Startup Costs by Kelsie Fann

Author:Kelsie Fann [Fann, Kelsie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-20T04:00:00+00:00

14.

When Liz walked into work early the next morning, she expected the office to be empty. It wasn’t until she pushed open the executive office door that she noticed a man with a stiff back and a black suit sitting in the chair in front of her desk.

“Hello, Darcy.” She put her purse down on her desk.

He looked up from his phone and shoved it in his pocket. Liz noticed his white undershirt was fully buttoned and his tie was tied tightly against his throat. “Hi, Liz.” He straightened his jacket. “What did you do last night?” he asked.

Liz stayed cool, sitting down at her desk and pulling her phone out of her purse. “I thought you were going back to Chicago.”

He pressed his lips together. “Postponed leaving. Until tomorrow.”

She looked at the clock on her computer. “I’m going to have to postpone this conversation. I have a team meeting in an hour.” Rose and Elise deserved to hear her side of the “Stella was fired” story.

“Liz,” Darcy looked into her eyes, and every cell in her body wanted to avoid his glare, but she wouldn’t let him win. “Hamilton left Bistro South last night. Then, a few minutes later, you met him at the door. No one walks that fast out of a restaurant, Liz, unless you’re avoiding your boss.”

Busted. She tried not to look surprised, but her mouth fell open a half an inch. “I didn’t think you saw me,” she whispered.

He narrowed his eyes. “I always see you, Liz.”

The comment made her stomach tighten. She heard her phone buzz on the desk, but she didn’t look down. Instead, she sat in her chair, putting her elbows on top of the desk, and leaned toward Darcy. She thought she’d gotten lucky the night before, but she should have known better. Darcy was the most perceptive person she’d ever met.

For a second, a spark of bravery entered her body and traveled straight to her mouth. “Are you?” she asked.

It was Darcy’s turn to lean toward her. “Am I what?”

“Are you dating Caroline?” she asked.

He sat up in his chair a little higher, looking past her. “No, I am not,” he said. He sighed after the words escaped his lips.

Liz’s phone buzzed again. This time, both Liz and Darcy couldn’t resist looking at Liz’s phone. It couldn’t have been worse timing because the buzzing sound they had been overlooking was a text from Hamilton. Liz reached out to snatch her phone away, but she was too slow.

“I had a great time at dinner, Lizzy. Hope to see you soon,” Darcy read Hamilton’s text out loud; disdain dripped off of his words. Liz didn’t say anything. She shouldn’t have to defend herself to her boss. She braced herself for his questions, his rebuke. But none of it came.

He lifted a black leather briefcase from beside his chair. He got up to leave, not saying a word. But before he took a step toward the door, he turned back slowly toward Liz.

“You let him call you Lizzy? I thought you hated that.

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