Chapter 3At nine twenty, Alex, up on the mezzanine saw Jackson appear in the shop. Well, good. It looks like my newest recruit took notice of my instructions. Jackson wore skinny black jeans and a plain white shirt. He’d removed some of his earrings, but Alex was glad to see most remained. Clean shaven, his hair held back in a ponytail, Jackson was attracting a lot of attention from the younger women at the tills.
To his surprise, a shard of jealousy jabbed through him as Jackson smiled back at them. He shook his head, shocked by the unexpected emotion.
“Alex? That…young man claims he’s going to be working here. It’s the first I’ve heard of it. Surely you haven’t taken him on, have you?”
The sharp tone yanked Alex back from his reverie, and he faced his senior assistant. Jayne had been
