The Physical Attraction Seminar by Meg Reading EPUB & PDF

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• Author: Meg Reading
• Language: English
• Genre: Men, Women & Relationships Humor
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LYLA
“IT’s OKAY, LYLA. YOU’RE NOT GETTING FIRED FOR BEING FIFTEEN
minutes late. No one is going to notice this time,” I mumble under my
breath while rushing through the lobby doors.

My heels shuffle against the marble floors while I round the vacant
reception desk in a hurry, and my heart drops to my stomach as the four-cup
coffee tray I’m holding tilts backward. Time slows as the paper coffee cups
teeter back and forth until scorching dribbles spew from the lids. I tense,
anticipating the ruin of my white dress, but somehow, the tray straightens
out just in time for me to make a beeline down the hall.

The last time I was late to a meeting, I went home and cried myself to
sleep for two days straight. Mortifying is the only word I can use to
describe the humiliating side glances and muffled snickers from coworkers
when I came bursting through the doors of the theater-style conference
room and stumbled down the first stairs. It’s been two years, and the image
stays etched in the forefront of my mind. It doesn’t help that my coworkers
won’t let me forget about it either.

I’ve lost count of how many times coworkers have walked past my desk
and said, “Hey, Lyla, meeting in an hour. Don’t be late.”
Without fail, a sarcastic wink accompanies the comment, which never
fails to send a rush of color to the apples of my cheeks. Since that day, I
vowed to myself that I’d do everything in my power to never be late for
another meeting again.

This morning, I was on schedule to show up twenty minutes early. Even
after my boss sent an eleventh-hour text asking me to pick up coffee on the
way into the office.

Then the unspeakable happened.
Something so embarrassing that I’ve spent my ten-minute mad dash to
the office coming up with excuses to explain my tardiness. The mere idea of
admitting the truth out loud and recounting the details to my coworkers
makes me break out into a cold sweat.

What happened was without a doubt the most humiliating experience of
my twenty-six years on this planet, and I can still feel the embarrassment
lingering as I slow down, struggling to catch the breath I lost three blocks
ago. The tick tick tick of the analog clock sitting above the double doors to
the conference room mocks me with each passing second.
As I reach for the cool metal door handle, my breath ceases, trapped
within my lungs as I slip through the opening with my back turned to the
crowd.

Please don’t be staring. Please, please don’t be staring.
My hand trembles involuntarily as I carefully press the push bar and
ease the door shut. In silent desperation, I plead for no one to turn around
and notice me. I stand there, shoulders tense and eyes squeezed shut,
straining to hear the faint click of the latch over the thundering of my
heartbeat before finally releasing my grip.

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