“You’re not serious are you?”

“Of course, I am! I mean, we can at least try.”

“What for?”

“I just told you!”

“Why do I have to do it?!”

“Because she’s a friend now, and pwease?”

Ryan heaves a sigh. “Tell her to tell her friend to meet up with Andrew.”

“And you?” Daina raises her brows, causing Ryan to roll his.

“Fine, we’ll both go meet her.”

“Thank you! Thank you so much, Ryan!”

He forces a smile as Daina wraps her arms around him in a bone-crushing hug. Sure, it would be weird to ‘hire’ someone for RHPC, but hey. There’s a first time for everything, right? Now there was just one thing that was bothering him.

“I don’t even know her name, man,” Ryan exhales. “I don’t wanna ‘hey . . . you’ at the beginning of this conversation.”

“Interview,” Andrew corrects. He’s lazily sprawled on the couch with Marley lying across his large stomach. “Interview for a fellow musician. The Chosen One, who’ll give us hits like Bromance and Nice Guys. Interview, Ryan. Interview.”

“Conversation. We’ll end up hiring her—“ he glances at Daina, who’s now walking out on them—“so calling it an interview just doesn’t seem fair.”

And that’s just what happened: they did end up hiring her. And also, Ryan really didn’t know her name. So when they me