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I wish you and the company nothing but continued success.
Sincerely,
Pia Lucian
I hit send as the tears start to spill onto my cheeks. I know that at some point, Levi will be calling me to ask what happened. I can only hope that I’m more composed by then.
Lila must hear me crying because she shows up in the doorway a moment later.
“Oh, Pia,” she says sadly, and I nod.
“I quit,” I tell her, and she nods.
“It will be okay,” she promises me as she sits next to me on the bed. “We’ll be okay.”
She wraps her arm around me, and I lean my head on her shoulder, letting the tears fall as I think about everything that I just gave up.
She holds me for a few minutes as I sob. I can’t imagine loving anyone else, and it’s not just because the breakup is so recent. I’ve never been interested in anyone before Levi, and I don’t see that ever changing.
My phone starts to buzz on my nightstand, and when I see Levi’s name on the screen, I can only cry harder.
Lila holds me through it all, and I wonder what I would do without her. I just hope that I never have to find out. I haven’t checked the savings account for her treatment in a while. I can only hope that it’s close to what we need.
I can’t lose Lila, too.
TEN
Levi
I knew something was off the second I got Pia’s email. She never emails me, not even at work. She always just walks into my office and asks me whatever she needs to know.
As soon as I opened it and read her resignation, I had gone cold all over. I had reread her words a dozen times, trying to wake up from this nightmare. I kept waiting, wishing for the words to change on the screen, but they never did.
She quit.
Why? What happened? What did I do to mess this all up?
My heart feels like it’s broken in my chest, the shards slicing me up with every breath. I thought that things were going so well between us. What could have happened to have her quitting? I haven’t even really talked to her that much today.
I sit down on a chair in my living room, staring off into space. I’m trying to make sense of it, trying to figure out what could have happened, but I can’t. I can’t process what’s happening.
Yesterday, I had everything that I could ever want. I was happy, on top of the world happy. I’m head over heels in love with Pia, and I’m not just going to let her go. Not without a fight.
I try to call Pia, but it gets sent to voicemail. The same thing happens the second, third, and fourth time I call too. I know that I’m coming across as clingy and desperate, but, well, I am. I need Pia. I love her.
As her voicemail kicks on, I grit my teeth and hit end, calling Adrien and Theo instead this time. Theo picks up first, and I can hear a printer or something in the background.
“Are you at the office?” I ask him, and he groans.
“Are you going to start nagging me about my hours too?” He asks.
“Too?”
“Clara and my aunt have been on my case all week,” he tells me.
“Well, maybe they have a point. There’s more to life than work.”
“I’m fine. I like working,” he half snarls, and I choke back a laugh.
