Running From Him (ManxMan) ✔️

Chapter 14: I Seriously Think You Got It Backwards

🏃Clark's POV🏃

I sat up groggily in my bed, my eyes feeling a little bit swollen. I have never fully understood why it happened in the morning but I had gotten used to the feeling over the years.

I slowly pulled myself out of my bed and dragged my feet until I made it to the bathroom. I did my whole morning routine but as I was brushing my teeth, my mind wandered to my future.

It had been over a week since Jasmine had given me her advice, I still hadn't called up Meaghan for the simple reason that I still didn't know what I wanted.

Was working for Meaghan going to be a good idea in the long run? I still didn't know. The whole situation was showing me that I was far more indecisive than I had thought, and relied much more on people than I would like.

So to be more self-reliant I decided that I would successfully do as Jasmine said and figure out my passion.

I was working again today, so as I was stacking books and watching the customers, I thought of things that I enjoyed doing, or just generally enjoyed.

I looked around the bookstore, humming under my breath. The first things I noticed were the bookshelves. They were large, sturdy, they were made of a beautiful deep, dark brown wood. It looked amazing next to the gentle soft beige and yellow colours found all over the store.

That didn't really help figure out anything new about me so I moved on.

I looked around the store again. My eyes landed on a woman who was very well dressed. Her outfit consisted of a no-sleeve, top with a gold metallic design on the front; a pair of loose, light washed jeans, tied up with a brown belt that had a golden buckle, a soft, brown cardigan; and a pair of off-white Jordans with gold accents.

The entire outfit was so satisfying to look at that even if it didn't help at all, I did not mind wasting the effort.

"Ah, Clark. Have you finished putting the books away yet?" I heard my coworker, Gabe, ask me. I looked down at the tray where the books were held until they were put back on the shelf and realized that while I was thinking, I left the last two books of the cart.

"Uh, I'm finishing up right now actually." I rushed out, grabbing the books in a hurry, checking their spines to make sure I did not make a terrible mistake, and then placing them on the shelf.

I took the cart and rolled it all the way into the back room for the carts, leaving it there and coming out to find Gabe waiting for me.

"Oh, good. You're done." Gabe smiled pleasantly once I walked out of the room. "Jane wants you behind the counter. Probably because the customers love you."

I rolled my eyes at Gabe's joke, ignoring him as he wiggled his eyebrows around like crazy.

"Okay, thanks for telling me." I told Gabe. I walked around him to head to the counter and found a customer waiting already. I rolled up my sleeves and slapped on a smile.

"Hi, how can I help you?"

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I left out a deep, tired sigh as I walked through the front door. I slipped off my shoes and placed them in the closet with as little energy as I could and walked over to the living room.

When I got to the living room, Ethan was sitting on the couch with his laptop on his lap. I guessed that he was probably getting some work done and just silently went to sit down next to him.

Ethan looked up at me and his eyes widened slightly in surprise.

"Oh, welcome back Clark." He smiled, scooting over to make even more space for me on the couch. "Sorry that I didn't say it right when you got back, I was a little bit focused on my work and did not notice you."