Riding The Waves (Love & Other Disasters) by Nic Starr

Author:Nic Starr [Starr, Nic]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-07-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

The hours ticked by slowly, Owen watching the numbers flick on the digital clock, despite his best efforts to try and sleep. He tossed and turned, his eyes inevitably opening on a regular basis to stare at the glowing green numerals—just after 4 a.m. Fuck!

His body itched with restlessness, and he couldn’t lie in bed any longer. He threw back the covers, ignoring the coolness as he rose and his bare feet touched the floorboards. A hoodie, plucked from the back of the armchair in the corner of the bedroom, provided a welcome shield against the chill of the morning. The tea Owen was soon sipping warmed him from the inside, as he stood at the sunroom window and stared at the darkness beyond.

The sky was inky blackness, the city outside the window lit only by streetlights, with most houses still quiet and dark. An occasional car moved along the streets below, headlights marking their progress. Owen turned away from the window. A lamp on the side table cast a small golden pool of light that didn’t reach the edges of the room. He didn’t bother with additional lights, instead curling into the corner of the couch and sipping on the hot tea as he mulled over his thoughts.

Tomorrow—well, today really—was Sunday and Owen had agreed last night to meet with Matt and a group of friends for lunch. Actually, agreed was probably not the right word—been bullied into it was more like it. Still, lunch out with the guys was probably better than hanging out in the apartment alone, and it was time he pulled himself out of this slump. Matt’s words, and Sebastian’s parting comments, had really hit home.

It had been a bloody long week.

The hours and days had dragged by even though Owen tried to fill every waking moment with work. He’d hovered over his computer like a madman, assessing their current sales channels and investigating a couple of potential new customers. He’d researched their competition, and forecast sales numbers, silently high-fiving when the expected uplift showed through in the financial forecasts. But when the new contract from Design Concepts came through, the one he’d been waiting on with bated breath, the automatic reaction was to immediately call out the good news to Sebastian. The sense of disappointment at not being able to share the success with him had been overwhelming and left an empty feeling in Owen’s stomach that no email ever had the hope of filling. He’d typed the email anyway, letting Sebastian know that the order they’d been hoping for had come through, and that one of the top retailers in the country had contracted for six shipments over the coming year. It was definitely a win on the business front, and he knew Sebastian would be pleased. Sebastian’s excitement had been confirmed when the phone had rung within minutes of Owen hitting the send button on the email.

That congratulatory phone call had been the highlight of Owen’s week.

Sebastian’s enthusiasm had been tangible,

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