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“Chet, chillax, dude. I wasn’t saying that she’s met anyone yet. I mean, when would she have had the time to meet someone? I’m just saying maybe she wants to meet someone. Maybe she wants to be in a relationship. I mean, come on, Olivia, Lucy, Sadie, they’re all in relationships now. She’s the only single one. I’m sure she must feel left out. Plus maybe she’s looking for a daddy for Eloise.”
“Eloise is her niece, so if she was with someone, that man would not be Eloise’s dad, that man would be Eloise’s uncle.”
“Sounds like you’ve thought about it quite a lot.” Wyatt’s voice was dry
“No, I have—” I looked up and saw Arya. “Anyway, dude, I’ll talk to you later.”
Leaving Wyatt behind, I quickly caught up with Arya. “Hey,” I said, “I’ve been wanting to talk to you.”
She looked at me with her lips pressed together and I could tell that she was still pissed off. I was frustrated that she wasn’t smiling at me in her normal happy way and I was also annoyed that she wasn’t thanking me for allowing her to look for another option for a job. Did she really want to work at a bar when she could be doing so much more?
“So, I was thinking …” I started
“What?”
“You were thinking that what you could call Chip and tell them to reopen the bar so that I can actually start my job and move to the apartment I was meant to have?”
“No,” I sighed, “that’s not what I was thinking. I just don’t understand why you really want to work at the bar so badly. Is it because there’s going to be lots of men there?”
“Excuse me?” Her face grew dark with anger. “That’s not the reason I want to work at the bar. And if it was, it would be none of your business.”
“I’m just asking if the reason you want to work at the bar is that you’re looking for a man.”
“You know what? Chet Hamilton, you’re a jerk. You’re an obnoxious, arrogant jerk. And I don’t have to listen to you. I don’t have to deal with this.”
“I was actually just coming to apologize and to suggest—”
“You know what Chet, keep your apologies and keep your suggestions. I have absolutely no interest in listening to them!” She turned on her heel and strode away.
“Arya,” I said running after her, “I haven’t even gotten to—”
“You said more than enough.” She wheeled to face me. “You know Chet, when I first met you, I thought you were a nice guy, maybe a little arrogant, but basically a nice guy. But I realized I was wrong.”
“Excuse me? You don’t think I’m a nice guy? I’m Mr. Nice Guy. Okay? Everyone says so.”
“Who says so, Chet? Name one person that walks around calling you Mr. Nice Guy.”
“Aside from myself?” I grinned. She didn’t laugh. “Okay. Okay. Well, maybe I’m not known as Mr. Nice Guy. maybe I’m known as Mr. Hunky or Mr. Hot—”
She snorted. “You’re not full of yourself at all, are you?”
“What, you don’t think I’m hot?”
“Really? You really want to have this conversation now?”
I finally realized that my jokes and humor were not going down well. I wanted to alleviate the tension between us, but somehow I was just making things worse.
“Okay. So maybe we can just forget that, but I do really want to help you find a job.”
“Chet, I had a job, and I didn’t need your help. Okay? You butt in because you think you know better, and you don’t. This is my life, okay? And I’m going to do what I want to do, and I’m going to take the job I want. So just leave me alone, okay? I’m done with you.”
And with that, she walked away.
Chapter Ninety-Six
Arya
I could hear Lucy and Olivia in the living room laughing about something. I wanted to go and join them, but I was still too upset with Chet for what he’d done. I couldn’t believe that he had ruined my opportunity, thinking he knew better just because he was a man. It was so frustrating, and yet a part of me that I greatly disliked was actually happy that Chet had cared enough to butt in—not that I would ever tell him that.
