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She grins at me. "Camden and Skye sitting in the tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G."
I groan as she sings.
"First comes love. Second comes marriage. Third comes the baby in the old tin carriage."
"Elisabetta, oh my gosh. This is our first date."
"Yeah, but he's taking you to a really fancy restaurant. I mean, that is a great sign."
"I guess. I just hope that he likes me and he's cute and we get along and he thinks I'm pretty."
"Girl, he's going to think you're beautiful because you are." She smiles at me. "I have a really, really good feeling about tonight. I have a feeling that Camden is going to become your new man."
"You think so?" I ask her, and she nods.
"Yeah, I do. And ask him if he's got any hottie friends for me because I'm looking."
"But what about the ball that your dad is planning for you?"
"Yeah, yeah. When that happens, I'll worry about it then, but I need to get laid. Your girl's got needs."
"Don't we all," I say, giggling. "Okay. I better go. I don't want to be late."
She steps forward and gives me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"You look stunning, Skye, and you know I don't just say that. Have an amazing night. Okay?"
"Thank you," I say, grinning at her. "I am so excited." I grab my handbag and hurry to the front door. "Bye." I give her a quick wave and head out of the building.
"Camden is going to be the one," I mumble under my breath as I make my way down the street. He has to be the one. I mean, I am in need of a one.
I sigh. I feel a little bit desperate as I make my way to the restaurant and I don't really like that feeling. I don't want to be with him just because I want to be with someone. I want to be with him because he is special. I want to be with him because he makes my heart flutter. Kind of like Kingston Chase does.
Don't even think about that man.
I groan as Kingston's face pops into my mind. I can't lie, he's sexy. Really, really sexy. His blue eyes make my heart flutter and his dark hair looks so silky that I just want to run my fingers through it. I want to press his lips against mine and against my skin and in places that he would probably blush if he knew I was thinking about him kissing and touching me there. I want to do so many dirty things to you, Kingston Chase, but only because you're hot, I think to myself. Your personality sucks.
I think back to the previous evening and I feel mortified yet again. I do not like the person I am when I'm around him. I always become flustered and stupid and angry and nervous and all sorts of things that make me question if I'm absolutely losing my mind.
Focus, Skye, I lecture myself. Stop thinking about Kingston Chase. He's your boss. Nothing more, nothing less. Tonight is about Camden. Camden Camden Camden. He could be your future husband.
"Imagine if he's your future husband," I mumble to myself. “And you're thinking about your boss. How embarrassing would that be in twenty years if you had to say, ‘hey honey, you know I love you, but that first night we met, I was kind of having dirty thoughts about my boss. But I'm so glad I met you.’ That's not going to fly Skye,” I lecture myself.
I take a deep breath and try to picture Camden's photos from the dating app. He looks like he's going to be gorgeous. Really, really gorgeous. I'm excited. Maybe one of my dreams is going to come true, or maybe all of them will. Maybe Camden and I will take a trip together. Maybe he'll be interested in traveling across the world. That would be cool and then I'd write a book about our adventures. Maybe Eat, Pray, Love number two, but a happy one. One where the relationship works out. One where love conquers all. “Women want to see that,” I say to myself. I can just picture a movie being made. Who would play me? I think to myself. I try to think of red-headed actresses and my mind goes blank. Julia Roberts is too old. I guess, Emma Stone? I smile to myself. Emma Stone can play me in the movie that's made from the book I write about my adventures with Camden.
Maybe Elisabetta is right. Maybe everything really is falling into place and I don't have to worry about dealing with Kingston on Monday morning. Maybe Camden and I will hit it off and he'll turn out to be a secret billionaire and he'll offer to take me on an all-expenses-paid trip around the world and pay my rent while I’m gone. That would be amazing, I think to myself. Though, highly unlikely. Get a grip.
I take a breath. My phone rings and I look down. I'm about to press end to send it to voicemail when I see it’s Zara.
"Hey, Zara," I say. "How's it going?"
"Good. Just checking to see how you're doing."
"I'm good. What's going on?"
"I have Lila on the other line. I'm going to connect her. Okay?"
"Okay." I nod. I continue walking as I wait, then I hear a click.
