It's Just Business

i's

sly considered punching him in the face, but I need this job, and I remem

nd something to change into because if I can't,

on that I didn't hear about?" Dan j

the towel from his hands and try

ank

now I can't resist a p

I'm no princ

initely agr

t his should

're being real. A pretty and sexy

and we both bur

you k

ere was smoke coming out of your ears after he left. When I saw you

ks ag

u can wear this shirt. You're

er, lite

s got noth

an turn a bad situation upside do

y moments

es? Or wait, don't tell me that throwing out the

, I just couldn't help m

k before Dickly com

heads back to his tables,

me off, and in moments like this, I'm grateful to have

Aria should be fast asleep. Just as I insert the key, the door swings open. Panic

g on our second-hand couch, which I got fr

u scared the living crap out of me!

d far away from the door? I won't be a victim to any o

p anyway? It's really late, and

you, yo

hen I'm sure y

th that," she says as she

ank

tic

again. Dickly was

ever not?"

ru

ou had

es sarcastically. "Yo

much to let anything happen to

ms, playfully shov

r belongings, mostly Aria's paintings, along with the little art equipment I could afford to buy for her. The kitchen is quite small, with white walls like the rest of the house. It has a cooker, a fridge, and some cupboards, but th

back on the counter, and turn around as

way back to where I left her and

n pain? Do you need to go to the ho

even more as she gazes at me with her

ex

talk t

y freaking out, but... I got a call,

sell the painting you had up for sale? Did somethi

ted my name. "I

clicked, and I froze

THE C

was only a few seconds. Then she broke down completely and jumped i

! It's happening! It'

he repeats after me, her

rong in front of my sister, but this moment is too monumental. After what feels like the longest two-year

e away our tears, but this time they're filled with joy and relief.

her own tears of joy stil

a step back to process it all, feeling h

shift,sadness suddenly takes over her features. When the word

mon