Tough Break (A Winthrope Five Novella Book 2) by Lucy Smoke

Author:Lucy Smoke [Smoke, Lucy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-28T04:00:00+00:00

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The floors seemed to be made of glass...I knew they weren't actually, but my heels clicked across them, echoing so loudly I was sure that at any second the ground would crack beneath me. That and they were super shiny – like they were polished once an hour, which was probably an exaggeration, but I could definitely see my reflection in the white and black flooring of the new Washington Post headquarters building.

I slowly turned in a circle as people passed me. I didn't care if they looked at me weird. I would have loved to have seen the old headquarters – history had been made there. Somehow though, when the newspaper had moved into this grand, new building they had brought that with them. I could feel it in the air.

"Excuse me, ma'am, please don't block the entryway," one of the receptionists called to me. I blushed furiously and hurried to move forward. Everyone, I had learned, that lived in DC was always in a rush. This wasn't a city like I was used to. Even in Charleston or Charlotte, people moved at a much more leisurely pace. Here, it was Go! Go! Go! all the time.

"I'm sorry." The blush remained fixed on my cheeks as I spoke. "Do you know where the meeting for the USPA internship candidates is?" I asked.

The woman – a fifty-something-year-old with white-gray hair that was pulled tightly into a bun at the back of her head and lipstick that was just a few shades too dark for her skin tone – sniffed at me once before she typed something on her computer screen. "Conference room 221B," she said. "Take the elevators to your right and go up to the second floor. It should be easy enough to find. All of the rooms are labeled."

I nodded and expressed my thanks before I rushed to catch the next elevator up. I was fifteen minutes early because I didn't know what to expect from these people. Did I need to be even earlier? No. That wouldn't have been good. Too early shows too much enthusiasm. I needed to play hard to get. I had read that in an interview book somewhere. Make them think my time was worth something and that in taking this meeting, I was sacrificing my time because I thought they were worth it. It would make them want to see my worth.

I took a breath as the elevator rose up to the second floor. When I disembarked a couple of others followed behind me. One person in particular was a red-haired girl wearing a sharp black pencil skirt and a flowing polka dot blouse. I looked down at my plain black dress. It was professional, but it probably wasn't very fashionable. Oh, hell, now I'm thinking about fashion? I wanted to smack myself. I was definitely over thinking this.

The receptionist had been right. I found the conference room marked 221B fairly easily and the girl with the pretty blouse followed me inside. I took a seat and saw that there were two gentlemen and a woman standing up front.

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