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