of salvaging their budding relationship.
He badly wanted to salvage it, but he wasn't sure it was possible anymore, not after what had happened between them.
There was no point trying to fight against what his heart knew was right and what it was guiding him to do.
Today after he left the penthouse for the last time, he went downtown to a business meeting where he was investing in a small company.
He had originally aspired to be a silent partner but decided to buy the company outright and work on it himself as a bit of a break from all of the factories and larger-scale companies he bought and sold on a weekly basis.
This one was for him.
Or rather it was for them.
This investment had been more about making Hannah happy than about acquiring the new business and making sure all the numbers ended up in the black rather than the red at the end of the quarter.
It was a bigger risk than he would have generally been comfortable taking, but he had the comfort of knowing… or at least of hoping… that he wasn't going to be taking it on by himself.
When Nathan got into the penthouse he didn't see Hannah in any of the common rooms and assumed she was in one of the guest rooms getting settled.
She was going to be so excited when she heard about what he had done today that she would completely forget that she was upset with him… or that was what he hoped would happen at least.
He didn’t find her in the guest room.
He checked his own bedroom, and she wasn't there either.
He looked around to make sure she wasn't out on the balcony or in any of the other rooms before his excitement about the new project withered, and he went to his office to make a phone call to his lawyer about the new property and the leasing agreement while he waited for her to return.
When he sat at his desk he noticed there was a hand scrawled note in the middle of his ink blotter.
Dear Nathan,
After everything that has happened between us I think it would be best if I was not employed by you anymore. Working for you after our brief endeavor would be too difficult for both of us, and I fear that emotions would interfere with the upkeep of the homes and the way of life you intend to keep.
I understand that there may have been a miscommunication between us about the agreement and the change that we recently added, and I will take responsibility for that. I must have misunderstood you when we spoke the other night and read more into it than you intended.
I'm sorry that things didn’t work out for the better and hope that you will consider giving me a good recommendation so that I can find employment in another home through Herald's Housekeeping Agency, but if you feel I have overstepped my boundaries by accepting your conditions and advances, I completely understand and will not push the issue further.
Thank you for your time and for the wonderful experiences you have given me. I will never forget them or you, and I wish you the best of luck in life and all of the things you do.
Sincerely,
Hannah Morris
Nathan read through the letter twice before swearing and dropping it back on his desk.
'Did she honestly just break up with him and quit her job at the same time in a note?'
He found her number in his cellphone contacts.
Hannah was sitting in Bright Eyes curled up tight in a little ball in one of the hammocks she loved so much with a white chocolate chip, cranberry scone trying to drown her sorrows in a vanilla iced coffee with extra whip.
The sugar made her stomach hurt more than it was helping her feel better, but she kept drinking the delicious coffee hoping the caffeine would help her get enough energy to do something other than mope over the sad state of her life.
The Star Wars theme song starting playing from her pocket and her phone buzzed hard on her hip.
She sighed and pulled it out.
Reading the name on the caller ID made her heart beat a little faster.
It was
He badly wanted to salvage it, but he wasn't sure it was possible anymore, not after what had happened between them.
There was no point trying to fight against what his heart knew was right and what it was guiding him to do.
Today after he left the penthouse for the last time, he went downtown to a business meeting where he was investing in a small company.
He had originally aspired to be a silent partner but decided to buy the company outright and work on it himself as a bit of a break from all of the factories and larger-scale companies he bought and sold on a weekly basis.
This one was for him.
Or rather it was for them.
This investment had been more about making Hannah happy than about acquiring the new business and making sure all the numbers ended up in the black rather than the red at the end of the quarter.
It was a bigger risk than he would have generally been comfortable taking, but he had the comfort of knowing… or at least of hoping… that he wasn't going to be taking it on by himself.
When Nathan got into the penthouse he didn't see Hannah in any of the common rooms and assumed she was in one of the guest rooms getting settled.
She was going to be so excited when she heard about what he had done today that she would completely forget that she was upset with him… or that was what he hoped would happen at least.
He didn’t find her in the guest room.
He checked his own bedroom, and she wasn't there either.
He looked around to make sure she wasn't out on the balcony or in any of the other rooms before his excitement about the new project withered, and he went to his office to make a phone call to his lawyer about the new property and the leasing agreement while he waited for her to return.
When he sat at his desk he noticed there was a hand scrawled note in the middle of his ink blotter.
Dear Nathan,
After everything that has happened between us I think it would be best if I was not employed by you anymore. Working for you after our brief endeavor would be too difficult for both of us, and I fear that emotions would interfere with the upkeep of the homes and the way of life you intend to keep.
I understand that there may have been a miscommunication between us about the agreement and the change that we recently added, and I will take responsibility for that. I must have misunderstood you when we spoke the other night and read more into it than you intended.
I'm sorry that things didn’t work out for the better and hope that you will consider giving me a good recommendation so that I can find employment in another home through Herald's Housekeeping Agency, but if you feel I have overstepped my boundaries by accepting your conditions and advances, I completely understand and will not push the issue further.
Thank you for your time and for the wonderful experiences you have given me. I will never forget them or you, and I wish you the best of luck in life and all of the things you do.
Sincerely,
Hannah Morris
Nathan read through the letter twice before swearing and dropping it back on his desk.
'Did she honestly just break up with him and quit her job at the same time in a note?'
He found her number in his cellphone contacts.
Hannah was sitting in Bright Eyes curled up tight in a little ball in one of the hammocks she loved so much with a white chocolate chip, cranberry scone trying to drown her sorrows in a vanilla iced coffee with extra whip.
The sugar made her stomach hurt more than it was helping her feel better, but she kept drinking the delicious coffee hoping the caffeine would help her get enough energy to do something other than mope over the sad state of her life.
The Star Wars theme song starting playing from her pocket and her phone buzzed hard on her hip.
She sighed and pulled it out.
Reading the name on the caller ID made her heart beat a little faster.
It was
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