Hearts On The Horizon

oo much, answering questions as they came and even impressing a few of the senior team members with my detailed a

which, in hindsight, was probably a good thing. But I could feel his presence like a weight on my shoulders. Every time I looked in his d

nge sense of relief. I was starting to feel like I might just be able to survive thi

d, his tone cli

t, I considered pretending I didn't hear him, but I knew that would only make things

ep my voice steady, despite the wa

ay," he said, his voice low. "But that's just one s

to process his w

But I need to see more. I need to know

sure. "I'm not playing it safe," I said firmly

sion unreadable. "We'll see," he said, b

nd I was starting to realize it probably wouldn't be the last. But there was something about his cold, detached demeanor that made

And that uncertainty was

der, dig deeper. Every time I thought I had it figured out, he would throw something new at me, a challenge I wasn'

. In fact, I was beginning to feel like I was walking a tig

hether it was a passing glance in the hallway or a brief conversation in the elevator,

e made me feel-like I was always on the verge of being tested, of being judged. A

mpress or disappoint him. And the more I thought about it, the more I realized that I didn't want to disappoint him-not because I

I was gettin

cupied with the latest task at hand. I was so caught up in my thoughts that I barely no

fr

same intense gaze I'd come to recognize all too well. For a second, n

s voice cool, but with an un

ing the lump in m

through the quiet hotel corridor. It wasn't until we reached a

his voice taking on a different

eyebrow. "

's more to this job than just handling numbers. If you want to really succeed here, y

oing with this. "I thought we were

t the project is just a small piece of the puzzle. The

wn my spine. "What ar

ust here to help us modernize the hotel. You're here because you're part of something bigger. This company, this family-i

nd more than a little unset

me, his expression unreadab

g me standing there, more uncertain tha