“I’ll let Alfred and Phyllis know what’s going on as well,” Libby says. “They’ll need to be ready in case you or Mr. Davenport need anything at all.”
Oh, they are going tolovethat. “Thanks. I better get back up there so we can get started,” I say.
“I still don’t like it,” Harrison says, but his voice is more on the ‘defeated’ side of the spectrum.
“You’ll get over it,” I say. “Now, please, let me be the hero for once.”
* * *
Text to Priya:Just wanted to let you know I may be incommunicado for a few weeks but I love you and I’m rooting for you to find your dream job.
Priya:That sounds ominous. Everything okay?
Me:Yes, but you may hate me once you find out what I’ll be doing.
Priya:Which is…
Me:Working day and night with a certain writer typing the last Clash of Crowns book for him.
Priya:Are you freaking kidding me?! Because unless this is a prank, I pretty much have to hate you.
Me:I don’t blame you. If I were a huge fan of his and the roles were reversed, I’d hate me too.
Priya:You could make it up to me by getting me an advanced copy of the book.
Me:I promise if I get an advanced copy, I’ll mail it directly to you.
Priya:You’re not going to get one, are you?
Me: Highly unlikely.
Priya:Maid of honour when you two get married?
Me: He won’t be the groom but deal.
Priya:I don’t know…a few weeks working closely together day and night…
Me:Nothing can happen. He’s a paying guest. It would be very wrong of me (as Harrison pointed out repeatedly). Sleeping with him would be THE WORST thing I could ever do.
Priya: But you want to?!
Me: I never said that.
Priya: You just made a thorough argument for why you shouldn’t sleep with him. If you didn’t want to, you would have just sent a pukey face emoji. Plus, knowing you the way I do, the fact that your brother said you can’t do it will make it all that more attractive to you.
Me: What?! My entire goal in life is to pay my brother back for everything he’s done for me.
Priya: I’m not saying you WILL sleep with Pierce. I’m saying you hate being told what to do, which means that the fact that Harrison said you can’t is going to make Pierce even more irresistible than he already is…
Me: I never said he was irresistible.
Priya: You don’t have to. I saw that shirtless pic of him...
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Girl Talk, the Masculine Way…
Pierce - Two Weeks Later
