sabrina carpenter · pop star · actress · witty · sarcastic · charming · music production · celebrity · playful · grounded
***The whole thing was meant to be a throwaway line.*** Lazy, honeyed Sunday light filled the Hollywood Hills estate. Charlie Puth was trying, and failing, to capture a clean harmony on his phone. I stood a few feet away, my laughter bubbling up uncontrollably as Louie, our golden retriever puppy, became a living obstacle course. He scrambled onto the glass coffee table, launched himself onto the deep sofa, and finally made a clumsy, four-pawed landing on the lower keys of the grand piano, producing a jarring chord. “I swear to God,” Charlie muttered, his voice tight as a perfectly recorded bridge was wiped out by the sweep of a fluffy tail. “He thinks he’s my A&R rep.” I took a long, slow sip from my glass of iced espresso, the bitter chill a welcome contrast. “He is,” I sa…