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I was falling for him, but it’s not love. It’s way too early for that, and there is no chance for either of us. So I’ve just been fighting my feelings.
I’m mad with the circumstance, not Knox. But I can’t regret spending the weekend with him. It was incredible.
There is so much more to him than people see. He’s so loyal and caring.
To those he loves.
“So, what happened with you and Atlas?” I asked.
“He took me home.” Molly shrugged.
“That’s it?”
She nodded and glanced away. “Yup. There’s nothing there. I mean, I was stoned as fuck and ate two plates of nachos while snorting at The Simpsons. So yeah, I wasn’t exactly in the running for Victoria’s Secret model of the year.”
I sniggered.
“Do you like him, though?”
“Payton, we have enough Montgomery men problems on our hands. Now, what are you going to do?” she asked.
“Move on. Keep my job safe. Stop myself from getting into a lifetime of debt.” I shrugged and ordered another mojito.
We have two weeks until the launch, and the pressure is on. I need to focus on this campaign and make sure I deliver and don’t mess this up.
Nobody so far has suspected a thing.
We have to keep it that way.
Roxy, Cody, and I have lunch when I’m in the StoryCraft offices and I make a point not to mention Knox unless it’s necessary.
Roxy, of course, keeps telling me how much she wants to sit on his face.
None of that is worse than when I speak to my parents, and they ask me how things are going.
“Great,” I half lie.
“Proud of you, baby,” my father said to me a few nights ago. “I only want you to be happy.”
The truth is, I am happy. I love what I’m doing. I even understand why not sleeping with clients is important.
I don’t understand why this man is so special.
Or how I stop feeling the way I do.
“Payton, what’s happening with the venue?” Knox asks as he walks through the office.
“It’s all locked in. We are waiting for confirmation about the platforms. Sorry, the runway that will lay attach over the pool. The hire company cannot guarantee it won’t leave any damage.”
“Then tell them we’ll fucking repair it if it does.” He strides off. “I want it confirmed by the end of the day.”
“Yes, sir.”
This is what he does. When he gets irritable because he can’t touch me, he gets snappy.
It’s exhausting.
I ring Cody and update him.
