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Story: Yorkie to My Heart

“And you finally decided to heed to sense?”

“Yeah.And the cops took pity on us and took us out the back.”

“That was magnanimous of them.”

“The one guy asked for an autograph for his university-age daughter.”

Of course he did.

“His partner, the lady?She yelled at him.Well, told him off anyway.Said we should’ve been paraded out so we could be embarrassed.”Andreas leaned in.“I told her I was already plenty embarrassed.She huffed and said she hoped so.”

“Did you give the autograph?”

“Yeah, when the lady cop left the room.I signed his notebook.”

Of course he did.

“When are you scheduled to fly to Vancouver to start rehearsals?”

“The studio booked a plane for me, Norah, and a couple of other actors.We leave two weeks from tomorrow.”

Filming for the movie was scheduled in Vancouver, Canada.Closest the producers could get to the vibe of Seattle without actually filming in the States.Then the production was heading up to the Yukon—which was supposed to be Alaska.The difference between Canadian and American dollars these days made shooting in Canada much cheaper.Helped the talent was second-to-none up there—production and acting.

“So you’ve got two weeks to put your house in order—so to speak.Talk to your therapist.Talk to your best friend.Figure your shit out.Otherwise this is going to happen again.I’m surprised the LA cops were so forgiving—Canadian cops sure as hell won’t be.”

He turned his face to give me his chiseled profile.“You think they won’t swoon for this?”

They just might, but I’m not saying that to you.“I think you need to get your act together, Andreas.You got fucking lucky.And you know it.Things could’ve gone in a very different direction.Derailed a potentially promising career.You need to prove that nomination last year wasn’t a fluke.”

“It wasn’t.”

“I know that.Shayna knows that.Valentino Langston knows that.”Val was the producer up in Vancouver who’d specifically sought Andreas out.

I’d enjoyed writing that press release.

“But you’re not making our jobs easier.Smooth sailing, right?That’s what we talked about.”Most of what I did was issue press releases and put out little fires.This clusterfuck was the biggest I’d dealt with in a long time.Almost made me wish I was still based in LA.

Almost.

But when I thought of my cute house, my cuter neighbor, and the most adorable Yorkie ever, I had zero regrets.

Just have to convince Phillip to give me another chance.

“You think this will blow over?”

I checked my notes.“This guy who you nearly hit?—”

“And who hit me.”

“Focus.”I glared.“This guy you nearly hit.He’s the CEO of a fast-food chain of restaurants.”

“Yes.”

“A family friendly chain?”Andreas refused to give me either the guy’s name or the name of the restaurant.Which had me worried.Does he not trust me, or is he not telling me the entire truth?I couldn’t be certain, and I didn’t like it.

“I’m telling you that he’s not going to be a problem.I can guarantee it.”

Which scared me as much as anything else in this mess.