The Unwanted Assistant by Evangeline Kelly

Author:Evangeline Kelly [Kelly, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

Dear Sawyer,

I’ve enjoyed working for you. Unfortunately, due to personal issues I can’t go into, I must give notice. This has nothing to do with you and I’m thankful for the opportunity you provided. As you stated before, this was always meant to be a temporary situation. Please let this serve as my two-weeks notice.

Ivy

For a moment I couldn’t speak because the breath had been completely knocked out of me. The words on the page were like a knife driven straight through my gut.

“I don’t understand.” My eyes flew to hers as if I might be able to read her thoughts from the expression on her face. “What personal issues?”

“I . . .” She glanced away, her voice snagging. “There are some things I don't care to discuss.”

That was it? That was all she had to say? She was quitting with no explanation other than she had a personal issue?

“What’s going on?” I demanded. “Are you in trouble? Do you need help?”

“No, I’m fine.”

I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that she was leaving. “This is a joke, right?”

She frowned. “I wouldn’t joke about this.”

“We were getting along well.” I raked a hand through my hair and let it settle on the back of my neck. “I thought we’d become friends. Did I do something to offend you? I know sometimes I can be—”

“No.” She moved closer. “You’ve been good to me, Sawyer. Like I said, there are things I can’t talk about. It’s nothing you did.”

“Ivy, you can trust me. Whatever it is . . .” I stood, laying a light hand on her shoulder. “I want to help. Let me help you.”

She blinked. “I told you, I’m fine.” She eased back, not looking me in the eye again. “It’s just time for a change, that’s all.”

Her quiet statement drilled a hole through my heart and left me hollow, empty.

Time for a change. We both understood what that meant. She didn’t want to say it in so many words, but she wanted out. Forget how much I paid her. Forget our friendship. She wanted to get out of Dodge.

Not that I blamed her. I’d practically driven her to this with my gruffness. But there’d been no hint she’d been unhappy these last couple of weeks. None at all. I’d known she’d eventually leave, but not so soon.

“Please, Ivy,” I said, voice urgent. I had to stop this. I wasn’t ready to let her go. Not yet.

“Don’t take this personally,” she said. “I like spending time with you, but it’s better we part sooner rather than later.” She swallowed. “You should be happy. This is what you wanted.”

“Happy?”

My body rushed with heat, and I had to push down the rising fury sweeping up my throat like a swirling tornado. I let no one get close. She knew that. I’d warned her to stay away, yet she kept pushing with her kind words and letters. She’d wormed her way into my heart, promised friendship, made my entire world light up. And now she wanted to rip it all away.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.