AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“So you can deposit that anytime.”
“Um…” Bri raised her hand. “Actually, Max, I’m super thankful for this and it would help so much with my student loans, but I was wondering, how, um, how much is that penthouse? If I put this as a down payment or part of it, could Ace and I live there instead of the employee apartments or make payments or—“
What the hell was she doing? I wasn’t complaining; I wanted to live with her, going back to my place sounded so depressing, but that was a penthouse, not an apartment, it was almost three thousand square feet.
“I’m sorry.” Max’s face fell. “That penthouse is already taken and even if you could add both your combined winnings, I highly doubt you could afford a payment on a two point five million dollar loan.”
“Right.” Bri nodded. “You’re right, sorry I don’t know what I was thinking, hey at least I tried. I’m trying to get better about asking and—“
“—Good thing I already gifted it to you the first day, damn imagine how embarrassing that would have been if you guys hadn’t kissed and made up. You know what’s so great about my job? Other interns turning into matchmakers. Apparently, you went to school with the last two interns that came through here, put them through hell, I think you guys were invited to the wedding but broke up before you could go. Anyway, they transferred to the New York branch, but they’ll be back for Christmas. It was their idea once they looked through the interns participating in the games, if anything, you have them to thank for the torture.”
My mouth dropped open.
The penthouse was ours and some of our friends from forever ago set us up? What?
“All in a good day’s work. God’s work,” Max said seriously. “Come along Dustin, there’s work to do, oh and your key cards work for the penthouse, I’ll have your things moved. See you Monday!”
“Did that just…” Bri pointed at Max and Dustin as they walked out of the room. “Did that just?”
“We own a penthouse,” I said out loud. “Together. We own a multi-million-dollar penthouse.”
“And we’re together.”
“I think we should sit for a bit.”
We both stared at our checks, then at the door.
“Actually,” I tucked my check into my pocket. “I think we should go upstairs… you know, freshen up a bit.”
Max and Dustin suddenly appeared again, I knew it was too good to be true, was this a test?
“One more thing.” Max added. “I can marry people now; I’m licensed so further down the road…” He wiggled his eyebrows.
“Oh, dear God.” I cursed.
“Yes.” Max nodded seriously. “He hears my prayers, so glad you guys are together, great essay by the way Ace, I never told you that, it’s why I hired you, funny how it was so closely related to Bri’s. You truly were a match made in Heaven.” He snapped his fingers. Making both of us jump “Oh also no pets in the penthouse, last time the gecko escaped and the dog down the hall almost ate him. He’s in therapy; thank you for your looks of concern, Little G’s a fighter though.”
“Is he tearing up?” Bri asked under her breath.
“DIRT!” Max yelled and pointed at the very clean windowsill. “Dustin, I warned you about the dirt.”
Dustin ran toward the window and pulled out a weird wand and waved it over the dirt, then in Max’s face, was it ionic?
“Maybe he just likes torture?” Bri asked.
I sighed. “It’s all he knows, it’s like his comfort blanket now, poor bastard.”
We held hands and walked out to the elevators. I stopped and looked down at our hands, joined side by side. “Hey Bri, thanks for being with me like this.”
Bri frowned. “What do you mean?”
I stopped and looked down at our hands and then at her and said, “By your side, where I’ve always wanted to be, but I have to warn you, I’m a bit competitive now.” I started to inch forward. “First person in the shower wins.”
She inched forward too.
And when we got into the hall, I ran.
This time.
She chased.
The End
