Chapter 28: New Project

SLOAN

Once I get back into my office, I decide the best way to start is to just email Abbot and see what she’s about. I need to schedule a meeting to see where her head is at.

~Hello Abbot,~

~I’m excited to work with you on the upcoming collaboration with LILAC and Dubois.~

~Marlene gave me very basic information about what we’re looking to do, but I would love to schedule a meeting in person so we can discuss the details.~

~I have a pretty open schedule during the week, so just let me know when you’re available.~

~Thank you,~

~Sloan Kennedy~

~Lead Brand Designer~

~LILAC~

That’s that; there is nothing else I can do right now.

I pull out my phone and text Kade an update about the dresses and the wedding. I decide to wait until tonight to tell him about the new project because, hopefully, I’ll have more information.

Almost immediately, I get an email back from Abbot Dubois.

~Hi Sloan,~

~I’m so excited to work with you as well; I have an open schedule this week too. Maybe we can meet for~ ~lunch tomorrow? I have lots I want to pick your brain about.~

~I attended the purple party and thought it was incredible. I’m excited to hear your ideas.~

~Let me know if lunch works. I’m excited to meet you in person.~

~Abbott Dubois~

~Event Coordinator~

~Dubois Fashion~

Well, that was easy enough. After I confirm my lunch meeting with Abbot, it’s pretty much time to go home.

I load up all my stuff and cart it down to my car. I leave the dresses in my office so Kade doesn’t see them and make the quick trip back to the house.

When I get inside, Kade is lying on the living room couch, asleep. Poor guy, he’s been working so hard.

Instead of waking him, I go upstairs and take a quick shower, then slip into something sexy.

I go into the kitchen to start making dinner, and soon, the smell of food wakes Kade up, and he wanders into the kitchen.

“Wow, baby, you’re a sight for sore eyes. Damn, my fiancée is hot.”

“I’m glad you think so; you’re pretty hot yourself. Long day?”

“Sort of. I’m kind of mentally exhausted. They want two new songs, and I don’t have any ideas and I’ve been running my mind in circles all day.”

“Well, you can’t force it. Try not to think about it. For now, go sit; dinner is ready.”

I bring a plate to him, stand behind him, and start to work on his shoulders.

“I don’t know what I did to deserve this, but I must have been a very good person in a past life,” he says, then he lets out a deep sigh.

“I just love you and I have lots to tell you. I’ll finish your massage after dinner. Clover is hungry.”

I sit across from Kade and fill him in on the day, from the fact that I found a wedding dress to the plans to have the wedding at my parents’ house.

“Wow, it’s all coming together then. I can’t wait to see you looking all beautiful in your dress. I’ll be, like, I do, and you’ll be, like, I do, and it will be perfect,” he says with a cheesy grin.

“There is my mushy man.”

“You love it.”

“I do, I love you. I have more news though.”

“Okay? What’s up?”

“Marlene gave me this huge project today. I’m really excited, but she is so worried that I’m going to overwork myself that she wants me to take on Carly as an assistant.

“I like Carly, but it’s just going to be a lot for a while.”

“What is the project?”

“A huge party, fashion show, and fundraising event hybrid… Are you familiar with Dubois?”

“I mean, sort of. You have all those dresses, right?”

“Yep, exactly. Well, they are a pretty big deal, and we’re collaborating to host an event for the Global Fund for Women.”

he smiles. “That’s right up your alley.”

“Yeah, I’m excited. I’m going to meet with my contact tomorrow, so I’ll find out more then.”

“Well, I’ll help you with anything I can.”

“I know, Kade. You’re a dream man, you always help me.”

After Kade and I finish dinner and clean up, I do as I promised and make Kade lie down so I can give him a massage. Then, of course, he insists on giving me one.

We both end up so relaxed that we fall asleep early, in each other’s arms.

***

The next morning, I’m awoken by Kade kissing my head.

“Sorry baby, it’s early. I’ve got to run; there is something happening at the studio.”

“I love you. Have a good day,” I whimper in my sleepy state.

“You too. Good luck at your lunch meeting. I love you.” He presses a kiss to my lips, and I fall back to sleep.

When my alarm goes off, I get up and get ready for work, making sure to put on one of my Dubois dresses. It’s got to make some kind of good impression, right?

After I get into the office and get settled, Carly knocks on my door. “Hi, Sloan. Marlene said I should shadow you today?”

“Oh, sure, yeah. I wasn’t sure if she had talked to you yet. Come on in.”

She smiles timidly. “I’m excited to work with you. You did such a good job with the LILAC party.”

“Thank you. Come sit, and I’ll show you what I’m doing.”