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"I think you’re growing up, Peter Pan, and that et involved with a woed "That’s so typical And boring I like to think I’, though, I’ I’ someone that will actually help me with the work around here, so theress to finding so for you"

He threw back his head and laughed "That would be refreshing," he added, when he’d caught his breath again

"What do you need an assistant for, anyway?"

Turner shook his head at et to pull the reclusive author bit, doing a few interviehat, like, once, twice a year? No Facebook presence No Twitter account Hell, you probably don’t even knohat Instagram is"

I did, but only because I’d heard hi about it several times, and as far as I knew, it was just a place where woe shots (and men went to look at said shots)

He rolled his eyes atworld, there are only a few that get to do it like Alasdair Fucking Masters"

I just continued to stare at hih I was a lost cause "It works for you, but so books, there’s a few extra full-tiet done, and this may or may not tank a new release if we don’t have soh he still didn’t "So there’s actually work to be done, and you still keep hiring people that aren’t doing any of it?"

"Not anymore I swear it Candy was the last one But enough aboutout with her again?"

I flushed I didn’t like his wording "We went out for coffee As friends We did not go out"

He shrugged "Well, she’s smokin’ A dime for sure I think she could be a body double for Nicole Scherzinger And maybe you should ask her out Why the fk not? One big selling point: I can guarantee she won’t rag tap you post coital"

"I’ about it I knew she’d photographed headshots for hiirl like Lourdes was straight playboy catnip to a guy like Turner

He flushed, shifting It took me a moment to place the look on his face, because I’d never actually seen it before

He was uncouessed

He winced comically "Yeah, I did I’ for her, right after her divorce After that, she’s refused to take my calls, even professionally"

"What on earth did you do?"