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He’s grinning, and props himself up on his elbow. His other hand is stroking my stomach, his fingers drawing circles around my belly button.
“I just mean that it’s familiar. I know what you like.”
I purse my lips.
“You make it sound so boring.”
Liam raises an eyebrow.
“Nothing about what we just did was boring.” He leans down and kisses me slowly. “It was incredible. Right? It can’t just be me that thinks so.”
I shake my head.
“No. It’s not just you.”
“Good,” he says. “Because I plan on doing that again.”
I laugh, a pleased feeling swelling in my chest. He wants to do this again.
“I’d like that.”
I ignore the nagging sensation at the back of my head. The words that spill through the cracks of my mind, I refuse to let them ruin the moment. And yet, they’re there. You only get him for a little while, they tell me. He will leave you. Again.
ChapterFive
I am a wreck on the day of my interview. Liam offers to drive me, since my car is still with the mechanic, but I probably would have needed a ride even if I did have a car available to me. My hands are shaking, and I’m distracted with trying to remember everything I have rehearsed in preparation for the interview. Not exactly fit for driving.
“Call me when you’re done, okay?” Liam says just as I’m about to climb off his bike. “And relax, Eva. You’ve got this.”
“I’ve got this,” I repeat, even if I’m not so sure that I’ve got much of anything at all. Liam squeezes my hand and gives me a quick kiss.
“They’d be idiots not to want you,” he whispers to me, his eyes locking onto mine. I feel a flutter in my stomach, and I’m not so sure it’s because of the interview.
The building is one of the larger ones in the neighborhood, and it towers over me with its glass and steel structure. Quite a different beast than the pet shop, that’s for damn sure. I breathe in, smile, and go through the front doors. I’m immediately greeted by a woman behind the front desk, immaculately dressed in a fitted ruby red suit.
“Hello there,” she says with a warm smile. “Can I help you?”
Some of my nerves melt off me, at least she seems nice. “I have an interview with Mrs. Roberts,” I say. “My name is Eva.”
“Oh, of course,” the receptionist nods, as if she knows very well who I am. “Have a seat, and she’ll be with you in just a few minutes.”
I thank her and sit down on one of the many colorful armchairs that have been placed around the lobby. I have to say that it feels a little better now, the inside of the building is way warmer and more welcoming than the outside. After a few minutes, a tall woman with curly red hair strides toward me in pointy heels. She reaches out a hand in greeting and I stand to shake it.
“Eva, how lovely to finally meet you,” she says and pats my hand. This woman is maybe in her early forties, just a few years older than myself, but she gives off a motherly sort of aura that instantly puts me at ease. “Let’s go to my office for our chat, okay?”
She shows me around as we’re walking through the building. There are people everywhere, but Mary seems to know everyone’s names. When we reach her office and I sit down opposite her, I’ve already made up my mind.
I need to get this job.
The interview is a lot less structured than the way Liam and I have been practicing. It’s more a conversation than an interview, and Mary answers all my questions. Before I know it, I have been sitting there for an hour. Where did the time go?
“Well, like I said on the phone, I really think you would fit right in with our team here,” Mary says. “It’s a big company, but you would mainly work by my side. I mainly deal with accounting and marketing, but there is of course a collaboration amongst all our different departments.”
“It sounds very interesting,” I say. I don’t think I’ve wanted something as much as I want this job. I want to ask her straight up if they’re going to hire me, but I don’t want to be too pushy. Thankfully, Mary puts me out of my misery.
“I hope so.” She leans back in her chair and regards me, and I can’t quite read the expression on her face. “Usually, I would have to go through my superiors to make a hire, but I think I’ve made up my mind. I would love to have you join our team here, Eva. I have a feeling we’d work well together.”
“Really?” I practically gape at her, and close my mouth. I don’t want to sit there and look like a fish in front of my new boss. “I would love that. Thank you!”
