Page 23 of Love Beyond the Illusion
“Okay, I’ll see you Thursday. Oh, and Avery is on our flight crew heading out too!” she rushes out before we have the chance to hang up.
“I know. I saw that in our group chat. See you in a few days!”
After the shower, I start unpacking. Halfway through a pile of dirty clothes, I remember that Jack said he’d sent an email about when I need to go to California. I grab a quick snack, flop onto my bed again, and open my laptop.
From: [email protected]
Subject: Harvest Season Events
Hello Piper,
The following events will occur close together, so you’ll need to come out for at least ten days to two weeks. It would be best if you could be here by the end of next week.
Meet with my mother (yes, you will have to formally meet my mother since we are “dating”)
Wine Growers Kick-Off Event
Harvest Dinner
Bradley Family Wines Crush
Any other small event that comes up during this time frame.
Let me know if that works with your flight schedule. We’ll talk soon.
Thanks,
Jack Bradley
My eyes scan every word of his email, looking for any sign of emotion or flirtatious nature, but there isn’t.Is he my boss now?I don’t recall mentioning that I would be workingforhim during our initial conversation. He even signed his first and last name at the bottom of the email, like I don’t know his last name is Bradley.What the hell?Technically, it is mine now, too, which is so fucking strange. And even more, it’s not a premade email signature, and he had to have consciously typed that out.
I rub circles into my temples, then flip my hair to the side and remind myself that he ispayingme twenty thousand dollars to basically boss me around.
Maybe I do work for him?Fuck.
Luckily for Jack, this week is when I’m putting in my scheduling bids for next month, and it happens to be that my current schedule aligns, so I can take two weeks off starting next week. But I’m not going to make it easy on him.
From: [email protected]
