That Geeky Feeling (The Dashwood Billionaires) by Nicky Redford

Author:Nicky Redford [Redford, Nicky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Up All Night Publishing
Published: 2024-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

21

CHARLOTTE

Saturday evenings don’t get more exciting than this.

I set my mug of Good Sleep tea on the nightstand, adjust my pillows, and open my laptop.

All sleep experts say you shouldn’t work in bed or right up to bedtime, but there’s less than forty-eight hours to go till the First Byte launch, and I can’t help but run through all the plans one more time.

Once this is over and Max gives me more responsibility, I’ll have leverage for a significant pay raise and might be able to afford to find a slightly bigger place. Even having just a separate bedroom would feel like living in a palace.

I do love this little studio apartment, though. My proudest moment of adulting so far was when I got the job working for Max and was able to finally afford this tiny home and no longer had to crash at my friend’s.

I’ve come a long way since Brody recovered enough to leave for college and I could finally pack my bags and move away from home.

I hadn’t asked Notre Dame if I could defer and I didn’t want to reapply. I’d already lost so much time, I just wanted to get into the New York business world and start making things happen—find somewhere to get in on the ground level, learn as much as I could, and work my way up.

Luckily, a friend from high school who was studying at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, put me up for free till I was able to find my feet. Her parents are well off—they own a bunch of gas stations across Indiana—and they bought an apartment for her near the art school.

But it all went sideways when she got a little chihuahua and used me as an on-call dog sitter and walker. She was putting me up for free, so I wanted to help as much as I could, but I missed out on some important work events because I had to get back to the pooch. I felt a shift in my bosses’ attitudes toward me after that, like they thought I wasn’t committed enough.

Maybe Elliot was right to be surprised by how much I’ve given up for others. It’s only looking back that I see what a fool I was to allow myself to be taken advantage of.

I sure as hell wouldn’t miss out on anything to look after the dog now. I’d research a good doggie day care she could use instead. That way I’d get to go to the work event, little Buttercup would be well looked after, and everyone’s a winner. It was an unnecessary sacrifice for me to make.

After the terrible bosses, I was happy working for an amazing Realtor, but I knew it was time for a big push—time to allow myself to believe I could be more than a great assistant.

During one long, sleepless winter night trawling the internet, looking at different companies and imagining which one might be my dream workplace, I found Harvest Enterprises.

Everything I read about it made me more and more excited.

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