I decided I might as well be honest. "I had heard that you wanted me gone. So, I thought I'd make it easy for you and quit, so you wouldn't have to call me into your office and fire me."
"I don't know where you heard that, but I never said I wanted you gone."
"Well, I won't say who, but someone overheard you saying that you were having a hard time working with me."
I couldn't believe it when he shook his head and started chuckling, because I didn't think it was funny. I thought we got along really well, and even thought of him as a friend, at least until I heard that he'd decided to let me go.
He put his phone down and reached across the bed for my hand. "Lissa, what I said was, some days I'm so distracted by you, I find it hard to get any work done.
Because you're just so pretty and
