Page 30 of Forever Wild

“Do you think Erica will mind more if I date her or if I kidnap her?” I question.

“It alarms me how serious you look when asking that.”

We both sit there, lost in thought, my stomach twisting itself into tighter and tighter knots with each passing minute. Finally, I can’t take it anymore. “Ugh, fuck this. I don’t know what to do.”

“Well…” JT draws out.

“Do you have an idea?” I ask desperately.

He gives me side-eye that I fully deserve. “Erica’s text said not to date around. Not to be casually dating. What if you didn’t?”

“How does rephrasing the question help us?”

“I mean, don’t date her casually. Date her seriously. Go to full-on-relationship status.”

“It might be coming on a little too strong to ask her to be my girlfriend after one not-date.”

“Or you sack up and just explain it to her,” he says. “Explain you’re basically on probation with your sponsors and your PR team and that, if you guys want to casually date, you need to look like you’re seriously dating.”

“How did I reach this point in my life?”

“A string of bad decisions,” he says with a smile that makes me want to break his perfect teeth. “But I do think this can work.”

“I don’t know. I guess I’m going to sleep on it. Maybe a better plan will come to me in my dreams.” I stand up from the couch and head to my room.

“Good luck with that,” JT says, raising his hand in a half-assed wave.

Chapter fifteen

Bryn

Jameson

Thanks again for last night. I had a really good time.

I’ve been in the office since 5:30 this morning, trying to track down one of our development team leads in London.

I hate being in the office on the weekends. I’m not someone who loves to work just for the sake of being busy. I like being good at my job, I like getting things done, but I hate working more than necessary. Unfortunately, it’s currently necessary for me to spend a lot of time at the office. Some of it is getting in-person face time with the teams who are pushing extra hard on this new campaign. I also have so much work to do that forcing myself to go into the office every day I’m in California is the only way I’m going to get it done.

Me

I did too. What are you up to today? After establishing your trip isn’t your foray into the porn industry, we didn’t ever actually talk about what you are doing out here.

Jameson

Would you believe me if I told you I had meetings with my agent and a couple of potential sponsors?

Me

I would have believed you if you had simply told me you had meetings with your agent and a couple of sponsors. Now that you asked it as a question? Most certainly not.

Jameson

I knew it was a mistake as soon as I sent it. Let me try again.

I had a last-minute meeting come up with my agent and a couple of potential sponsors.

Me

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