On Her Terms: A brand new gloriously relatable queer fake dating rom-com to fall in love with! (Out in Hollywood, Book 3) by Amy Spalding

Author:Amy Spalding [Spalding, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2025-02-21T17:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Take Back Some Danger

“I can’t believe you agreed to that taco stand,” Chloe said when she rolled up to my place the next morning. “Julia fucking Child says it’s good and now I’m doomed to eat overrated plates of peppers for the rest of my life. Thanks, old white lady.”

“Uh, you’re welcome,” I said, and Chloe burst into laughter.

“I meant Julia Child, not you, you idiot,” she said, though she hopped out to help me with my bags. “Who’s taking care of Small Jesse Pinkman? Is this the first time you’re leaving him? Are you OK?”

“I’m very uncomfortable with this, but my assistant’s handling it,” I said with a grimace. “You know I hate overlapping worlds, but I remembered she’d said something about cat sitting for one of her neighbors, and honestly she’s one of the people I trust most to handle things, so.”

“I’m proud of you,” Chloe said, as we got into the Bronco and buckled up. “Small Jesse Pinkman deserves the best care, even if now your assistant will know what kind of toilet paper you like best.”

“Oh, god, I didn’t even think about that,” I said, as she laughed at my expense. “No, you’re right, it’s worth it.”

“He’ll be fine,” she said in a kinder voice than I was used to from her. “It’s so hard leaving them, I know. I wish Fernando could text me to let me know how he was doing.”

“It would be so cute if they could text,” I said. “Even if it was just emojis.”

“Why would it be just emojis?” Chloe shrieked. “So in this world, they have the power to use phones but only use emojis?”

“Why is that so weird? I feel like the power of the English language might be beyond them. Emojis are so straightforward.”

“Oh my god,” Chloe said, but she grinned at me. “Are you ready?”

“For what? A whole weekend devoted to a couple’s eternal love while we’re there scamming the system?”

“Uh, no, and what system?” She gestured to her iPhone in its dashboard mount. “Are you ready for the amazing playlist I made for us to get there and back?”

“That,” I said, “I’m absolutely ready for.”

She tapped play and the opening notes of “Ya Got Trouble” from The Music Man rang out. “That’s right. It’s wall-to-wall musicals.”

“Hell yeah,” I said. “Did your friends tell you when they came over to help me the other week that I had a Broadway playlist blasting? They all acted really nice about it but I definitely did not feel very cool about the whole thing.”

“Oh, please,” she said. “They’re all nerds in their own ways. No one said anything to me about that night except that your condo’s great and your cat’s amazing.”

I imagined being discussed in my absence, in a group that contained both my fake girlfriend and my actual boss, with only compliments. A rush of warmth was too intense for me to worry about other possibilities that the fears of being talked about behind your back usually brought up.

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