Page 48 of Everything Has Changed
She grins with a small eye roll, knowing I’m right. We don’t keep things from each other forever.
I wave my hand in front of the camera, hurrying her up to answer my pressing question.
“It was…” she sighs wistfully. “Incredible. Amazing. Better than I remember.”
It’s my turn to laugh as I clap my hands with glee.
“Stop that! You’re supposed to tell me how stupid I was.”
I shake my head excitedly. “No way. I’ve always wanted y’all to get back together.”
“You just want me back in Willow Grove.”
I shrug, knowing it’s true. There was no reason to deny it.
“We are not getting back together. We haven’t even spoken since then.”
“Not even a quick text to plan your next rendezvous?”
“Definitely not. I think we are both in agreement that it was a one-time slip up.”
I raise an incredulous eyebrow. “How do you know if you haven’t talked about it?”
“I do believe the way he snuck out of my hotel room the next morning was enough explanation. I’d rather not reach out and be let down by that man yet again.” She takes a small sip of her wine.
“I guess that explains why you haven’t written a love story since.”
Her smile is sad, falling back down quickly as she stares at her fingers clenching the stem of her glass. “Nothing like opening the wound your first love left behind for a quick one-night stand to ruin your career.”
“Hey, your career is not ruined. This is just a little hiccup, is all.”
“It will be ruined if I can’t make my deadline.”
“Can you ask for an extension at all? Buy a little extra time to get your head straight?”
“Hilary is going to see what magic she can work. I have an idea that we think will go big time, so hopefully they trust me enough after the last series.”
“Why don’t you come down here and get away from the city for a bit? I wasn’t kidding when I brought up the festival. Ophelia could use the extra hands since it’ll just be her and Piper.”
“I don’t know, Gwen. I don’t think it would be good for me to be that close to him right now.”
“I promise to keep you two from crossing paths.” I cross my fingers over my heart and give her puppy-dog eyes.
She chuckles at my theatrics. “How about I say I’ll think about it and we leave it at that for now, okay?”
“Okay, okay. But just know it’s going to be awesome this year!”
Kennedy’s eyes light up, and she grabs at the chance to switch the topic of conversation to me now. “Tell me all about it.”
I dive right into explaining all the auction items and the games that we always enjoy. But I can’t help the face-splitting grin on my face when I start talking about the date auction.
“I need to stop by the vineyard and taste test the wines they are going to give us for the baskets. You already know Ophelia and I are going to create a fun little dessert to pair with it. And of course, the meat and cheese platters they do. Ugh, my mouth is watering justthinking about how great it’s going to be.” I pause for a second to catch my breath.
“And Logan is treating you well? He’s not making you do all the work only to take all of the credit, right?”
I shake my head. “I was worried about the same thing, but he’s honestly been so great.”
“I’d hate to have to come kick his ass.”
