Wild Nights With My Brother's Ex-Best Friend novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

NICOLE

Today is my first day at work, and honestly? I’m excited.

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Considering the awful thing that happened last night, that’s actually a miracle. I was surprised by how calm me collected I was the whole time. After Roman left, I didn’t cry, even though I did earlier.

I’m a mess, what can I say? But that’s expected, right? I got my heart shattered by a man I’d been in love with my whole life. I never experienced this level of betrayal before.

But I don’t want to think about that.

Sebastian spent the whole of yesterday showing me how things work around his office, so now, I can get right to work.

I watched a few YouTube videos (yes, after Roman left) to kind of figure out how to do certain things. To be fair, everything is fairly easy and reminds me of the work I did for the charity. Managing calendars. Email filtering. It’s not that complicated.

Sebastian had no system beforehand. He deals with people all over the world from different time zones, and he barely kept track of when meetings could be set to accommodate everyone and so forth. So, I spend a lot of time looking people up and getting everyone’s name, contact info, and time zone organized neatly in a file that’s easily accessible.

Information is constantly exchanged, so I have to handle all of it with care. Copy and pasting emails. Sending them to the appropriate team.

It’s actually pretty fun, come to think of it. I don’t find it hard at all.

Sebastian and I greeted each other briefly in the morning, and he’s been inside his office the whole time.

I receive an unexpected email from him when it’s almost around noon. It says, Are you alright? I noticed yesterday that you were down during lunch.

Horror just washes over me because I seriously thought that I disguised my pain well. But he noticed? I’m more embarrassed than I am upset, to be honest. I can’t believe I let Roman affect me that way.

He sends an email directly after that one. I don’t mean to pry. I just figured I’d ask. If there’s anything I can do for you, please let me know.

I type, I’m alright, thank you for asking. I guess I was just a little shocked about everything. That happens sometimes when things are going too fast.

Liar, liar. Pants on fire,

Then again, how could I ever tell him the truth? This sounds like a plausible lie to me. Something fairly believable.

Gosh, I really hate myself right now.

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He writes back. I hope I didn’t overwhelm you.

I type, No, you didn’t. I’m fine now. Thanks.

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Lunchtime rolls around and I have my lunch at my table. I packed a salad, which I’m now starting to regret because I’m starving.

There’s a difference between not feeling hungry when you’re rotting in bed and feeling hungry while busy with something. After finishing it, my stomach churns defiantly as a hunger pang hits me.

It’s fine. I’ll eat when I get back, and I’m never going to make this mistake again.

Every time I even try to think about Roman, I stop myself. Sometimes it just happens. I’ll see a word and it’ll remind me of him. For instance, I saw the word membership and thought about the sex club he took me to. Those are the kinds of things that’ll take a bit longer to get out of my system, but once that happens, I’ll be good to go.

I’ll never think about him again.

It’s a few minutes past two when the door of Sebastian’s office opens. He’s shrugging on a blazer as his eyes land on me. I recall the conversation we had through email and blush a little, feeling out of place.

“I was wondering if you wanted to come with me,” he offers, getting straight to the point.

“Where to?” I ask, dazed all of a sudden.

“A social event of some kind. I received an invitation for it weeks ago. Saw it now in one of my drawers. I’ll need someone with me. You know. To take notes.”

A smile threatens to tug at the corners of my lips, but I grab a notepad and say, “Yes, of course. I would love to join you.”

Sebastian’s immensely pleased by my answer. I can tell by the way he smiles at me. He’s someone very easy to read, but that’s only because he’s so genuine. “Perfect. Let’s get going, then. We’re already late.”

He has a driver to take us there. The logo of his company is on the side of the door. We sit side by side. My notepad is on my lap, and my eyes are on it.

The silence is starting to get to me, though. I figure there’s no reason why I need to be so quiet around him because we got to know each other yesterday and he checked on me, so I don’t see why things have to be so stiff now, I raise my head slightly and find him staring at me already. I ignore the blush threatening to creep up my neck and ask him, “So, what’s the event about?”

“It’s more of a networking luncheon. I’ll be attending alone because my colleagues are preparing for a bigger event early this week. Basically, all we do is talk, have lunch, and get to know each other’s work.”

Sounds simple enough. “That sounds interesting.”

Sebastian shakes his head. “It’s really not as interesting as it sounds. I hated such events earlier on. I’m not someone who likes to be seen. But in our world, you need to put yourself out there. So, it’s something I learned along the way.”

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