CHAPTER 171: THE POWER OF WORDS

"I may have let it slip yesterday at that event that I was writing a memoir," Samantha said over breakfast the next day, a sheepish grin spreading across her face. Jake nearly choked on his coffee, earning Camilla's laugh. "I accepted the award, and the second speech flew out of my head. The thing I knew was that I was recounting the conversation we had yesterday before I left. And you are overreacting."Samantha tried to maintain a serious tone as she spoke, but the smile tugging at the corners of her mouth gave her away. "Donuts officially launched, then?"Jake asked, still grinning. "You've barely made any plans for it." "Don't blame me! That reporter, Joselyn, bugged me about my next big project all day. I may also have been influenced by the many book launches by other outstanding women." "Dang. I would have succumbed if I were in your shoes, too. Joselyn can be quite persistent."Camilla offered sympathetically. "See, someone who understands how these things work," Samantha sa