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Atlas opens the door at the end of the hall, his hand above my head as I glance up at him waiting for his reaction.
“I never lose. Haven’t you noticed?”
Then his fingers brush my neck as we step back into the lobby and greet the tour guard waiting for us.
Fine...one weekend.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
ATLAS
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I never lose.I said those words to Molly, and I meant them.
Montgomery’s don’t lose.
Then again, neither do the Dufort’s. It’s going to be one hell of a pétanque game. Has there ever been two more competitive groups of people?
We are about to find out.
You better not let us lose this game. I don’t like losing.
I’m even more determined to win now so it could get messy.
Speaking of winning, I’ve been trying to get ahold of Harlow to see if she has heard anything about the CFD Awards from Donald.
I’m standing on the side of the field with my phone to my ear as it’s ringing. She’s not answering and I’m feeling nervous. Either she’s ghosting me because its bad news or she’s having fun.
Or was abducted by kidnappers and...now I’m making things up. She’s probably just out of service.
I need to relax.
I end the call and start typing a message.
Normally it’s me dodging Harlow’s messages so she’s probably enjoying this.
When I pocket my phone and turn back to the group Molly is watching me with a hefty amount of distrust.
Her eyes dart away.
God I wish I could read her mind.
I don’t want anyone knowing what I am doing. Knox and Levi may have picked up the thread of what I was doing at dinner last week but I’m not making it publicly known that I’m stressing about this award.
My brothers and I have always supported one another, and they’d kick my ass if they knew what I was really thinking. They’d tell me that Dad respects my work, and that I wouldn’t be in WME if he didn’t.
I know this.
He wouldn’t give the job to me out of pity or obligation. Especially not promote me to the senior position.
Ward doesn’t work like that.
Knox not being handed the CEO position recently was proof if I ever needed it.
Which I haven’t.
I worked my way up from an intern position and earned my stripes, so to speak, and my work is good.
