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“Oh, I love it!Brilliant.”She taps a few notes out on her laptop.“I will work on some fresh packaging, make sure it looks different on the shelf.”
Her cell chimes, and her eyes widen.“Oh… Ooooooh.”
“Everything okay?”I sip my coffee, the caffeine hitting my body right where I need it.
“Have you heard of Sutton Silver?The movie star?He’s Sawyer’s brother,” she says, and I shake my head, taken aback by that information.
“Sawyer's brother is a movie star?”He mentioned he lived in LA and worked in the business, but I have no idea about movie stars, my head too buried in survival to be looking at anything like that.I can't even remember the last time I went to the movies or even watched one.Kevin is always taking over the TV to watch baseball.
“Movie star?He asked for a box of soaps to give to his brother, but…”
“Sutton is big-time.One of the most high-profile stars in the world right now.And he just put us on the map.”Biting her lip, she moves her cell to my face, and my eyebrows hit my hairline.
“Whoa!”I take in the glistening abs before me.
I feel bad for a moment that I didn’t know about Sawyer's brother, and I hope I didn’t offend him.But I have no idea about any of that kind of thing.Most people scroll social media at night, in their downtime.But I have no downtime.I make soaps or have a myriad of other things to do once the kids are in bed, and by the time my head hits the pillow, I'm so exhausted, I'm out.
“Ooohhh my gosh, look.His latest co-star put an image up too, which is a little more on brand for us.”Victoria shows me another image on her phone, this one of our products on full display in a gorgeous bathroom, near a vase of lavender.
“Wow, what a bathroom.”I take in the double sinks and granite countertops, the kind of bathroom I envy.My small bathroom at home is the same as it was when I was a kid, making it decades old by now.
“Our followers are growing,” she nearly squeals.
I can’t help but get caught up in her excitement.I pull out my own cell again.I have social media and full access to our channel, but I rarely look at it.I bring it up now, refreshing every few moments, seeing our followers rise.
“This is amazing.”I look at the image of Sawyer's brother again and bite my cheek, wondering what Sawyer will think, and I can’t help but laugh.
“Sawyer is going to hate that image,” I say, and Victoria looks at me with a quirked eyebrow.
“Probably.Although, he loves his brother.They’re super close.”With her curiosity shining through, I already know what she’s about to say before she says it.“So you and Sawyer have been spending some time together, hmm?”
I roll my lips.“A little.”
“That makes sense.”
“What does?”I ask, taking a sip of my coffee.
“Why he hasn’t hightailed it back to the city, like we all thought he would.”
“But he is back in the city?”I question her tentatively, trying to put the dots together, and she gives me a smile.
“He is today, but not permanently.He loves the city and definitely isn’t a country boy at all.I mean, Tanner has been trying to get him to move here for years, but he never truly thought he could get him over the line.So it’s clear that something else, or should I say,someone elsehas caught his interest,” she teases, and I feel my cheeks blushing.
“Oh, I just had him over for dinner.It was nothing…” I try to deny it’s anything, but she calls me out.
“So he came for dinner?”she murmurs.
“I had plenty… sooo I offered for him to join us.That’s all.”I almost stumble over my words, slightly embarrassed.I’m still trying to sort out exactly what’s going on between us, so I don’t think it’s time to gush about him just yet.
“Of course… I heard he was also at the baseball game to watch the kids?”she asks, and I still.
I clear my throat.“Yes, he was there.”
“You have him over at your place for dinner, spending time with him at the baseball game… It sounds like you are getting along well.”
“Just getting to know each other a little.”I take comfort in that statement.We had one meal, a bit of flirting.But he did get me a set of all new tires and is coming for dinner once he’s back.
“Well, if he’s flying back and forth to the city each week, then he’s clearly keen to get to know you.The Sawyer I know, he likes his city comforts too much to ever spend too much time here in Whispers.”She sits back with a satisfactory smile on her face.
