Savor You (Fusion #5)(40)

“He didn’t say,” Camden says. He reaches over to lay his hand on my thigh. This man never stops touching me.

And I’m not complaining.

“He just said that he needed to meet with us. I think he’s invited everyone.”

“Shit. They’ve cancelled the show.” I rub my fingertips against my forehead. “His bosses didn’t like it. This sucks so bad. He moved here for this show. I mean, he really moved here for Riley, but it was possible for him to do so because of this show. If he can’t work here, what will happen? Riley will be crushed if he has to move back to L.A. That can’t happen, Cam.”

“Whoa. Slow down, control freak—(a) he didn’t sound upset at all; and (b) you are taking on everyone else’s stress, and that’s not healthy.”

“That’s who I am,” I reply and stare out the passenger window as Portland breezes by. “She’ll be devastated. God, this sucks.”

“You’re such an optimist,” Camden says and glances at me with a worried frown. “Seriously, stop that. It’s probably something completely different.”

I nod, but I don’t think that’s the case at all. I have a bad feeling about this.

Shit. Poor Riley.

Camden pulls up to the restaurant and I trudge inside. I didn’t put on any makeup this morning. By the time Trevor called and said he needed to see us ASAP, there just wasn’t time.

I also haven’t had a whole cup of coffee yet, and that is never okay.

The others are already sitting in the dining room, at two round tables that have been pushed together.

“Who brought muffins?” I ask as I snatch one and take a seat. “We haven’t had breakfast yet.”

“Or coffee, from the looks of it,” Cami says with a sweet smile. I narrow my eyes on her as I take a bite of my muffin.

“This is store bought,” I say. “But it’s not too bad.”

“Of course it’s store bought,” Addie says. “Unless you make them from scratch, this is what we get.”

“At least I know I serve a purpose.”

The others smirk as Trevor stands, holding an iPad. “Thanks for coming everyone. I know it’s unusual to meet about business matters on a Saturday, but I wanted to bring this to your attention right away.”

My eyes are pinned to Riley. Does she already know?

“A few days ago, I submitted the film that we had already shot to my boss. I wouldn’t usually do that, but I saw something there that I wanted him to see. And he agrees with me. We’ve decided to switch things up.”

“I’m so sorry,” I whisper and cover my face with my hands.

“Why are you sorry?” Addie asks from across the table.

“Obviously he’s about to tell us that the show has been cancelled already.”

“Oh please,” Cami says, rolling her eyes.

“Well, she’s not entirely wrong,” Trevor says. I cover my face again and shake my head. I’ve screwed this up for them. “But she’s not right either. Camden and Mia, you two work exceptionally well in front of the camera. You’re fun to watch. The flirting is natural, and both of you are attractive people.

“The more I watched, the more obvious it became to me that you shouldn’t be working against each other, you should be a team. My boss just called me about an hour ago, and gave me the thumbs-up on this. Unfortunately, that means that we’ll have to reshoot what we’ve done so you’re not in competition with each other, but rather working together.”

“But, Camden has a job,” I say, confused.

“Actually,” Trevor says, “Best Bites TV has decided not to shoot any more seasons of his current show.”

“What?” I turn to Camden and can see that he’s already aware of this. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I just found out about it yesterday,” he replies, staring at Trevor. “How did you know?”

“You’re on my show, Camden. Of course I know. This is one of the reasons that your show wasn’t picked up again.”

“Oh God.” I sigh and look at Camden apologetically. “I’m so sorry.”

He just shakes his head. I can tell that he’s agitated. I could see it on him last night when he arrived at my house. This must be what was bothering him.

“I think this show is going to be amazing,” Riley says with a smile. “Trevor ran it by me last night before he’d heard back, and I agree that viewers are going to love you guys.”

“You didn’t tell me?” I ask.

“Mia, I couldn’t say anything until Trevor had the green light. If they didn’t go for it, there was no need to mention it.”

“So what do you think?” Trevor asks, looking at all of us. Kat, Cami, and Addie all nod.

“It’s really up to Mia and Camden,” Kat says. “They’re the ones who will be working together. The show benefits the restaurant, there’s no denying that, but the specifics are up to you guys.”

“Agreed,” Addie says.

Trevor looks at Camden and me. “What do you two think?”

“I need some time with Mia,” Camden says before I can respond.

“Of course,” Riley says, standing. The others follow suit and they all wander into the bar.