CHAPTER 37
TYLER
“Tyler!” Sebastien barked from his office the next afternoon.
“I knew this was coming,” she muttered to Rory. “Stay here, buddy.”
She made her way to the front desk and stopped in front of Lara.
“I’ve been meaning to talk to you.”
Lara blinked. “What did I do?”
“If you could ease up on the flirting with Cary, that’d be great.”
Lara’s eyes widened as she covered her mouth. “Oh my god, I’m so sorry! I didn’t know you two were together. He’s amazing. You’re so lucky. He’s lucky too. I didn’t even know women could manage bands before I worked here. If you ever have any advice—”
“Actually . . .” Tyler’s gaze dropped to Lara’s unbuttoned blouse. “People might take you more seriously if you dressed a little more professionally.”
Lara instantly folded her arms over her chest. “Totally! I’ve never worked in an office before. I just wanted to look nice for the clients.”
“It’s the music industry.” Tyler rolled her eyes. “As long as it’s clean, you’re good.”
“Thanks for the tip.”
Tyler nodded and continued walking toward Sebastien’s office.
She poked her head inside. “I’m here.”
“What the fuck was that about?” Sebastien folded his arms on top of his belly.
She picked at her fingernails. “What?”
“The Warner party. I called you.”
“Oh, that. Sorry. You know the rule at Warner—no phones allowed.”
“You need to check your phone no matter what, Tyler.” He unfolded his arms and adjusted his stupid baseball cap. “Yestown—”
“What about them?” she asked flatly.
“I’ve had some interest.”
“Yeah, people are losing their shit over them.” She glanced at her watch. “Warner’s putting an offer together. I should have it by the end of the week if not sooner.”
“Hold off.” He stroked his beard and crumbs dropped on his desk. “I’m heading to Toronto tomorrow.”
“Why?” she asked, trying to keep a straight face instead of jumping up and down.
“To get competing offers. More pucks on the net.”
She frowned. “They’remyband.”
“Signed to SDM,” he said. “After that stunt you pulled at the awards you need to get them ready for Cary’s tour ASAP.”
“They’re ready. And I didn’t pull any stunts. I had no idea Cary was going to do that.”
“Don’t bullshit a bullshitter.” He seemed proud of it.
