her it was Chelsea right off the bat. “Thanks for telling me that and being honest,” Brooke smiled. “I know that probably wasn’t easy for you.”
“Which thing?” I asked. “Doing the shoot with Chelsea or telling you that she was there?”
“Both. But I’m glad that you told me. I’m glad that we have trust now.”
Max rolled his eyes ever so slightly that I was the only one to have noticed.
At least I told her that Chelsea was there. She didn’t need to know about the rest of it.
14
Chapter Ten (Brooke)
I was a little taken aback when Tim told me yesterday that the model was Chelsea, but my unease about it only lasted a minute. After all, it wasn’t his fault that she was the model the client picked. I actually felt kind of bad for him for having to do the shoot with her after everything that had happened. I was sure it was a terribly awkward situation for him to be in. I was really happy that he told me about her being there. It must have been hard for him, not knowing how I would react and not wanting to upset me and cause another misunderstanding between us again. But everything had been going so great, and it meant a lot to me that he was honest and upfront with me about it.
Today was going to be another productive day at the office. The builds were already starting to be built, and Tim had gone to one of the manufacturing sites in the city to check on the initial kick-off. I was going to go with him and see the production happening in person, but I had a few things on the marketing end that needed to be wrapped up first. Right after he had left, I realized that I had forgotten to bring my laptop with me to work, a critical error since I needed it to get anything done. We came together in one car this morning, and I knew that he wouldn’t have time to run back and grab it for me since he had to be at the manufacturing site by the time that they were ready to roll. So, I decided to just borrow Tim’s desktop in his office to do my work. It would be a bit more tedious since I had already started some of the work on my laptop, but I should still be able to get it done by the end of the day today.
I sat down in Tim’s desk chair just as Max was walking by.
“You playing boss today?” he teased.
I laughed. “I left my laptop at home, so I need to use Tim’s computer.”
“Sounds good. I’m going to go head out to pick up some supplies I need to get going on this. I’ll be back a little bit later on.”
I nodded and then started my work.
Tim’s computer station had three monitors so that he could lay out everything that he needed to see and multitask on at once. It was a bit overwhelming to me, though, and I tried to shut the two on either side of the main screen off, but they seemed to be all interconnected. When I shut one screen down, they all turned off. Eventually, I just left everything on and tried to ignore them. The thing that was the hardest to ignore, though, was the constant beeping of his incoming emails.
How does anyone read and respond to these many emails in one day?
The volume controls also seemed to be rigged into one of Tim’s unique configurations, so I couldn’t turn that off, either. I was getting a little frustrated because this would take me a lot longer than I had planned on it taking me. I wished that I just hadn’t forgotten my laptop. I pressed through all of the work until it was late afternoon. Tim should be back from the manufacturing plant soon, and I was excited to hear all about it and see any pictures that he might have taken on his phone. Tim was all about using the big tech and the large production plants for things, while Max was more about creating things individually by hand even if it took a hundred times longer. He said you could see the difference when you touched the things. I thought that both of the guys made a good balance for each other.
I was trying to figure out how best to put the files together for Tim’s final presenting