CHAPTER ONE
Kate Cavanaugh got out of bed, stretched, and walked over to the patio door. The soft hue of the morning sun filtering through the bedroom window felt good on her skin. The melodic sound of the waves crashing to shore sounded like the beginnings of a good song. It was hard to turn off her love for music. A good friend once told herthat music was all around them and the world was the soundtrack. It would be a crime to go to work on such a gorgeous day. She’d much rather spend the day at the beach surfing with Chris. Or even better, spending the day in bed channel-hopping. But alas, she wouldn’t be able to do any of those things.
Being the boss at a record label and a movie studio was proving to be taxing on her sanity,but she’d been determined to make it work. The downside to all that ambition was not spending enough time with Chris. The minute she turned on her cell phone, the rhythmic ping of notification messages pierced the otherwise peaceful room. She found it funny now that she was running Pinnacle, more people were able to get their hands on her unlisted number.
She put the phone down and reachedfor the television remote control to see if there was any coverage on her latest incendiary drama. She and Jack may have been able to make peace after their divorce, but his baby mama Brianna Sage was still on the warpath. She’d done an interview last week fueling claims that Kate had torpedoed her career as retaliation for Brianna being the other woman that broke up her first marriage. The actresstold everyone who would listen that people in the industry wouldn’t touch her with a ten-foot pole in fear of repercussions from Kate. That once hot topic had been dead for months until Brianna decided to revive it to get sympathy for her ailing career. And to make matters worse, she also said that Jack making Chris and Kate godparents to Zoe was a part of the conspiracy to get rid of her.
She had her finger poised over the power button when Chris came up behind her and took the remote from her hand.
“You know the rule. No television in the morning.”
She winced. “I thought you were sleep. Did I wake you?”
“I was playing possum to see if you’d reach for the remote and you did.” He pulled her back toward the bed until they both tumbled into it.
“But I wantto see—”
“If you’ve been vilified with more wild conjecture about Brianna?”
“Well, yeah.” She sighed.
“You didn’t do anything wrong. Whatever karma is going on with her, she deserves it in spades.” Chris kissed her neck.
“She needs to make a living. She has to take care of Zoe.”
“She has Jack as a new money siphon. That’s what she was after in the first place. A richdirector who could spearhead her career. Well, she got half of what she wanted. What time is it?”
“Time to get up and pretend to be respectable citizens. But I’d rather stay in bed with you.” She giggled when he slipped his hand beneath her pajama top and caressed her breast. “What’s on your agenda today?”
“I promised Jack I would drop by his office. How about you?”
“I’m meetingwith the financial planner in the morning, then off to work. Can you remember to ask Jack if he’s still having a birthday party for Zoe? If he isn’t, I thought maybe we could do something special here and maybe take her to Disneyland. We could make a weekend out of it.”
“Sounds great, but how much you want to bet Jack will want to tag along?”
She paused a moment, thinking. Then sheshook her head. “He’s probably too busy with his projects to go to an amusement park all day.”
“He’s never too busy to spend time with you.” He scratched at his beard. “Do you mind taking Scar with you today?”
“No.” Kate chuckled. “But she’s your bodyguard.”
“That woman makes Jack nervous.”
“Just Jack?”
Chris laughed. “Jack and most of the people I know. How aboutwe get the day started with a
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