i think she self published her erotica on amazon under a pen name so the two probably wouldn’t be connected but she probably does her regular fiction under her own name so perhaps esme may stumble across it at some point and be like “is this you!?” i always like to have my characters start out at the bottom with a small cult following and then sort of have an arc of working their way up! she probably let is just like omg at the fact that she even got the job to be her assistant and be working in that field even if it’s just in an assistant position you know? probably looks up to her a bit and thinks she’s so cool and wants to be friends