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To my shock, he doesn’t.
“I was hoping we could maybe…I don’t know. Meet for coffee. Talk. Maybe take Jonah out for dinner together one night this weekend.”
Now I’m certain he’s drunk.
Not once in seven years has he offered to do dinner together for the sake of our son.
It sends up about a billion red flags and the hairs on the back of my neck prickle.
And yet, I find myself saying, “Sure. Dinner tonight would be fine.”
Why do I say that?
Because of Jonah. If it means I get to be there as a bumper between my kid and his dad, then so be it.
Besides, Lincoln is taking Sam to an event tonight so they can have another fight. It’ll be perfect if I’m also out to dinner, and then the evening will end and I can sneak over to Lincoln’s place and spend the night there.
That’s the plan, anyway. But sometimes the best laid plans go astray.
“Jolene?” Marcus says, and I glance up. “Can I have a word?”
I nod at him then say into the phone, “I have to go. Gridiron at six?”
“Sure. Bye.”
I hang up and head to Marcus’s office. “What’s up, boss?”
He chuckles. “Close the door.” I do, and he turns serious. “I have your podcast producer.”
I raise both brows. “And?”
“It’s Rivera.”
“Rivera?” I whine. “After what I told you?”
“That’s why I chose him.” He presses his lips together. “Keep your friends close and all that.”
“You want me to keep my enemy closer? Why? What good would that possibly do?”
He shrugs. “It will throw him off the scent. It’ll give him free access to the two of you to see for himself nothing is going on.”
“But won’t the chemistry between us on the podcast make him question it even more?” I press.
“Depends what angle you’re taking, Jolene. You’re a professional, and I assume you’ll be acting like one during all events related to this podcast since it’s a station event now.”
So does that mean no sex on top of the studio equipment?
I make the rather wise decision not to pose that question.
“Of course, Marcus. But—”
He holds up a hand. “No buts, Bailey. Of course you’ll have chemistry. We wouldn’t have you two working together if you didn’t. But that’ll just be part of the picture he’s seeing, and you know he’s our best content producer right now. He’ll put together the exact right clips to make a piece that’s flattering to the two of you and to whatever local establishment you’re promoting.”
I heave out a sigh. There’s nothing I can do, but I hate the idea of having Rivera be any part of this project whatsoever.
Though I suppose he does have the time since he missed out on the correspondent position.
The nasty errant thought runs through my brain, and I’m not even a little sorry about it.
