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“You know, handling all the social activities for the company. You have always been great at that, helping bring people together,” he said.
“Thank you,” I said, too polite to say anything else.
What I wanted to scream was Get the fuck out of my office, but that certainly wouldn’t be collegial.
And besides, I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction.
Keenan had broken my heart, had seen my tears.
I refused to ever let him see them again.
“Well… It’s been great catching up with you, Ames.”
I couldn’t bring myself to say it had been good to catch up with him too, though as he lingered, I could sense he expected me to.
Instead, I made a noncommittal noise, my gaze stuck on the computer screen, completely unwilling to look in his direction.
Finally, after what felt like forever, he stood.
“Catch you later,” he said.
“Sure,” I responded.
Finally, he was mercifully gone.
“What did you ever see in him, Amy?” I muttered.
It was a question I’d asked myself before, countless times, really, and I never had been able to come up with a satisfactory answer.
He was handsome, and that helped. But that couldn’t be all of it. Because I’d never been blind enough not to notice he was also a little bit shallow and a little bit selfish.
Even still, I’d been willing to overlook it back then.
Because even though I hadn’t known at the time, I was enamored with Keenan because he paid me so much attention.
It didn’t matter that he rarely sought me out and certainly didn’t speak to me in public.
What mattered was that when he spoke to me on the phone, or when we saw each other, he seemed to care, and most importantly, he seemed to notice me.
It was the first time I had ever experienced that, and it had made me easy pickings.
I shook my head, reminded myself that didn’t matter now.
Keenan had ripped out my heart, but he had also taught me a valuable lesson.
For some reason, my mind conjured an image of Josh, but I brutally pushed it down.
No, I’d been down that road before and refused to go down it again.
And if loneliness was the price I had to pay, so be it.
* * *
Amethyst
I managedto put that unwanted and annoying meeting with Keenan at the back of my mind and get on with work.
But, toward the end of the day, I again sensed someone standing at my door.
