Resisting the Musician (a Head Over Heels Novel) (Entangled Indulgence) by Ally Blake

Author:Ally Blake [Blake, Ally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-07-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Lori sat staring out her office window. It boasted ‘glimpse views’ of the Golden Gate Bridge on the days when it wasn’t shrouded in fog and today was such a one. Honestly, San Francisco had to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

It probably helped that the last few weeks, everything had begun to feel easier. Simpler. Lovelier. And getting lucky by way of Dash Mills of the wood-chopping muscles and slow, easy smiles was a big part of that.

But so was the fact that the bad news where Calliope Shoes’ future was concerned seemed to be trickling in now, rather than gushing like a hole kicked in a water pipe. Things had begun to really turn after she’d sacked their old PR firm and hired a cool new mob on Lita’s recommendation.

They’d skewed away from the high romance of their usual campaigns and after convincing Lori to own Callie’s change of circumstance rather than shying away from it, they’d gone with something more rock and roll.

The new website banner had Calliope Shoes written in its usual romantic font but off kilter in hot pink, and the image was a black and white still of a bride in layers of tulle standing over her groom with a glittery high heel shoe pressed against his chest.

With that, some of the smaller and more fringe magazines had happily taken on their edgy new spreads and they’d finally regained some editorial traction.

It was a tricky business, nevertheless. The hard work far from complete. Finding that point of difference, that one thing that could spark the imagination of the right partner businesses, and especially the shoe-buying public, was key.

The song.

Dash’s beautiful song would do it. Or at least she assumed it was beautiful. He still hadn’t played it for her. Though she caught him humming it more and more as she stilted her way through her chords. And the discord of his deep husky voice and the slow sonorous notes was a wondrous thing.

Lori recognized Callie’s soft footsteps entering her office and she sat up with a cheery smile. “Good morning, my darling sister!”

Callie stopped in the doorway, and glanced over her shoulder as if she’d missed something. When Callie looked back Lori realized her sister was deathly pale. “Callie?”

“We’ve set a date.”

“What?” Lori gripped the edge of her desk, tight.

“I just got off the phone with Jake and we’ve set the date for Labor Day weekend. Can you believe it?”

“Next Labor Day?” Lori asked, without much hope.

“This one, of course.”

“Did you tell him we’ve got Fashion Week to get through right after that?”

Callie lifted her chin, getting that glint in her eye she always got when Lori said anything less than complimentary about Jake, which admittedly was pretty much everything. “Any later and it would clash with the band’s next tour. So it’s either then or months from now. Jake figured if we just got it over with, and fast, it could only do us good.”

Well, that shut Lori up quick.

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