Page 38 of Mid-Thirties Slightly Hot Mess Female Seeking Billionaire

"Smart. That is why, but we are getting ready for a huge launch behind the scenes, and I feel like a great jingle will help get people into the store once it opens."

"Really? I suppose that could be true. What’s the store name?"

"Ah," he says, a twinkle in his eye. "Why don’t you see if you can guess?"

"What? How am I supposed to guess?"

"I don’t know. Tell me what you think it would be?"

"Rosser Home Goods," I say without a pause. I don’t think I’m right, as it’s very unimaginative, but I have no other guesses.

His eyes widen, and he bursts out laughing. "Well, well, well, you are a genius."

"No way. It’s not really Rosser Home Goods, is it?" I try not to make a face.Boring.

"It is, indeed." He smiles as he takes in my not-so-good poker face. "Maybe not the most original, but it fits with our brand."

"Sure, it definitely fits. So, you want me to create a jingle that goes with Rosser Home Goods?"

"I do, as well as a jingle for Lord Chambers’ Lighting brand."

"I have a question," I say as I put on my work brain. "So, is this jingle specifically for Lord Chambers or is it for the Royal Lighting line as a whole?"

"It was specifically for Lord Chambers," he says, pausing. He thinks for a moment and then continues. "But maybe, just maybe, we can do it for the lighting line and just throw in his name as part of the jingle so he feels acknowledged. You know how these royals are."

"Not really," I say, shaking my head. "I’ve never met a member of royalty before in my life."

"I see," he says. "Would you like to?"

"What? Meet a member of royalty, like the king or something?"

"The king?" He raises an eyebrow.

"You know, King Charles or that new King of Denmark that has all this drama with his wife." I pause. I don’t want to admit to reading gossip websites.

"No, Sarah, I’m talking about Lord Chambers."

"Oh." I feel like a bit of a fool, then, because, obviously, he’d be talking about Lord Chambers. Why on earth would we go from talking about Lord Chambers to talking about King Charles of England? It’s very unlikely that he’s designing a light to be sold at Rosser Home Goods. And when I say very unlikely, I mean hell would most probably freeze over, and dinosaurs would be back on Earth before it happened.

"You know what, Sarah?" Ethan says as we walk down the hallway to another room. I watch as he opens the door to a large study and walks inside.

"What?" I ask as I follow him into the room.

"I believe you."

"You believe me about what?"

"I believe that you didn’t write that personal ad to try to garner my attention and win me over into your wicked ways of lovemaking and—"

"What?" I say loudly. "Lovemaking, what?"

He chuckles. "Well, you know, your black widow web. Trying to catch me with your lovemaking skills."

"I already told you I didn’t attempt to do that."

"I know, but I still wasn’t sure. But I do believe you. I don’t think you’re that sort of woman." He smiles and then bursts out laughing. "You’re just very open and a little gullible. I can’t believe you thought I could introduce you to King Charles."

"I mean, now that I think of it, I know how stupid that sounds," I admit, and I can’t stop myself from giggling.

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