I’m frozen in place.
Surely Miles didn’t just suggest, here in front of everyone, that I should be the one interviewing him. As Amber was the one who convinced him, shouldn’t she be the one taking the lead?
That’s what everyone else thought, and in a way, I did too, even if it hurt me.
When I don’t immediately come forward, Miles frowns deeper. “Hugo!” he calls loudly. “Hugo, where are you?”
“I’m here!” Hugo shouts in reply, appearing from one of the nearby offices. He hustles toward Miles.
Miles starts talking before he even gets close. “When I agreed to this interview, we had a specific set of terms.”
“I remember,” Hugo says. “And we’ve seen to all of those terms. After the interview, we can –”
“It’s not after the interview that I’m concerned about,” Miles says. “It’s the intervi
