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Chapters (92)
  1. First
  2. Love Connection
  3. Zero
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. One Month Later
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Six Months Later
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-one
  27. Twenty-two
  28. Twenty-three
  29. Twenty-four
  30. Six Months Later
  31. Twenty-five
  32. Twenty-six
  33. Twenty-seven
  34. Twenty-eight
  35. Twenty-nine
  36. Thirty
  37. Thirty-one
  38. Thirty-two
  39. Thirty-three
  40. I Have Never
  41. One
  42. Two
  43. Three
  44. Four
  45. Five
  46. Six
  47. Seven
  48. Eight
  49. Nine
  50. Ten
  51. Eleven
  52. Twelve
  53. Thirteen
  54. Fourteen
  55. Fifteen
  56. Sixteen
  57. Seventeen
  58. Eighteen
  59. Nineteen
  60. Twenty
  61. Twenty-one
  62. Twenty-two
  63. A Christmas Date
  64. One
  65. Two
  66. Three
  67. Four
  68. Five
  69. Six
  70. Seven
  71. Eight
  72. Nine
  73. Ten
  74. Eleven
  75. Twelve
  76. Thirteen
  77. Fourteen
  78. Fifteen
  79. Sixteen
  80. Seventeen
  81. Eighteen
  82. Nineteen
  83. Twenty
  84. Twenty-one
  85. Twenty-two
  86. Note from the Author
  87. Sneak Peek – To the Stars and Back
  88. Two
  89. Three
  90. Four
  91. Also by Camilla Isley
  92. About the Author

“Same here.” Pleasantries over, I cut to the chase. “What can I do for you?”

“We recently had an opening for the position of Junior Fashion Editor and we wanted to see if you’d be interested in coming in for an interview.”

“Oh, I thought there weren’t going to be new openings for a while…”

“Yeah, um…” Natalie sounds embarrassed. “We had a person resign and so the position is open now.”

“Is this ‘someone’ Aurora Vanderbilt?”

“Yes, she quit after… well, I’m sure you know.”

I wonder if Aurora really quit or if they gave her a choice between resigning and being fired. Now the tax evasion scandal is out in the open, Évoque will do everything they can to distance the magazine from Maison Vanderbilt. Guess their money is no longer good now that everyone knows where it comes from.

What a bunch of hypocrites.

“Anyway,” Natalie continues. “Emilia has an opening in her calendar Friday morning at eight, would that work for you?”

“I’d need to take time off work. Would it be possible to have an appointment in the late evening?”

“I’m sorry, Emilia’s very busy. This is her only opening.”

That presumptuous bitch. She’s asking me to come in for an interview, but of course, I have to adjust my schedule to hers. She knows I want the job more than she wants to give it to me. As much as I can’t stand her, this is a real job, at a top magazine. My dream. No matter if I can’t stand the HR Manager, it’s not like I’ll have to work with her. I only need to survive the interview. Yeah, and go back to work at bitchland, leaving all the nice colleagues, work independence, and the boss you’re in love with behind.

Stop it, Richard won’t factor in this decision. Period.

“Okay, Natalie. I’ll adjust my schedule. See you on Friday.”

Twenty

Never Mix Business and Pleasure

On Thursday night, I don’t have the guts to ask Richard in person for a free morning. Not only because we’re not on speaking terms, but also because if he were to ask why, what would I say? I was never good at lying, and telling the boss about the interview would only be pouring gasoline on the fire. Plus, I don’t even know if I’ll have anything to tell. This is a preliminary chat. No need to cause a storm yet. I text him at the last minute Friday morning, saying I have a personal matter to attend to, and that I’ll be coming in later in the day.

The second hard part is leaving Chevron behind. She’s at my feet wagging her tail, ready for our morning walk, but I can’t bring a dog to the interview. Still unaware, said pup sits in the hallway, waiting for me to hook her leash.