Opportunity Knocks by Alison Sweeney

Author:Alison Sweeney
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction / Contemporary Women, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
Publisher: Hachette Books
Published: 2016-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

I’ve finally ditched the security guards that watched me pack up my makeup kit and escorted me to the lobby. They were actually quite polite, but that didn’t stop it from being humiliating. With Monica watching over her station as if I was going to steal something from her, I’m glad the guards were there or I might have slapped that smug smirk off her face.

I roll my suitcase toward the doors, hardly aware of the people moving through the building around me. The ringing in my ears is so loud my eyes start to blur with tears I absolutely refuse to shed. When I stop to wait my turn to get through the revolving doors, a firm hand grabs my arm.

“What the hell?” I lurch back, expecting Hillary or her goons on the attack.

“Alex. I’ve been calling your name. How could you not hear me?” I am now blocking the flow of foot traffic. It’s hard to focus on Sean’s face, even though he’s a foot from me.

“Sean. What are you doing here?” I’m completely gobsmacked.

“I came here to see you, obviously,” he says with a chuckle, pulling me away from the exit. Here we are in the bright, sterile lobby of the building where I just got fired. I don’t even know if I’m allowed to still be here. And now my ex-boyfriend is hugging me as if we were forced apart by external influences rather than him breaking up with me.

“I just didn’t expect to see you here. I had no idea you were coming to New York.” I put a question in my voice, hoping to get him talking so I can get my mind to reboot.

“I’m here for a couple of days, a big convention in New Jersey your dad wanted me to attend.” That sly grin that I used to think was so adorable now has me wondering if this is what a quarter-life crisis feels like. “He wanted me to check on you while I was out here. Make sure everything was ‘on the up-and-up.’” Sean lowers his voice and does air quotes for my dad.

And suddenly it all seems so easy. I could just tell Sean everything. Well, not everything… just the relevant details. He could tell my dad for me. They would bring me home. Hire a lawyer, I don’t know. They would make it all go away.

“Hey, honey… is everything okay? You look kind of pale.” Sean puts his hand on my forehead to feel my temperature, the way a mother would. And somehow that seals the deal. Even if I end up working at a pharmacy selling ninety-nine-cent lipstick, I’m not going home to be treated like a little girl again.

“I’m fine, Sean. It’s just been a crazy morning.” He nods as if waiting to hear more. “You know, early hours. It’s brutal, really. But I love it!” I say with all the enthusiasm I can muster.

“I’m so glad, Alex. Can I come see where you work?” he asks, looking back to where the security guards watch the elevator banks.

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