Happy-Go-Lucky by L. H. Cosway

Author:L. H. Cosway [Cosway, L. H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-16T04:00:00+00:00

Ten

The Birthday Party

January 15th – 21st

I was still standing next to Cameron when Rory got a devious look in his eye, turned around and speed-walked his way back to the office.

Cameron was silent while I panicked.

“I better go after him,” I said, on the move before he could stop me.

I was breathless by the time I got inside the building and hurried my way to where Rory’s desk was located outside Georgia’s office. I stopped in my tracks when I saw him escorting two clients inside.

Wonderful. Now I’d have to wait until the end of the day to speak with him.

I walked back to my desk, still freaking out, and found a message on my phone.

Cameron: Why did you run off?

Me: I wanted to explain to Rory that we were just talking.

Cameron: Neither of us owes him an explanation.

I looked up and met Cameron’s gaze where he sat in his office. Maybe he was right. My first instinct in these types of situations was always to apologize, explain myself. But I shouldn’t have to. Whatever Rory thought he saw was absolutely none of his business.

Let him think whatever he liked. In fact, eff him. Eff him right to hell.

That felt good.

I was proud of my decision until the following afternoon. I arrived back at the office after spending the first half of the day training with Cameron. We hadn’t spoken about our almost kiss, nor the text messages we’d exchanged. When Cameron went into teaching mode, he left very little room for any kind of personal chitchat.

We’d agreed to put things on hold, but more and more my feelings for him seeped out. I needed to do better keeping them at bay.

I wandered into the break room to grab the bottle of iced tea I’d left in the fridge and was met with a frosty reception. Rory, Miles, Jenny, and Kieran, all sat at the table, looking at me like I’d just murdered their collective pets.

It appeared Rory had been doing some talking.

They spoke in hushed tones, probably saying unkind things about me, but I refused to engage them. Engaging them was exactly what Rory wanted. For whatever reason, he’d decided that he didn’t like me, and this whole thing with Jenny fancying Cameron was the perfect opportunity to make everyone else dislike me, too.

I grabbed my drink and quickly left the room, going in search of Lilah. I found her in the ladies’ bathroom, washing her hands.

“Please tell me you’ve been keeping up with today’s office gossip,” I said after checking to make sure all the stalls were empty.

Lilah cast me a sympathetic look in the mirror as she went to grab a paper towel to dry her hands. “Did you tell Jenny she shouldn’t ask Cameron to go out with her?”

I dragged my teeth across my lower lip. “Not in so many words, but yes.”

Lilah exhaled heavily. “Well, now she’s going around telling everyone you warned her off him before going and snagging him for yourself.”

She’s what!? Annoyance bubbled up inside me, but I managed to stay calm.

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