‘That was quick?’ Miranda looked surprised to see me back in the office so soon. ‘How’d it go?’
‘He only answered the door after I cut up my knuckles knocking for half an hour, asked if anything was wrong and then told me to piss off,’ I replied. ‘So not great.’
‘So, he isn’t a natural conversationalist,’ Mir shrugged. ‘How did he look?’
‘Think Tom Hanks in act two of Castaway, only without the social graces necessary to make friends with a volleyball,’ I said, punching the call button for the lift. ‘He’s the least likeable human I’ve ever met – and I’ve met Jeremy Kyle, Katie Hopkins and the man who plays the Fox in the Foxy Bingo adverts.’
Miranda grimaced.
‘We’ll work it out,’ she promised. ‘Or we’ll call it off. It doesn’t matter, it’s only a stupid bet.’
‘Oh, absolutely not,’ I replied. ‘There’s no way we’re not winning this. I’m not giving them the satisfaction.’
‘You know you could just shag Charlie and get this out of your system,’ she said, holding her hands up in front of her to create a human shield. ‘Not saying you have to; just putting it out there as an idea.’
‘I don’t know what you’re talking about,’ I said primly, tossing my long ponytail over my shoulder. ‘Don’t worry, Mir; one way or another, we’re going to win this.’
I walked over to the huge whiteboard in the corner of the room and uncapped a bright blue marker. On one side of the board, I wrote the word ‘followers’ and added a big fat zero underneath. On the other, I put down the number thirty. Thirty days to make this man the internet’s latest leading attraction. Taking a step back, I folded my arms and stared at the board as though it might have the answers I needed.
‘This is going to be a piece of piss for you,’ Miranda said. ‘A month is practically forever. You’ve got this.’
‘Yeah,’ I replied. Now I had the numbers literally staring me in the face, I was suddenly not quite as sure as she was. Zero to twenty thousand with nothing to go on. Inside thirty days. ‘I’ve got this.’
Hopefully, the more times I said it, the more likely I was to believe it.
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About the Author
Lindsey Kelk is a Sunday Times bestselling author, podcaster and prolific tweeter. Born and brought up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, she worked as a sales assistant, a publicist, a silver service waitress and a children’s editor before moving to New York and becoming a full-time writer.
Lindsey has written sixteen novels for adults, including the I Heart series, The Single Girl’s To-Do List and One in a Million, as well as the children’s book series, Cinders and Sparks. A fan of lipstick, pro-wrestling and cats (although not all at the same time), she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Jeff, and their two cats, BelleBelle and Anderson Cooper.
You can find out more about Lindsey on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @LindseyKelk, and at http://lindseykelk.com.
Also by Lindsey Kelk
I Heart series
I Heart New York
I Heart Hollywood
I Heart Paris
I Heart Vegas
I Heart London
I Heart Christmas
I Heart Forever
Girl series
About a Girl
What a Girl Wants
A Girl’s Best Friend
Standalones
The Single Girl’s To-Do List
Always the Bridesmaid
We Were on a Break
One in a Million
Ebook-only short stories
Jenny Lopez Has A Bad Week
Jenny Lopez Saves Christmas
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