“M
y latest client. My first male client. His name is Easton Schultz. He's this tech guy. Billionaire off of some drones or something.”
“He sounds... interesting?”
“He's a thorn in my side. I absolutely cannot stand him.”
“Then how did you manage to... you know?”
“It's like this, I'm wildly attracted to him, I want to climb him like a tree when I see him but he's unbearable. First of all, his fashion sense is something out of a nightmare but then I actually got to know him, and his personality is even worse. Absolute prick. Mean and moody, complete knobhead.”
“That’s an unusual problem to have. Wait, what did you say his name was?” she asked, taking her phone out.
“Easton Shultz,” I repeated. I knew she had found his picture when she frowned then looked at me.
“That guy?”
“I know? Can you believe it? Totally off-brand for me and that’s really saying something.”
“So, you slept with him. That’s not good obviously but I’m sure you can do something. Dropping him is an option.”
It was but I had never thought about getting rid of him. I didn’t want to get rid of him necessarily. I liked him but then I didn’t. I didn’t want to see him again because can you imagine what that would be like, but then I did.
“I could…”
“But you won't,” she said.
“I… I don’t know. I feel like I still have a job to do.”
“Do you want things to go further with him?”
“No,” I said. Yes.
Ew, no!
“How many times have you hooked up?”
“Just once. I brought him to a suit maker to get him into some real clothes since he dresses like he belongs in a fraternity. We were in the dressing room together and one thing led to another.”
“Is that it?”
“No. We kissed in his apartment one time.”
“Keep going,” she urged.
“That’s it, I swear.”
“Okay, okay. That’s not good obviously but he should understand why you can’t work together anymore when you tell him.”
“It’s not even the fact that I can’t work with him anymore. I just can’t believe I was so weak. I have had a terrible history with men. I ran away from London because of it. I got a real job for the first time in my life because of it. Nice to see that coming to a totally new world didn’t fix that.”
“Again, all due respect, but I’d hate to be you right now,” she said. Her reply was so unexpected that I laughed. I needed that laugh. I felt so much better afterward. “I mean, I would because look at this house but in terms of your dating life, no.”
“I understand. No offense taken.”
“I… do you want advice, or did you just want to vent?”
“What do you have for me?” I asked.