One Night in Paris by Jacob Parker

Author:Jacob Parker [Parker, Jacob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Star Key Press
Published: 2023-02-08T00:00:00+00:00

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Aweek passed by pretty quickly. Seeing Harper at the office every day was amazing. Even though we’d slept together Friday night and kissed when I’d driven her home Saturday, we were able to keep things professional in the office.

It wasn’t always easy, though. Whenever we were in meetings, I’d find myself looking at her a little longer than I’d intended. My eyes would linger, and my hands wanted to follow. For the most part, I stayed away from her whenever I found my urges to be particularly strong. But that wasn’t always possible. One afternoon, when we were working on a project in my office, I had to fake a call on my cell to get her out of there before I took her right on my desk.

Despite all of my inappropriate thoughts, not once did I see Harper act like I was anything but her boss. This job was important to her. She’d made it clear to me that she appreciated the fact that I’d hired her more than once, and now that I had more clues about the situation with her mom, I understood better why she’d dropped out of college and why she was always working so hard. Her mother had been ill for quite some time, from what I could gather, which made Harper solely responsible for paying for her treatment and supporting both of them.

Harper was remarkable in every single way. Every day that I worked with her, that became more evident. Her work ethic was remarkable. She was always upbeat and energetic. Whenever something needed to be done, she was always first to volunteer or ask if she could take part so that she could learn a new skill. Bouncing ideas off her was meant to be something I intended to do down the line, when she had more experience, but her fresh eyes and life experience made it possible for me to do that now.

In a meeting where the lead architects were discussing the best way to situate a parking lot between two restaurants, Harper timidly signaled that she had an idea. Of course, I welcomed the input, and when she stood up to point at the blueprints, her solution immediately made sense.

She just had a way of looking at things that the rest of us didn’t have. Sometimes, all of our schooling got in the way of practicality, common sense, and real-world scenarios. Harper didn’t have any filters to look through. She simply saw problems and solutions.

As much as I enjoyed working with her, I wanted to spend more time with her outside of work as well, but this weekend, I was going to my parents’ house for a family birthday, so that would have to wait.

Friday afternoon, while I packed up my briefcase to take a few things with me to work on when my family members got a little annoying and I needed an excuse to duck out, Harper stuck her head in. “Hey, do you have a minute?”

Nervousness bubbled up inside me as I stood there staring into her mocha eyes.

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