Beyond the Velvet Rope by Tiffany Ashley

Author:Tiffany Ashley [Ashley, Tiffany]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Kimani Press
Published: 2014-06-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Thandie fumbled to find her phone among the bedsheets. She felt as if she had just laid her head down on her pillow before the annoying ringtone woke her up.

“Huh?” she grunted.

“Have you seen the papers?” an exasperated voice asked.

“Gage?”

“When you wake up, I’d advise you read the morning paper.”

“Which one?”

“Take your pick.”

Thandie muffled a yawn. “What is this all about?”

“You’ll know soon enough. Look, I’m going into a meeting. Give me a call later.” The line went dead.

Thandie pushed her phone beneath the covers. She was too tired to give much thought to Gage’s cryptic message. Whatever it was, it could wait until she had at least six hours of sleep. Until then, she didn’t care if the sky came crashing down and killed them all.

Unfortunately, no one seemed to share her view. What felt like only minutes later, Thandie found herself sitting in the dining room, nursing a cup of black coffee. She was sleep-deprived and irritable, but nevertheless duty was calling.

After Gage’s call, she’d barely slept an hour before Raja was knocking on her door to join them for press calls. Thandie had dragged herself every step of the way. Her late-night encounter with Elliot weighed heavily on her mind. He’d intentionally meant to humiliate her. When she thought back to how easily she’d welcomed his advances, she wanted to crawl into a hole. She was mortified by her behavior. If he still entertained any ideas of being welcomed into her bed after his performance, he had another think coming. She didn’t want to be within ten feet of him.

Thandie was brought out of her thoughts when Len tapped her knee. She forced herself to concentrate on the situation at hand. Word about Ruark Randall visiting Club Babylon had spread fast. Due to a slow day in celebrity news, Ruark’s visit to Miami made unnecessary headlines in the gossip papers. Pictures of him entering the club were accompanied by articles that were as short as they were vague. Thandie’s job would be to call her contacts and give them a full account of Ruark’s time at Babylon.

It did not take long for Thandie to figure out the reason for Gage’s call. In a handful of the pictures, a glimpse of Thandie could be seen in the background. Unfortunately, they showed a pompous Ruark with his arm tossed around her waist.

The pictures would require explaining.

Mira was their final call for the morning, and she was literally saving the best for last. Apparently, the gossip mill was strong in Miami. Having somehow learned ahead of time that Thandie would be escorting Ruark to Babylon, Mira managed to plant a photographer inside the club. The results were a series of pictures of Thandie and Ruark cuddled together in a booth. Depending on the picture, some of their positions were questionable. Mira had delighted in emailing Thandie sample shots. Thandie called her as soon as she viewed the email attachments.

When Mira answered the line, her cackling echoed through the phone.

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