The Difference Between Us: An Opposites Attract Novel by Rachel Higginson

Author:Rachel Higginson [Higginson, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Reckless Siren Publishing
Published: 2017-07-26T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Sunday did not go anything like I wanted it to. I hadn’t realized how much work I had agreed to until I started to plan out all of my different projects for the week.

As promised, Ezra had emailed the details of his mural along with dimensions and pictures of the space. I could see what he meant about the wall being awkward in his otherwise trendy restaurant. The artwork he’d picked nagged at my creative eye, demanding more of something. But that something was hard to put my finger on. Despite the sizes of the various pieces, they looked small in the big space.

He’d included another picture of a design he’d tried in the past that had featured more artwork in an effort to fill the space, but that had only made it look cluttered and overly decorated.

To his credit, a mural would be perfect. It would fill the wall without making it feel chaotic or overused. He wanted something attention grabbing and eye catching without trying too hard to be those things. I had the perfect idea. Well… if I could get it just right.

I spent the majority of the afternoon sketching ideas, still disbelieving that I’d actually agreed to do it. Especially considering the time I would have to spend at Bianca before and after hours.

Ezra wanted the project done as quickly as possible, understanding my limitations both with my real job and his dining hours. We would set up screens until it was finished, but they weren’t ideal.

We’d planned a time to meet this week so I could scout out the space in person. But knowing it would take weeks to finish, he wanted me to start next weekend.

When I’d told Vera what Ezra asked of me, she hadn’t been fazed at all. “Obviously, he hired you,” she’d said. “Why wouldn’t he?”

“It’s weird though, right?” I’d pressed. “He’s stalking my professions.”

“You’re the best, Molls. He recognizes that. He wants it for his businesses. You should feel flattered.”

She was right. And I did feel flattered. But I also felt too hot and breathless with nerves and maybe like I was going to puke at any given moment.

Working for Ezra Baptiste was this strange dichotomy of receiving major opportunities, but also getting gigantic chances to screw everything up in the biggest way possible on the biggest stage possible in front of the biggest audience possible.

I still couldn’t believe I’d demanded he butt out of his EFB account. What had I been thinking? Was I really planning on handling that entire account all on my own?

My computer made a sound, alerting me that I had a new email. I jumped at the sound, afraid it was Ezra firing me already. He’d come to his senses.

Only it wasn’t Ezra, it was the little Tucker. He wanted to schedule a meeting first thing in the morning. We had things to go over. He needed updates on where I was with the Black Soul account. We were meeting with them face-to-face for the first time this week, and we had to prepare strategically.

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