“Just like that? I’m hired?”
He shrugged as if he hadn’t just changed my life. “We can go over salary and benefits and hours and everything, but we want you. And I know you need the job. And to be fair, I was a little worried that you weren’t going to want to take it because of well…”
And the other elephant in the room raised its trunk. “You don’t have to worry about that. I haven’t spoken to him since that evening.”
Confusion covered his face. “He didn’t call you?”
I winced. “I don’t know if that’s any of your business in an interview, but no.”
He flinched. “I think we are past the point of not allowing any personal things into this interview. I apologize.”
I shook my head, wondering why I’d snapped back as I had. “No. You’re right. I’m the one that blurted that Isabella was my best friend.”
“And that’s the second thing. Is she going to be okay with you working here?”
This time I smiled. “I think she promised to come and kick shins if I didn’t get hired. So thanks for that.”
He grinned then. “I think I’m going to like this sister of mine.”
“She’s my best friend. And one of the most amazing people I know. So I hope you do. And I’m really sorry all of this happened and it’s such a mess. But we do not need to talk about that. And I’m sorry that I know so much about it.”
“It’s actually kind of nice that someone else knows outside of the family. I mean the media pretends they know, but they don’t.”
I shook my head. “I can’t even imagine.”
He waved it off as if it was nothing, though I knew it couldn’t be. “So, are you okay then working here? We’re complicated, we’re demanding, but we’re not going to fire you because you dared to even breathe next to our supposed rival.”
I press my lips together, wondering what the catch was. Who were these Cages? And why was I inevitably connected to them?
But in the end, it didn’t matter.
“Yes. I’m in.”
He held out his hand again, and I shook it, as a wide smile covered his face. “Good. Now we can let the world know we poached you from our new rivals.”
This time I rolled my eyes. “Oh, he would love that.”
“Oh, we’ll make sure he knows.”
“As long as it doesn’t blow up in our faces.”
“We can handle the embers.” He looked over my shoulder and from the way that he stiffened ever so slightly, I froze.
I knew exactly who was behind me in that moment, and who I knew I would inevitably see here.
However, James was my boss. My new boss. And as I turned to see Aston Cage there, I was afraid of what I was going to see.
And afraid of what I wasn’t.
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