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“It’s just you and me against the world, Starshine… just you and me against the world.”
CHAPTER TWO
Zoey
Six Years Later, on a Friday Evening
As I turn off my computer, a sense of accomplishment flows through me.
I did well today.
I managed to complete a heap of work on time.
And managed to put out spot fires all over the place, considering Lucas is out of the office.
I also managed to keep myself from going insane with Kyle texting me every couple of hours about how his girlfriend is giving him the best sex of his life.
Newsflash, Kyle—I. Don’t. Care!
Just because I am legally bound to keep in contact with you until Hailee is eighteen doesn’t mean I need to hear your life-fucking-story. But as I straighten out my shoulders, a bright smile lights my face, and I glance around the offices of Ensure Asset Management.
Ilovethis place.
Sure, when I went to college to study for my business degree, I wanted to be like my employer, Nash, running my own mergers and acquisitions firm. I wanted to be a lady boss.
I had plans.
I had ideas.
I could have made something of myself.
But I dropped all my plans so I could stay home with Hailee.
Because when I got pregnant, Kyle insisted he had to stay on at college and be the ‘man,’ get the job ofhisdreams, and I had to sacrifice everythingIwanted because that is what the ‘woman’ does.
Do I wish things were different?
Do I wish life didn’t throw that grenade in my lap so I could have been the successful woman I wanted to be?
No.
Because Hailee is the most precious gift I could have ever asked for. And giving her up so I could live a different life is unfathomable.
I would do it all again.
Plus, being a PA isn’tsobad.
Nash lets me handle things way above my pay grade because he knows I will always strive for more—that I want to be a part of that life—so he lets me catch a glimpse of it every now and then to keep me satisfied.
And it’s enough for me.
This job, finding my way to Nash Harrington, was a godsend. He’s been the best boss I could have ever asked for. He understands I have Hailee to care for and I am a single mother with a demanding ex. I have kept nothing from him, and our working relationship moves ahead in leaps and bounds because of my honesty.
I may be his PA, but I basically run the entire show.
His COO, Lucas Grant, is the complete opposite of Nash. Where Nash is reserved and calm, Lucas is boisterous and cocky but not in an obnoxious way. He is endearing and, I guess, the fun one of the bunch.
Then there’s Blake Branson.
