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I giggled. “Always such a charmer.”
“When are you going to let me take you out to dinner? I owe you a baseball game.”
“You do. Maybe next time I’m in town.”
My eyes connected with Julian who was standing behind me, staring at us like he recognized we’d once dated.
“This is Julian Locke. Julian, this is Charles Gordan.”
“Do I get to call him Charlie too?”
I nervously chuckled. “That’s just an old nickname I have for him.”
“Cherry?”
“Another old nickname.”
“I see.”
“Nice to meet you, Julian.” Charles extended his hand and Julian shook it.
“It’s Mr. Locke, Charlie.”
Jesus, we just got here, and he’s already being an abrasive asshole.
I intervened, “Why don’t you go get everything ready for Mr. Locke, and we’ll be right over.”
Charles nodded, feeling the sudden tension in the room.
Once he was gone, I turned to Julian. “Can you not be a snarky dick to the journalist who’s about to run one of the most important interviews of your career?”
He tugged on the end of my hair. “He better be referring to the color of this, Cherry.”
“Oh, don’t worry. He totally is. I’m fully lasered. Brazilian to be exact.”
Julian groaned, making me smile big and wide.
“Did he fuck you?”
“Uh, hello, none of your business.”
“When was the last time he fucked you?”
“Again, none of your damn business. Now get your head in the game, Locke. You need to be nice.”
“I’m not nice.”
“I’m fully aware, but you need to try.”
Charles announced, “I’m ready when you are.”
We made our way over to him.
Julian, of course, sat at the head of the table, while I sat behind him, and Charlie was sitting in front of both of us with a recorder and notepad in his hands.
During the interview, I lost count of how many times I had to tell Charlie he couldn’t use that.
“Tell me about your childhood, Mr. Locke.”
