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Curse her.
She’s doing it again, right here, right now. Fantasizing about him, imagining what it would be like to wake up next to him.
I look down in an effort to break the spell.
He chuckles. “I have an idea.” He pops the lime into his beer with his thumb, then holds it down while the fizz rises. “Let’s give this work stuff a break.”
“Urgent, Jack.”
“I’ve got irons in the fire, I promise. And you—you already tried to work your magic, and it didn’t fly. You can’t make a perfect email sequence better, Hazel. If you tried, you’d be spinning your wheels.”
His words hit a little too close to home.
I’ve been “spinning my wheels” too much lately and getting nowhere.
I’m stuck in my life and don’t know how to get back into “drive.”
“Spinning my wheels, hm?” I repeat.
He nods. “Doing a bunch of work but getting nowhere.”
Eek.
He’s got me there.
It’s like I was just thinking earlier, in my bungalow. Back in Windsor, I’ve been doing the same song and dance. Going through the same routines. Getting nowhere.
Even though I know he’s making a valid point, I refuse to accept it. I stare at my laptop, resisting the suggestion.
We’re here to find a solution.
I feel my brow tighten as my eyebrows knit together.
As I stare at the spreadsheet on my screen, I try to gather my thoughts. “Jack…”
“We are on vacation, right?”
“Devina will be really upset if we don’t fix this soon.”
“Devina is on a warpath for her own reasons. We both know she’s probably getting canned soon.”
“Wait—what?” My hand drifts to my wine glass. I lift it and take a sip. Notes of pear and vanilla grace my tongue. Delicious.
“You’ve heard that, right?” he asks. “I thought everyone knew. I heard it from Rochelle, and she said she got it from one of the big wigs.”
“No, I haven’t heard that. I’m not like you… remember?”
“Meaning…?”
“I don’t make friends in the bread aisle. And I don’t have a habit of gabbing with the other sales leads.”
“Ah, right… you got the quiet lone wolf thing going on.”
“I have friends. Well, one good friend. That’s all I really need.”
“That can’t be all you need.” His green eyes are so darn inquisitive.
I look away. “It is. I’m very happy.” I sip more of the chilled white wine and try not to notice how empty my words sound, even to my ears.
