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“I could pretend to have a migraine to get us outta here faster.”
“I don’t think it’ll work,” he said. “They should be getting the paperwork ready.”
Levi was right, and thankfully, we were able to sign and leave soon after. I couldn’t help the excitement that hit me as I drove in something that wasmine.
On the way to get an early dinner, I called Emma to tell her that Levi had held up his end of the deal and that she had no reason to worry. We talked until I pulled up beside Levi’s car at the restaurant.
After eating, I was still feeling good about life, but when I got home, I received a text from Calvin.
Calvin
Are you coming to my party? It starts soon.
It’s the only way I get to celebrate your wedding, after all.
“You’re gonna have to work on your parking in the driveway,” Levi said. “You’re used to smaller cars.”
“Ah, yeah. Probably.”
He turned to me. “What’s wrong? And don’t say it’s nothing.”
I wanted to, but his call out made me rethink my choices. “Calvin just sent a reminder about his dumb party.”
“The stock price one?” he asked before rolling his eyes. “And, of course, it’s because of this damn mental health thing he’s pushing.”
“So then we have plans tonight. We need to go.”
“You just recovered from a migraine. There’s no way we’re going.”
“I’m over it. I can easily go.” At his answering glare, I added, “The whole point of this was to piss off Calvin and we’ve not done very much to accomplish that. I’ll be fine.”
“You keep saying that, but I don’t think you know what fine means. Migraines take days to recover from.”
“Levi,” I said as we entered the house. “I truly am okay. The medicine I’m on is very effective and getting back on it so quickly helped. But if I feel anything in my head, I’ll tell you, okay?”
“Will you really?”
“Yes.But you’ve said Calvin is hurting your business, and you just spent days taking care of me. Let me do this one thing for you.”
He sighed but nodded. “Fine. But only if you’re honest with me.”
“I promise I will be.”
“Do you still have the invitation?”
“Yeah, I think I threw it in my mail sorter.” I grabbed it and handed it over.
“It says it’s at five. Does this man ever work?”
“And yet you’re here.”
“I’m here because I had to help my wife. Trust me, I have plenty of things I need to do when I get back tomorrow.”
“Like find a way to make him look bad for poaching your employees?”
“I can’t believe what he’s doing is even legal,” Levi muttered. “But no. I have a connection with a talent agency and I’m making sure my benefits are as good as his. Even though he’s offering things he can’t afford. I’m working on expanding to rural areas right now on top of everything else.”
“Rural areas. I remember something about that when I was asleep in meetings.”