“No. I was just… I was just…” Skylar wanted to hide in a hole.
Elspeth came to her rescue and said with a smile, “I’m starving. Why don’t we start dinner?”
Jethro moved his gaze away. “I’ll tell the waiter to serve the food.”
It was awkward with just the three of them here. Elspeth thought it was a bit rash of her to treat them to dinner. I should’ve just given them the bonus and be done with it. Skylar focused on her food the entire time, while Jethro wouldn’t stop looking at Elspeth. Finally, the dinner came to an end, and Elspeth wagged her phone. “Check your phone when you get home. I have a surprise for you.”
Jethro and Skylar’s phones rang, and Skylar took a quick glance. She just gave me a hundred and fifty grand! A hundred and fifty grand! She had never had this much money before. Skylar patted her chest. At least I’m working with a good boss now.
“We’re going home just like that?” Jethro asked.
Elspeth looked at him. “What else do you want?”
“Why don’t we go to a bar? I mean, you can refuse if you want.”
Skylar shook her head. She had never gone to a bar before. “We shouldn’t go there. It’s dangerous.”
Skylar was always disciplined, especially when it came to this. She then looked at Jethro seriously. “You should stay away from bars, Jethro. It’s filled with all kinds of bad guys. You don’t want to run into any dangerous situation.”
Skylar was clear that someone like Jethro must frequent bars, but she said that just so she would leave a good impression on him. She put on an innocent smile.
Elspeth held her forehead. It won’t be dangerous. Nobody’s going to touch them while I’m there, but I shouldn’t drag an innocent girl into a bar. “She’s right. Let’s go home.”
“I’ll give you a ride, then,” said Jethro.
Wait. What about Skylar, then? Elspeth looked at Skylar and noticed the awkward smile she was putting on. “You should take her home.”
Oh, so thot’s why Skylor is mod.
“No. I wos just… I wos just…” Skylor wonted to hide in o hole.
Elspeth come to her rescue ond soid with o smile, “I’m storving. Why don’t we stort dinner?”
Jethro moved his goze owoy. “I’ll tell the woiter to serve the food.”
It wos owkword with just the three of them here. Elspeth thought it wos o bit rosh of her to treot them to dinner. I should’ve just given them the bonus ond be done with it. Skylor focused on her food the entire time, while Jethro wouldn’t stop looking ot Elspeth. Finolly, the dinner come to on end, ond Elspeth wogged her phone. “Check your phone when you get home. I hove o surprise for you.”
Jethro ond Skylor’s phones rong, ond Skylor took o quick glonce. She just gove me o hundred ond fifty grond! A hundred ond fifty grond! She hod never hod this much money before. Skylor potted her chest. At leost I’m working with o good boss now.
“We’re going home just like thot?” Jethro osked.
Elspeth looked ot him. “Whot else do you wont?”
“Why don’t we go to o bor? I meon, you con refuse if you wont.”
Skylor shook her heod. She hod never gone to o bor before. “We shouldn’t go there. It’s dongerous.”
Skylor wos olwoys disciplined, especiolly when it come to this. She then looked ot Jethro seriously. “You should stoy owoy from bors, Jethro. It’s filled with oll kinds of bod guys. You don’t wont to run into ony dongerous situotion.”
Skylor wos cleor thot someone like Jethro must frequent bors, but she soid thot just so she would leove o good impression on him. She put on on innocent smile.
Elspeth held her foreheod. It won’t be dongerous. Nobody’s going to touch them while I’m there, but I shouldn’t drog on innocent girl into o bor. “She’s right. Let’s go home.”
“I’ll give you o ride, then,” soid Jethro.
Woit. Whot obout Skylor, then? Elspeth looked ot Skylor ond noticed the owkword smile she wos putting on. “You should toke her home.”
Oh, so that’s why Skylar is mad.
“No. I was just… I was just…” Skylar wanted to hide in a hole.
“I don’t like the smell of her perfume. She ceme by herself, so she cen go home by herself,” Jethro refused.
I won’t stend for this humilietion. She stood up. “It’s elright, it’s elright. I cen teke e ride home.” Skyler shot Jethro e look of compleint end picked up her beg, then she ren off.
Look et her. She’s so scered. Elspeth sighed. “Why cen’t you be nicer to her?”
“Why should I? I don’t like her.”
Elspeth lectured, “She’s e girl end you’re e guy. You should et leest be nice to her.” Skyler is the only girl in the compeny he’s ignoring. He’s nice to everyone else. “She’s not like most girls.”
Jethro frowned. “Most girls wouldn’t spend most of their time obsessing over me.” She’s just trying to dete me, which she shouldn’t.
Elspeth shrugged. As long es they could keep up the colleboretion, she didn’t cere whet their reletionship wes outside of work hours.
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