Chapter 48

MELISSA

"Hello, Gabriel!" I say, approaching him and seeing that Julia, holding the little girl, also comes out of the restaurant and walks towards us.

"How are you?" he asks, and I control the urge to frown at that moment.

"I'm fine, and you?"

"I'm fine, I wanted to talk to you about something important. Julia and Jacob told me that you're studying business at the same university we went to, and that's good," he says with a small smile, and I nod quickly.

"Yes, that's true."

"You know that I'm the CEO of a very large company, and recently my administrative assistant had to leave her job, so I'm wondering if you have any interest in that job. I don't know if it's what you want, but it seems like a good way to start practicing management. Is he offering me a job in his company?"

I keep looking at him, and I shake my head when I realize that I've been silent for too long, and I rush to answer him.

"Well, I don't know if I'm ready for a p