Book 2 Chapter Nine
The rest of the afternoon flew by as I finished up my marketing plan for my meeting with Aaron Trent. Then, an email from Julia with suggestions for package changes occupied me long enough that I had to put off going to my apartment for another time. All in all, it was a productive day, and by the time Shawn texted that he was on his way, I was famished and eager to see my man.
I stopped at the upstairs bar when I saw purple hair dancing behind the counter. “Megan !” It hadn’t occurred to me how much I’d miss my co-worker when I changed my schedule to work days.
“Hey, girlfriend!” Megan knew me well enough to know I preferred to keep my personal space. Instead of a hug, she offered a high five. “You’re looking hot.” She chomped her gum as she looked me up and down. “Things must still be good with Charles Carter.”
“Shawn Carter,” I corrected. “Say it with me.”
She blew a big bubble and let it pop. “I know his name. Now. I just like dickin’ with you.” She grinned. “Tell me all about you and the psychotically hot one. And start with the sex.”
“That would take a while.” I suddenly wished I wasn’t on my way out, that I had time to sit and chat with my friend. I’d lied to her like I’d lied to everyone when the Shawn /Beyoncé coupledom was pretend, even though I’d ached to tell her the truth. And at the sight of her, I ached again to tell her how amazing things were going, but I’d have to give her the backstory to explain why things were different than the last time I’d said things were amazing. Given the chance, I’d tell her everything. But I didn’t have that chance at the moment, and a sadness settled over me at the realization of how far apart we’d grown over the last couple of weeks.
She pinned me with a penetrating stare. “But things are good?”
I knew what she was really asking-was I still in control of my obsessing? Was I still sane? “Things are very good, actually. Wanna do lunch some time and catch up?”
Her eyes went wide. “Definitely. I miss you!”
“I miss you, too!” Having Mariah as a friend didn’t take the place of Megan . I’d have to make a better effort to stay in touch.
“You have your purse on your shoulder. Does that mean you’re leaving?” She leaned her elbows on the bar and rested her chin in her hands.
“I am. But I’ll be back. Shawn ’s taking me to dinner.”
“Yeah, dinner. That’s what it’s called.” She winked. “But Kendrick said you’d been here all day, so why are you coming back? We got your night shifts covered.”
“I know, and thanks so much for that. But I have a meeting later.”
“Oh.” She tugged at her purple strands that I noticed now had blue highlights added. “Wait, does that meeting of yours happen to be with some Trent guy?”
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