Chapter 53

Gwen's POV

"I'm nervous," I say.

"I know," Albert replies on the other end of the line. "But I'm sure everything will go well."

I swallow and glance at the clock. I have ten minutes left to meet the person who could potentially be my new boss. Of course, if I don't mess up completely. I'm just a block away from the location. It's quite close to Professor Jeremias' apartment, which means I'm also close to Conrad. I could have gone to his place and spent a few minutes with him, but it would have distracted me too much and I probably would have been late. I told Conrad that I would look for a job, but I didn't mention where. And here I am, near his house, nervous and thinking about all the advice he gave me.

He bombarded me with so much advice all at once that it started stressing me out. I blocked him on WhatsApp before leaving the house. I didn't want him to be able to message me and overwhelm me. If he did, I would get angry, become even more nervous than I a