“Yeah, just a text from my assistant. One second. I just wanna—just wanna handle this so I don’t have to think about it for the rest of the weekend.” Or ever.

What did you say?

He knew Walls wouldn’t give out his number, but whatever was going on with Dru was starting to look a little suspect.

Walls sent back a screenshot of the conversation.

Hi, Chris. This is Mandy, Dru’s assistant.

She was hoping she could get Sam’s number so they could link up.

Hi Mandy. The best way to reach Sam
for professional inquiries would be
through his agent. John Coffey is with
TCA and I’m sure he’d love to chat
with Dru’s agent.

I should have been more clear.

I’m so silly.

I meant link up, privately.

What do you want me to say?

Sam did not need this shit right now. He’d just started on a good path with Amanda again and he didn’t need someone, frankly, as unprofessional as Dru Anastasia messing that up.

Tell her thanks, but no thanks.
Cha-Cha came out and we’re gonna give
things a try.

Walls texted back one more time.

“Sam would be flattered, but he’s focusing on his family and career at the time. Best to Dru with any future love connections.” Good? And tell Cha-Cha I said sup.

Yes, perfect. Hit send. And fuck no.

A laughing smiley and thumbs-up emoji was his final reply.

It was the right thing to say to Dru, but now Sam felt a little off about her even having his assistant’s information. How the hell did she get Walls’s number? Sam shook it off and looked over at Amanda. Her eyebrows lifted and a small smile filled with concern touched the corner of her full lips.

“Okay?”

“Yeah, sorry. Just someone trying to nudge for something they aren’t going to get from me. Nothing serious. Let’s go.” She rubbed the back of his hand as they continued walking, trying to soothe the tension that had suddenly settled on him. Dru shooting her shot shouldn’t have bothered him so much. It shouldn’t have bothered him at all. Still, it took nearly the length of the property to shake the tone of those texts off so he could focus all his attention back on the ray of sunshine by his side.

Chapter 13

Chapter 13