Falling For The Escort

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I expected them to. If it was any other company, people would stare if you were walking

company that brought in a lot of profit and more clients for us. I worked so hard in the last six months to make sure I go

I pushed the door to a lounge set up outside for our ceo. It felt like I was waiting i

me. That wasn’t good, she never gave me that face when I came for my last promotion

out why she played when she saw me. I greeted

y, rising from her desk in an attem

ce in a blank mask, my eyes daring her to tell me

that w

, hearing a faint com

nment. It was all fun and happy the last time I was here but now it was serene and full

ing to the empty seat beside me. I gently lower

him after I made

ing of my heart against my chest, and it was so loud that I think he heard

tell us what was going

?” I asked him bluntly when I c

lways” he said sarcastically, his gaze n

me to his office and he is keeping me

ing answers from him but he ke

n hoping to get something other t

tention. I could see something akin to regret flash a

er up in the clouds like I was earlier, especially after seeing

I was past the point of put

er and severance check” he s

a little, “I am getting fir

ng bankrupt and we are laying a lot of people off and

team and I made a lot of money for the

e enough money to take a vacation each and still have something left o

he head account manager saw it fit to make away with our mo

re money than we did this time around” I tried to tell him but h

help my case, after months of toiling and sleepl

ary giving me a look of sympathy. I wanted to snap at her

dy from my team was fired and just made me sadder than I

this happened,

o be okay” si

me too. I needed to get out of there, it wasn’t that I didn’t appreciate their sympat

submitting my employee’s card to th

dn’t want to be here. I wanted to go out and drown my

e has been with me through all the hard times

dialed his cell, it rang t

phone making me wince and hold the phone far a

are you shouti

verything oka

even when I am snapping at him. I didn’t want to tell him tha

and have a couple of drinks

even know why I bothered to hide the anguish in m

before I get you to talk but Henry and I are going to hang out

read my mind but wh

nice. Who the hell

little at my

was on the football team with me. You guys always ar

ry good friend and he always had our back. I wonder how they reconne

hat conference I went to, so w

ee you both later. I want

ring something which sounded

y something

ou later” he muttered be