C14 Looking for a Job

Under relentless questioning, I had no choice but to confess that the man I'd indulged with the night before was indeed Jorrell.

"Ellie, that Jorrell guy seems pretty decent. You'd be way better off with him than with that jerk Anatol," she suggested, likely hoping to help me move past my heartbreak more quickly.

I could only shake my head in resignation and inwardly sigh at her wild ideas