Chapter 49

LYDIA

“Lydia so sorry to call unannounced but can I say Metro Chronicles hasn’t been the same without you. We all miss you and I was wondering-“

“I’m not coming back, Jack. We both know what fired means. That I’m to never step foot in your building?”

Jack’s breaths sounded uneasy from the end of the line.

“Had to be done unfortunately, you know how business is. People talk, if you continued working here it would only end badly for you”

So basically, gaslighting me into thinking me getting fired was my fault and necessary. How had I never seen my ex-boss like this, he was an—asshole.

“And why do you want me back now? Isn’t that for business?”

The old fart chuckled trying to lure me with that sales man voice that once had me eating at the palm of his hands

“Come on, Lydia. I’m offering you a nice deal here. Deals like these never come twice you know”

Right, deals that were induced with the fact that my name was now respectable in LA after Connor cleared everything up and threatened to s