Elliot picked up right away, and Leo’s voice practically exploded through the phone. “Elliot, are you serious? Melody Mastro actually wrote a song for you? Are you messing with me? I get back from a business trip and this is the news you hit me with?”
Elliot let out a smug little hum. “Why would I lie? I already told the company.”
Leo was practically shouting, he was so hyped. “No way, that's amazing! How did you convince that stubborn diva?”
Lydia raised an eyebrow. Stubborn diva?
The room was so quiet that even though she and Connor were sitting off to the side, they could hear every word Leo was saying.
Elliot wasn’t having it. “Who are you calling a stubborn diva?”
Leo had tried to work with Melody Mastro so many times over the years, and every single time she’d turned him down flat. He was always complaining to Elliot that she was impossible, but Elliot had never snapped at him like this before.
“Alright, alright, my bad,” Leo backpedaled. “As long as she’s writing for you, I swear I’ll drop it.”
Lydia’s eyebrow went up even higher. So, Leo had been complaining about her for ages? And Elliot had just let it slide?
Elliot wanted to protest. He had never said anything. It was all Leo.
“If that’s it, I’m hanging up,” Elliot said. He really didn’t want to keep talking. If he let Leo keep going, Leo would be digging more holes for him to jump into.
“Wait, hold up! One more thing!” Leo yelled before Elliot could end the call.
Already annoyed, Elliot grumbled, “What now?”
“I heard Lorelei agreed to perform at your concert?”
Elliot’s chin went even higher. “Yep. It’s gonna be epic.”

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