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. Jack thought of Noah, too insecure to even ask for anextra chair, and tried to reconcile that with the expressionon the face of the woman in front of him. I ll talk to him,absolutely. He had his phone out on his way to the elevator, but heonly got Noah s voice mail. Noah, I m at your office, butsomething s missing.We ve got work to do, buddy why areyou flaking on me? If this is about the deal we can figuresomething out, Noah.Something that will make you okaywith it. He paused, unsure of how much he wanted to sayover the phone, and then added, And I need to talk to youabout other stuff as well.Give me a call, okay? Like, rightaway.You ve got my cell number, and I ll leave the ringer onall day. More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood69By the time he was out of the building, he d doneeverything he could do using the phone, but it still wasn tenough.This was bullshit.He d shied away from the grandgesture the day before, only to wake up and find things evenmore messed up than they had been.That had been amistake.He wondered if there was some way to get hishands on an elephant.But that had been his little flight offancy, not Noah s, and in case all this had to do with Noahfeeling like he was being ignored, or something, it wouldprobably be best to focus on Noah.The problem was, Noah wasn t really the grand gesturetype.He was all about little gestures.Lots of beautiful littlegestures, like the vertical line he got between his eyebrowswhen he was really, really trying not to smile at somethingJack was saying.Or the way he d get excited about someoneelse s idea; it was practically the only time Jack had heardhim raise his voice, when he was celebrating someone else sbrilliance.The more Jack thought about it, the stupider hefelt.How had he not realized he was falling for this guy? Hethought it was adorable that Noah was obsessed with astupid volleyball, for God s sake obviously his judgmentwas being unfairly biased by some other emotion.And, really, things had been this messed up the nightbefore, he just hadn t known about it.So he couldn t reallyblame the problem on the lack of a grand gesture.Damn it.Jack really wasn t sure how to proceed.He needed somewisdom, and he needed it fast.He thought for a moment,then smiled and lifted his phone.It only rang once; then, Morning, Jack.Where areyou? More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood70 That s not the most professional way to answer calls,Claire.What if someone else had been using my phone? Calldisplay is a tool, not a toy.Something for you to keep inmind. Executive assistants aren t toys, either, Jack.Something for you to keep in mind.Also, are you planningon coming by the office today? Your morning is flexible, butBobby would like half an hour to go over the revisednumbers on the Bangkok project before the meeting thisafternoon. Um& I don t know.I m kind of& I m in the middle ofsomething, I think.Did you know that Noah quit his job? There was a pause. No.I didn t know that. Her voicewas carefully neutral, and Jack had been sparring with herlong enough to interpret that accurately. But you know something, don t you? What s going on?Why am I in the dark, here? That s a good question, Jack.Maybe the answer to thatquestion is important. Alright, Yoda, what the hell does that mean? Jackcouldn t have this conversation and walk at the same time,so he ducked into the alcove by a store entrance and staredfiercely at the display of shoes in the window. You ve been spending time with Noah, and talking a lot,but he hasn t chosen to share this with you.Why do youthink that is? I don t know, Claire.Why do you think that is? More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood71He could hear her sigh over the phone. Maybe it sbecause his reason for quitting has something to do withyou. That couldn t be good. We were getting along fine.Ipushed him a little, with the presentation and stuff, but Ithink he appreciated that.On some level, at least.I mean, hedid a pretty good job.It was good to see him stretch himself.Are you saying that he didn t want to be stretched? Or is thisall still about the deal? Did he say something to you? He didn t say anything.But I don t think&. It wasunlike Claire to hesitate. What? Are you sure this was a business decision? I m not sure of anything.I m totally confused, andyou re making it just a little bit worse. He shuffled back outonto the sidewalk and rejoined the flow of traffic.Apparentlythis wasn t a conversation he could have standing still,either. Listen, Claire how do you think Noah would feelabout a grand gesture? I don t know.What would the message behind thegesture be? Well, that was a good question. Apparently he and Mattwent out last night.Did you know that Matt was gay? I did not.I m pretty surprised to hear that, actually. Yeah, so was I.We may have to fire Matt, later.Pencilthat in for after the meetings this afternoon. And why does it upset you that Noah and Matt wentout? Claire sounded smug. More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood72 No, Claire, you re way behind me on that one.I knowI m interested in Noah.I know I m jealous.I m not looking fora big reveal on that one.I just I need help figuring out howto let him know.So I was thinking about the grand gesture.But he said he was tired of Hurricane Jack, so maybe Ishould just give him some space. You re not like this in business, Jack [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. Jack thought of Noah, too insecure to even ask for anextra chair, and tried to reconcile that with the expressionon the face of the woman in front of him. I ll talk to him,absolutely. He had his phone out on his way to the elevator, but heonly got Noah s voice mail. Noah, I m at your office, butsomething s missing.We ve got work to do, buddy why areyou flaking on me? If this is about the deal we can figuresomething out, Noah.Something that will make you okaywith it. He paused, unsure of how much he wanted to sayover the phone, and then added, And I need to talk to youabout other stuff as well.Give me a call, okay? Like, rightaway.You ve got my cell number, and I ll leave the ringer onall day. More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood69By the time he was out of the building, he d doneeverything he could do using the phone, but it still wasn tenough.This was bullshit.He d shied away from the grandgesture the day before, only to wake up and find things evenmore messed up than they had been.That had been amistake.He wondered if there was some way to get hishands on an elephant.But that had been his little flight offancy, not Noah s, and in case all this had to do with Noahfeeling like he was being ignored, or something, it wouldprobably be best to focus on Noah.The problem was, Noah wasn t really the grand gesturetype.He was all about little gestures.Lots of beautiful littlegestures, like the vertical line he got between his eyebrowswhen he was really, really trying not to smile at somethingJack was saying.Or the way he d get excited about someoneelse s idea; it was practically the only time Jack had heardhim raise his voice, when he was celebrating someone else sbrilliance.The more Jack thought about it, the stupider hefelt.How had he not realized he was falling for this guy? Hethought it was adorable that Noah was obsessed with astupid volleyball, for God s sake obviously his judgmentwas being unfairly biased by some other emotion.And, really, things had been this messed up the nightbefore, he just hadn t known about it.So he couldn t reallyblame the problem on the lack of a grand gesture.Damn it.Jack really wasn t sure how to proceed.He needed somewisdom, and he needed it fast.He thought for a moment,then smiled and lifted his phone.It only rang once; then, Morning, Jack.Where areyou? More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood70 That s not the most professional way to answer calls,Claire.What if someone else had been using my phone? Calldisplay is a tool, not a toy.Something for you to keep inmind. Executive assistants aren t toys, either, Jack.Something for you to keep in mind.Also, are you planningon coming by the office today? Your morning is flexible, butBobby would like half an hour to go over the revisednumbers on the Bangkok project before the meeting thisafternoon. Um& I don t know.I m kind of& I m in the middle ofsomething, I think.Did you know that Noah quit his job? There was a pause. No.I didn t know that. Her voicewas carefully neutral, and Jack had been sparring with herlong enough to interpret that accurately. But you know something, don t you? What s going on?Why am I in the dark, here? That s a good question, Jack.Maybe the answer to thatquestion is important. Alright, Yoda, what the hell does that mean? Jackcouldn t have this conversation and walk at the same time,so he ducked into the alcove by a store entrance and staredfiercely at the display of shoes in the window. You ve been spending time with Noah, and talking a lot,but he hasn t chosen to share this with you.Why do youthink that is? I don t know, Claire.Why do you think that is? More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood71He could hear her sigh over the phone. Maybe it sbecause his reason for quitting has something to do withyou. That couldn t be good. We were getting along fine.Ipushed him a little, with the presentation and stuff, but Ithink he appreciated that.On some level, at least.I mean, hedid a pretty good job.It was good to see him stretch himself.Are you saying that he didn t want to be stretched? Or is thisall still about the deal? Did he say something to you? He didn t say anything.But I don t think&. It wasunlike Claire to hesitate. What? Are you sure this was a business decision? I m not sure of anything.I m totally confused, andyou re making it just a little bit worse. He shuffled back outonto the sidewalk and rejoined the flow of traffic.Apparentlythis wasn t a conversation he could have standing still,either. Listen, Claire how do you think Noah would feelabout a grand gesture? I don t know.What would the message behind thegesture be? Well, that was a good question. Apparently he and Mattwent out last night.Did you know that Matt was gay? I did not.I m pretty surprised to hear that, actually. Yeah, so was I.We may have to fire Matt, later.Pencilthat in for after the meetings this afternoon. And why does it upset you that Noah and Matt wentout? Claire sounded smug. More Than Chemistry | Kate Sherwood72 No, Claire, you re way behind me on that one.I knowI m interested in Noah.I know I m jealous.I m not looking fora big reveal on that one.I just I need help figuring out howto let him know.So I was thinking about the grand gesture.But he said he was tired of Hurricane Jack, so maybe Ishould just give him some space. You re not like this in business, Jack [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]