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“Why is that?”
“You need a job and I need a PA, why don’t you come and work for me?”
“No thanks, God knows what being your PA would involve.”
He laughs. “Well it would involve the usual, faxing, filing, answering the phones, taking bookings, relieving my sexual needs, etcetera.”
“Yeah I thought as much.” I tell him, my tone doing all the rejecting for me.
“Seriously though, the offer stands. Think it over.” He tells me in a soft voice.
“I don’t have PA experience.”
“I’ll teach you,” he says, in a tone that insinuates other things.
“Sure.”
He lowers his voice. “I think I’d enjoy teaching you things.”
“Can’t say I w-would enjoy it.” Yeah, right.
“You stuttered,” he says, and even though I can’t see him I can tell that he’s grinning.
“And?”
“Usually means a person is lying.”
“Or maybe you’re just making me nervous.”
“I am? Hmm, I think I like making you nervous.” This bastard thinks he likes a lot of things.
“What was it you were calling me about again?” I ask before he takes it any further.
“Will you have dinner with me tonight?” he says straight away, in a very gentlemanly manner. It takes me off guard.
“Oh – you want to have dinner with me?” I’ve never been one of those people who go on dates. It’s just too, I don’t know, pretentious I suppose.
“Very much so,” he answers.
“I can’t I – I’m broke at the moment, and I really don’t have anything to wear.” Nothing but the clothes on my back and some very dirty laundry.
“You think I’d make you pay? Tegan, what kind of men have you been seeing?”
“Not good ones, obviously.”
“You deserve better.”
“Thank you.” I say hesitantly. He confuses me, one minute he’s talking like a smarmy flirt and the next he’s the perfect gentleman.
“So, will you do me the honour of your company?”
My heart skips a beat. Oh he can fuck right off if he thinks I’m fool enough to fall for his false chivalry. This thought is in contention with the unexpected answer that slips past my lips.
“Okay then, where do you want to meet?” What the hell, it’s not like I’ve got anything better to do. At least I’m not deluded enough to pretend that I have.
“Come to the club around seven, we’ll go somewhere from there.”
“All right, see you then.”
