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"I'm kind of nervous that..."
"What?" I said.
"That this is going to blow up in our faces. I just don't know if we're really..."
"I'm falling in love with you, Alice." I grabbed her hands. "In fact, I think a part of me has always been in love with you. Thinking about you makes me happy. I plan my days hoping to spend more time with you. You're the only person who I text on a regular basis. You're the only one I was emailing when I was on my business trip. You're the only one I think of when I'm in my office.
"When I lie in bed thinking about you in the room next to me, all I want to do is crawl out and walk into your room and hold you close. And I don't even need to sleep with you or fuck you or kiss you. I just want to know that you're there next to me. I want to listen to you breathe. I want to brush the flyaway hairs away from your face. I want to look into your eyes first thing in the morning and tell you how glad I am to be alive to spend another day with you. I know this is a complicated situation, much more complicated than it should be. I know you're worried and you're nervous, and you have every right to be, but please give me a chance.” He looked so nervous that my heart felt for him.
"And I can't promise what's going to happen in the future because I'm not God and I'm not a fortune teller, but I can promise you this. I can promise you that you have my whole heart. You are the one I want to be with. You are the one I want to pursue. You are the only woman I want to sleep with, and you're the only one I want to wake up to every morning.
"And I know it feels like we've gone from zero to a hundred in a matter of seconds, but life is short and craziness, and crazy people are constantly in our space. I don't want to waste another second pretending I'm cool with whatever happens because I'm not. I see us as a we. I see you and Rosalie as sisters one day. And I don't want to overwhelm you because I know that's a lot, but that's what I see for us. And I'm going to speak to Travis about our situation because I don't want to put your career at risk. I want to make sure that you have every opportunity to do what you want to do without me encroaching, and..."
"Oh, Foster." She stepped forward and grabbed my face. "I didn't know that you felt all those things and all those ways and"—she blushed—"I love you. I've always loved you. I can't remember a moment when I didn't. I guess I've always wanted to be with you, and I've always wanted to hear you say these things. And you're right. It has been a tornado of emotions, a roller-coaster ride of excitement and dread and worry and nerves. And I know there could be more to come, but I want you to know I'm on this ride with you. I'm on this ride because of you, and I don't ever want to get off. I don't ever want to walk away from you.
"And honestly, at the end of the day, you mean so much more to me than this job. I'm sure you know that I don't know or care that much about finance. And to be honest, it's not my dream job, but the money sounds good. And until I figure out what I want to do..."
"Hey." I stared at her. "Do you want this job? Because if it's only about the money, I can..."
"No," she said quickly. "You're taking care of your dad. You're already letting me live here rent-free. I need to earn my keep."
"But if you don't want to…"
"I want to work with you, and I want to learn more about finance. And maybe I'll love it. Maybe I won't. And if I don't, I'll figure that out, and I'll move on to something else in my life. But I'm actually quite excited about this program. I'm excited to go tomorrow. Molly and I are both excited, and well, I have you to thank for that."
"No, you don't. You earned it."
"No, I didn't," she said, laughing. "I'm almost positive if you didn't work there and you weren't a star employee, I would not be in this position and neither would Molly. I know what I bring to the table, and I kind of know what Molly's bringing to the table, and we're not bringing that much. But we're both grateful for this opportunity, and we're willing to grow and learn. And hopefully, we'll be good at it. Hopefully, we'll be worth the high salary. And once I start getting paid, I want to start contributing."
"No. I..."
"Foster." She gave me a look. "I love that you love taking care of the people in your life, but you are up to the hilt with stress regarding finances. And I don't want to add to that. I want to help carry that burden." She smiled at me warmly. "Please, your dad and your mom and even Rosalie need your help right now. I'll be making an amazing wage. I don't need to buy every Chanel handbag or Sarah Flint designer shoes that I see."
"You're really special, Alice. I mean, I always knew you were such a caring and wonderful person, but..."
"But what?" she said.
"But I didn't realize just how lucky I was to have someone like you in my corner, someone who truly thinks and cares about others." I pressed my lips against hers. "I love you, Alice. I love you more than words can say."
"And I love you, too, Foster." She started laughing then as she pulled back from me slightly.
"What's so funny?"
"Isn't it just a little bit weird that we're both in love before our official first date?"
"I don't know," I said, laughing. "Maybe that's what makes us perfect for each other."
Chapter37
Alice
"So does anyone have any questions before we go to our first fifteen-minute break?" The young lady standing at the front of the room looked too young to be in charge of HR. I looked over at Molly, and she gave me a wide-eyed grin. I knew exactly what she was thinking and feeling, completely overwhelmed, because that was exactly how I was feeling as well. "Okay then. I'm sure you all remember where the break room is. Let's be back in fifteen minutes." We all pushed our chairs back and huddled out of the room.
"Oh my gosh. That was absolutely so much information," Molly said, shaking her head. "And are you as scared as I am about getting gunned for insider trading?"
I started laughing. "Not really, because we don't have any information to trade."
"Yeah, but we might one day."
