Chapter 26: They'd Sell Like Hot Cakes

"Eden, can you come in here?" Noah calls out through his open office door.

It's late and for the most part the department is empty. Entering his office, I come to stand at his side. He's standing with his back to the door, looking down at something on the desk. Laid out on his desk are the team's design ideas for the replacement product.

"What do you think?" he asks without so much as a glance my way.

"About what?"

"Which do you like most?"

"Er… This isn't really something I know anything about."

"You made the right call last time."

"I made a passing comment."

"Yeah but it was right," he replies, giving me a sideways glance.

"I like the hanging sofa," I tell him eventually, "but if I'm honest, I keep thinking about the echo-friendly tents."

"What about them?"

"It's potentially a whole new market," I tell him. "Clancy's Comforts doesn't do outdoors, for one thing. But also, if we can start a range of echo-friendly products, it could be huge."

"Yeah, I think so too," he says, rubbing his