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“Not an idiot,” he said. “I’m glad you stopped in.”

“You are? Don’t worry, I won’t make a habit of it.”

He was glad in a way because it’s not who he was.

“It’s fine,” he said.

“Now I can go home and do my edits on the video. It’s probably horrible and I’ll have to redo it all, but I need it posted tonight since I’ll have their product on Wednesday night and my followers will understand it more.”

He wasn’t about to talk fashion with her. Or anything else. He knew most of the things Blossoms had because his daughter was asking for them nonstop.

“Send me a text later if you want to talk. We’ll figure it out.”

“I will,” she said, moving over and getting up on her toes to give him another kiss. “Thank you for not thinking I was silly coming here.”

“You’re not,” he said.

He’d be crazy to think it was silly to have a woman in his life care about him.

18

TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF

“Harmony,” Rick said when she walked into the corporate headquarters of the makeup company she was scheduled for a job shoot with. “We are so glad you could come in earlier than the rest.”

“Not a problem,” she said. “You didn’t tell me what this was about?”

She was meeting two other influencers here today to do a short video with them all in it. Rick’s company was shooting it. They’d all get a copy and then a small video of them individually. It’d be going out tomorrow as a promo to start the new year with their line of new makeup.

“We’ve been struggling to find others to work our campaigns that are a good fit. I heard that you’re kind of a liaison now for this,” Rick said.

“I am,” she said. “It’s a new part of my business and it seems to be taking off.”

Thank you, Erica, for coaching her to always sound confident!

“Great,” Rick said. “Tell me how it works.”

“Think of me as a recruiter for both sides. I’ve got a list of influencers that are looking to earn money and I vet them out, check their channels and social media following, and make sure they meet the needs of what the company is looking for. I also have a list of companies and what they are looking for, what they will pay, and their products. Then I match them up.”

“I like that,” Rick said. “It saves my staff the work. What do you get out of it?”

“Ten percent commission from both sides if a contract is signed. The payment from the influencer gets paid to me from the company so that I’m not tracking them down. Their payment is reduced by the ten percent and added to my ten percent fee.”

This way she only got one deposit and it was easier to keep track of.

“Smart,” Rick said. “It’s a lot of work for you to just get ten percent.”

She smiled. “Twenty percent when it’s done. Most of my clients are mid-tier to macro-influencers. I have some smaller ones just starting out, but again, the work is upfront for me and I’ve got my lists ready to go now and continue to add to it.”

There were people reaching out to her daily that she was vetting. It was more important to build her company list right now.

“Consider me part of that list,” Rick said. “Do you have a contract for this?”

“I do,” she said. “I can send it to you after the shoot when I’m back with my laptop.”

“I’d like that,” Rick said. “Now about Belle and Marion. You’ve never met them before, correct?”

“Not in person, but we interact online.”