Midnight Blue by LJ Shen EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: LJ Shen
- ISBN: B0793DH5TP
- Language: English
- Genre: Literary Fiction
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- Page: 340
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Six months later:
Tap. Tap. Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap.
The soles of my shoes slapped against the granite floor like
a persistent canary. I had to dig my fingernails into my thighs to
make my legs stop bouncing to the rhythm of my restless,
foolish heart.
Shut up, heart.
Chill out, heart.
Stop fussing, heart.
There was no need to panic. Not even a little. Not even at
all.
I was going to get the job.
I elevated my head, flashing the woman sitting across from
me my biggest, most enthusiastic smile.
“When we advertised the job for a PA position, we kind of,
sort of, what’s the word I’m looking for…? Lied.” Slamming
her chrome MacBook shut, she splayed her bony, manicured
fingers on top of it, showcasing a ring that must’ve cost enough
to buy the better half of my up-and-coming neighborhood.
My throat bobbed, and I smoothed down my tattered pencil
skirt. Actually, it wasn’t even mine. It was Natasha’s, my
brother’s wife, and two sizes too large at the waist. I only ever
got called back from food chain restaurants that didn’t require a
suit, so I’d had to improvise. I tucked my knotted ankles under
my chair, sparing my interviewer my silver Oxford shoes, a hint
of my personality I’d forgotten to disguise.
Everything in the woman’s office screamed excess. Her
desk, white and sleek; the seats made of alabaster leather; and
the bronze chandelier dripping down between us like liquid
gold. The Hollywood Sign poured from her floor-to-ceiling
window in all its promising, beautiful, broken promises glory.
So close you could see the dirt clinging to the white letters. Her
workplace was the size of a ballroom. There wasn’t a drop of
color or personality in this office, and not by accident.
Jenna Holden. Powerhouse agent to the biggest Hollywood
stars. Owner of JHE Group. She didn’t have time to get
personal. Least of all with the likes of me.
“You’re not looking for a PA?” The forced smile on my face
crumbled. I needed this job like Mark Wahlberg needed to show
his real junk in Boogie Nights. Really, really bad. Case in point:
I was living with my brother, his wife, and kid, and as much as
they loved me, I’m sure they loved not having to share their
one-bedroom apartment with a twenty-one-year-old avant-garde
slob slightly more. My only source of transportation was my
bicycle, which in L.A. was the equivalent of getting from A to Z
on a dead turtle’s back.
“I’m looking for…something.” Jenna tipped her chin down,
bowing a thinly plucked eyebrow. “And it does involve some
assisting.”
My patience was hanging by a thread, ready to jump ship. I
was hungry, thirsty, and desperate for the job. Any job. Summer
had kicked my ass, and all the blue-collar positions had been
filled by acne-ridden teenagers. This was the third time I’d
come into JHE for this vague job this month.
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