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Katy, who’d been diligently working at her computer across from them despite it barely being nine a.m., raised her eyes from her computer and looked between them both before turning her attention back to her screen.
“Thanks for that,” Stella said.
Effie smirked, giving away her true glee.
“You’re very welcome. And you haven’t answered my question.”
“I only ‘did it’ that night after tacos,” Stella said, her voice lowered. “And the next day. But that was it.”
After Max talked about his birth mom, Stella was expecting he’d drop her off back at her apartment and leave. But when it became clear Chelsea wasn’t home, she had invited him up and one thing had led to another and he didn’t end up leaving until sometime in the early morning when she was half-awake. She hadn’t seen him since then, but they’d talked every day and she was going to his place after work today.
“Then why do you look ran through?” Effie asked.
“Okay,ran throughimplies I’m having sex with multiple people, which I am not,” Stella said. “And I just haven’t been getting the best sleep, I guess. Now can you leave me and my dark circles alone, please?”
Effie opened her mouth to respond, but Katy gasped, drawing their attention.
“What?” Effie asked.
“Holy shit!”
“What?” Effie asked again.
Katy looked from her to Stella.
“You won!” Katy said.
“Who you?” Stella asked. “Me?”
Katy nodded, and Effie grabbed for her laptop.
“Holy shit,” she said. Then she turned the computer to Stella so she could see it. The Sprint Week results.
Hello, Yellow Sparks family!
Thank you all for another incredible Sprint Week! The numbers this time were incredible, and I’m so proud of the work you all accomplished together. But I’m sure you only care about one thing, so here are the results:
1. Stella Johnson—1,456,990 views
2. Eric Schmidt—1,003,405 views
3. Effie Thomas—999,450 views
4. Gregory Jacobs—995,320 views
As always, you can find the full list of everyone’s stats below, with more details about all the posts that wentup last week. Congratulations to the winners! Eric, Effie, and Gregory, please stop by my office sometime today to claim your prizes.
Best,
Miles
Stella read the email, then read it again. She’d won! She had actually won! Stella was pretty sure she’d never won anything in her life, but she had won this, and all on her own. She scrolled down to see the post traffic and almost smiled when she saw “Ten Zodiac Sign Pairings That Should Totally Be Together—and Ten That Absolutely Should Not” was number one. She knew that would get people talking and sharing.
“Why does he say for only Eric, Effie, and Gregory to claim their prizes?” Katy asked, pulling Stella out of her thoughts. She looked up from Effie’s computer to see Katy scanning her screen, most likely reading the email again. Stella had been so excited about winning she hadn’t even really thought about that, or why there were four winners instead of three.
“Fuck,” Effie said, huffing out a breath. “Stella didn’t use that Sparky shit. Her posts don’t qualify for the prize money.”
“Wait, what?”
