CHAPTER14
“Why are you pouting?” came the question that had Andi releasing a shuddering sigh as she sat there, admittedly pouting, but for good reason.
She’d been dumped.
One minute, she was contemplating getting a new Eeyore Christmas stocking while mentally going over the list of things that she still needed from Roman Palms Hotel, and the next, Devyn was telling her to take the day off as he walked off with the incredibly beautiful manager of Roman Palms without her. She just thought…
God, she didn’t know what she thought, but it wasn’t that she would be sitting in her hotel room while Devyn went over her notes with the manager. When she took this job, she thought that she would be doing more than just running numbers and looking over financial reports only to once again find herself delegated to the accounting department, but this time without the cubicle. She didn’t know why she thought things would be different with Devyn.
“I’m not pouting,” Andi mumbled pathetically, telling herself that it didn’t matter. Maybe it was time to accept that this was what she was meant to do. She was going to spend the rest of her life telling herself that it was good enough, she thought, deciding that definitely earned another heartfelt sigh.
“Then what would you call it?” Drew asked as he dropped down on his bunk and placed his phone on the nightstand so that she could see him better on her phone.
“Contemplating my options,” Andi said as she turned over onto her side and placed her phone on the nightstand and sighed.
“You don’t need to work, Andi,”he said, shifting to get more comfortable before continuing, “but since I know that you’re too stubborn to listen to reason-”
“I am,” Andi murmured in agreement.
“-then, I would have to say quit and find a new job.”
“But I love my job,” she mumbled pathetically.
“Then why the hell are you pouting?”
“Because I don’t know what else to do,” Andi admitted with a sigh as she rolled over onto her back and proceeded to stare up at the ceiling.
“Why do I have a feeling that this is about more than just a job?”
“It is and it isn’t,” she said, worrying her bottom lip between her teeth, wondering why she couldn’t seem to figure out what she wanted.
It should have been so easy.
Get good grades, earn a scholarship to the school of her choice, pick a major, study hard, and get a job that she could spend the rest of her life doing, only she couldn’t do it. While her brother had known before they learned to walk that he wanted to be a fireman, she’d never been able to figure it out and-
She wanted to be in that meeting.
The problem was that she had no reason to be in that meeting unless…
“I can see that you’re off in your own little world now, so I’m going to head back to work now,” Drew said dryly, not that she was listening since an idea came to her, one that had her absently murmuring, “Love you, too,” as she climbed off the bed and grabbed her iPad.
“I’m an idiot,” Andi muttered to herself, wondering why she didn’t think about doing this before.
It was perfect, Andi thought, unable to help but release a heartfelt sigh only to frown, mumble, “Damn it,” and return to pouting when she remembered that she didn’t bring any of the Hillshire Hotels files with her. For a moment, she contemplated using the notes that she’d made, but…
That wouldn’t be enough.
She’d have to wait until she got home, Andi realized, feeling her shoulders drop with a disappointed sigh only to end up worrying her bottom lip between her teeth as her attention shifted to the files that Roman Palms Hotel provided them for the audit. It wouldn’t be a bad place to start, she decided with a firm nod as she tossed her iPad on the bed, grabbed the files, and-
Grumbled when someone knocked on the door. For a moment, she debated ignoring whoever was on the other side of that door, but that probably wasn’t an option with this being her job and all. Hoping that this would be quick, Andi opened the door only to find a large man standing in the hallway.