Episode 413: Rich Girl

Avalon giggled slightly. "Eating ice cream in the middle of the day isn’t exactly any job description I’ve ever had."

"Welcome to my world! Before I started waiting tables this was pretty well the most strenuous thing I did all day - well unless you count back to when I used to try to get you to give me the time of day at the market."

"You did make quite a career of that," she said with a wry smile. "I thought you were so arrogant and annoying at first."

"But you grew to love me," he teased. "And look at how it’s paying off. Members of the project development team, it has a beautifully vague ring to it, huh? We could spend every day researching ice cream flavors if we wanted to."

"This world of yours is a pretty lovely and delicious place to visit." She frowned though. "But I’m not completely comfortable with it. Like I said, it’s not like any job I’ve ever had. It feels wrong to slack off, to play hooky half the day and spend the other half in our offices surfing for news on Xavier. I feel like I’m doing something, I don’t know, criminal, I guess."

Sebastian pressed a hand to her cheek. "You have nothing to feel guilty over. My father should buy you all the ice cream and anything else you ever want without you having to lift a finger for it. He owes you for all those smiles he robbed you of. Besides, we met that private investigator this morning; she seemed smart. Before you know it we’ll be able to get off the payroll if that’s what you want or you could finally live the easy life you deserve."

Episode 414: Summertime