen companies will probably try to snap you up before the end of the week.”

I smiled sheepishly and got up to help with the packing. Not to brag or anything, but he was probably right. I wouldn’t get quite the same lofty role that I’d had in my dad’s company, but I wouldn’t be panhandling either.

“To be honest, I’m not sure I even want to work in the financial sector,” I sighed as we made another sweep

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