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“Alex doesn’t know it, but you’re just what he needs. Please think about it. Sleep on the idea tonight and give me a call in the morning.” I wanted to protest, but I was still reeling as I thought about Alex. What right did he have to act that way?
“Okay, I’ll think about it.” I took her business card as she handed it to me.
“Claire will see you out.”
“I can manage, thank you.” It wasn’t difficult to find the lift. It was just outside the room.
“I hope to see you soon, Natasha.” Gina shook my hand and finally let me leave.
Breathing out in frustration, I waited for the lift. Too much had happened in the last few hours for me to even begin to wrap my head around it. Who did Alex Harbour think he was? I pitied the poor woman that ended up working for him. It sure as hell wasn’t going to be me!
“I’m glad to see that you’re leaving.” His arrogant voice came from behind me. “You really aren’t the right person for this job. You’re too straight laced for me.”
“Well, there are plenty of women willing to lie on their backs and spread their legs for you downstairs, Mr. Harbour,” I seethed, catching my breath as I turned to stare into those piercing, cool blue eyes again. Why did he have to have such amazing eyes?
“I’m more than aware of that, Natasha,” he gloated. “I’d say it’s been a pleasure to meet you, but that would be lying so I won’t.” God, he was so rude!
Words began to fall out my mouth before I could stop them. I was boiling with rage at this point. “I’ve worked for men like you before, Mr. Harbour. You act as if you have the world at your fingertips, when really you’re just wasting away, knowing you have notruewealth. Money is nothing without respect. I can see now why your band mates from Steel Roses want nothing to do with you! You are just an empty shell!”
“I suggest you leave before I get security to throw you out.” His voice was barely a whisper.
“Oh, I was leaving. Don’t worry about that. Have a wonderful day.” Stepping into the elevator, I gave him my sweetest smile as the doors closed. Me,straight laced?I showed him.What a fucking asshole!
Walking outside the hotel, I began to regret what I’d just said to him. What right did I have to judge him? I didn’t even know the guy. It wasn’t like me to explode like that, but he’d been goading me since the moment we’d met. I shook off those thoughts. It didn’t matter what happened; I wasn’t taking the job anyway. Alex had made it clear that he didn’t want me as his PA, and I sure as hell didn’t want to work for him. I needed to pretend it was all a bad dream and move on. It was lucky that I'd stopped listening to his music years ago.
“What’s bugging you?” Liv asked, taking her wooly hat off and straightening her light blonde hair with her hands. We always met up on Friday nights at the pub near my apartment on the outskirts of London. Liv was my oldest and dearest friend. We’d known each other since primary school. Alex Harbour’s old band had been a big part of our friendship in the early years.
“It’s been a stressful day.”
“Weren’t you off today?” she frowned.
“I had a job interview and met a complete asshole.” I really wanted to tell her about Alex, but bursting her bubble about him not being the perfect man would only hurt her in the long run.
“You didn’t tell me that you had an interview today.” Her blue eyes widened in confusion.
“It was last minute and a total waste of time. It doesn’t matter now, anyway.”
“Let me get us a bottle of wine and you can tell me all about it,” she soothed.
Two bottles later, I was feeling much better about the whole situation.
“It’s not like you to lose your cool with someone, Nat. Was this guy hot?” How did I answer that? It was AlexfreakingHarbour. Hot didn’t even cover it.
“Yeah, I guess you could say so…” Liv’s mouth fell open as she gawked at me. “What?”
“It was sexual tension. Oh. My. God! You liked him! That’s what all of this is about.” This situation was impossible! I couldn’t tell her the whole story, and now she was getting the wrong idea.
“He was a player, and those aren’t my type. You know this.”
“Oh, please. David is the biggest player I’ve ever seen and you’ve been lusting after him for six years!”
“You should be grateful the interview was awful. The job was in LA.” Liv choked on her on wine while I tried to steer the conversation away from David.
“Why the bloody hell would you want a job in LA?”
“It was an amazing opportunity. I’ve been at Flavour Records for six years now. I thought it might be time for a change.”
“You’re struggling with your feelings for David now that he’s engaged, aren’t you?” Damn her! She knew me too well. “You can’t run from it, Nat. I mean, you had a few flings with him over the last three years. It’s not like the two of you ever actually got together. It was just sex.”
