Page 32 of Just Another Silly Love Song

Ben nodded. “Of course. I was being a good boy.”

“I’d hate to see you when you’re a bad boy.”

He grinned. “That comes after hours and only by appointment.” He winked and walked down the hallway toward the sales offices.

What did he mean by that? And more importantly, why was I suddenly curious?

I turned back to Debbie, whose eyes were almost wider than her smile.

“What?” I said.

She leaned closer. “He likes you.”

“What?” I glanced back down the hallway, but he was gone. “Ben? Don’t be ridiculous. We have nothing in common.”

“Opposites attract.” Debbie winked at me.

I wiggled my finger at her and gave her a tsk tsk. “Not in this case. If one of us ends up dead, you’ll know who did it.”

* * *

BEN

I walked into Dan’s office at the far end of the radio station and slid into the chair in front of his desk, sighing. “That was interesting.”

Dan was the promotions director for the radio station, and also my best friend. We met five years ago on my first day of work and hit it off immediately.

We had a lot in common—playing poker, golfing, eating Mexican food—but we also spent a lot of time together in conjunction with the radio station since he was the one who planned all my personal appearances, charity events, and live broadcasts. I had something on the calendar almost every single week.

Dan looked up from his stack of paperwork. “You two were cracking me up today. Very entertaining show.” He flipped through some pages, looking for something, but then glanced up. “You and Lori have got some amazing chemistry.” He buried his head back in the papers, searching.

I stared at him. “You call that chemistry? All we did was butt heads all morning.”

“I know.” Dan glanced up and smiled. “It was awesome.”

I laughed. “You really need to get out more.”

“Have you seen our social media? They went nuts over you two.”

“Kyle mentioned it, but I haven’t had a chance to check it out. I’m exhausted. You know I’m used to working alone and having another person with me is draining. It will take some getting used to, if it lasts.”

Dan looked up. “If it lasts? What are you talking about? You two have got it.”

“Have got what?”

“It! I swear, nobody would ever believe me if I told them that was your first time working together. It was like you both have been a morning show team for twenty-five years. Actually, you’re kind of like an old married couple.” He laughed.

I shook my head in disbelief. “Not funny.”

“I disagree. The show was flawless.”

“Whatever. Anything new on the schedule for me over the next couple of weeks?”

Dan pulled up the schedule on his computer and shook his head. “Not at the moment. We have the anniversary party, the charity poker tournament, and the pet adoption open house. I need to check with Kyle to see if Lori is going to be added to the slate for those. I would imagine she would be, which means you’ll need to re-record some new promos with Lori in them.” He typed something on his computer and turned the monitor toward me so I could see it. “We already added Lori to the morning show page on the website.”

I glanced at her photo and nodded. “That was fast.”

“You can blame or thank Kyle for that.”