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I’m concerned that she’s not being completely honest with whatever she’s dealing with and I fear that it has to do with her moving here or even potentially with our relationship. Even with her silence, I’ve still discussed with the board and had a new office location approved. I’ve virtually toured spaces in Los Angeles and put a bid on two properties after a friend of mine in the area having vouched for it.
When discussing with the board my plans, they mentioned that the market was currently good and agreed with me that our name brand would benefit in expanding down the coast.
While I know that the marriage happened on a drunken night, I feel that the time we’ve spent getting to know one another, has been perfect. We complement one another and for that, it gives me hope that this relationship, this marriage could really last.
My phone on my desk buzzes and I turn it over, nearly fall out of my chair in excitement, but straighten to play it cool when I answer the call.
I clear my throat, pull my collar from my skin and put a smile on my face as I swipe across to receive her call.
“Peyton.” I say.
“Hi Max,” she says quietly.
I look at the time and notice that it’s still mid-day.
“How are you? Are you feeling better?” I ask with concern.
“Do you have a minute to talk? Am I interrupting anything?” she asks, her voice sounding off.
“I have all the time in the world for you. Is everything okay?”
I hear her rummage around in the background and then the sound of a door closing.
Where is she?
Is she home? Work?
I scratch my head and wait for her to talk.
“I don’t think that I can do this anymore,” she drops.
“Say that again?”
Chapter Nineteen
“This one time in Vegas, I was walking through a casino in the middle of the day when a "pretty, young thing" asked if I would like company. Immediately, a woman in a suit and a big guy in a security uniform intercepted us. The suit said with a smile to my companion, ‘You know that you're not supposed to be in here at this time of day’”
PEYTON
I told him that I can’t do this anymore.
I said it was the distance and that I would be unable to make the move, that now wasn’t the right time.
I said that we rushed into a relationship and that everything was moving too fast.
I told him I needed time.
I could tell that he wasn’t expecting this type of conversation, because of that, I tried to keep it as short and to the point as much as possible.
It killed me.
I had fallen hard for him. I loved him. No, I love him.
But my friends were right. I let the emotions guide me and I just ran with it.
I let the feeling of being with him, consume me, and that’s just not who I am. I let my heart guide me and not my mind. I don’t want to be the girl to move somewhere for a guy. It’s not that he’s not worth it, but I just can’t regardless of how much I care for him. Am I him when his ex moved to Miami?
With my boss giving me the opportunity to lead a whole new office, that would be a great opportunity, but I love my job as it is. I don’t want to be an actual manager. I can’t handle the responsibility that could entail. At least not right now in my life. Perhaps, down the road.
