Chapter 10Thomas
I told Bridget to just keep the tux with her before I went home that day. The shopping trip had been tense, and the quip she had made about me going home with someone else revealed to me a vulnerability in her mind that I hadn’t caught earlier. It never occurred to me that by telling her we couldn't go any further that I was somehow rejecting her beauty, and I didn’t want her to feel that way. It was simply unprofessional, that was all, but I had no issues with trying things out between us once this job was over.
I wasn’t sure how I was gonna fix my mess up, but I needed to find a way to do it before her anger pushed me away. Then, I’d really be out of a job.
The moment I pulled up into her driveway that morning, I had to get into her car. Bernie was racing down the roa
