Brooklyn Monroe Wants It All by Karen Booth

Author:Karen Booth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Karen Booth

Chapter Sixteen

Monday morning, immediately after Alec finished shooting Good Day USA, it was time to put on a different show. This one was called, “Brooklyn and Alec Are Dating”. Unlike his day job, he had no clue how long the run of this second show would last.

“Hey, Mr. Trakas. Ms. Monroe hasn’t arrived yet,” Maddie noted as Alec came sidling up to the security desk to meet Brooklyn. She leaned in closer to him. “I can’t believe you didn’t tell us you two were an item,” she muttered, punctuating it with a wink.

“Yeah,” Jerome grunted. “That would’ve been good information to have the first time she was on the show.”

“You mean before the betting started?” Alec slid Jerome a look that said he needed to check himself.

Jerome, quick to take a hint but never happy about it, got up from his chair, grumbled, and started off down the hall.

“Just ignore him,” Maddie said. “His wife is three days overdue and he’s super stressed about it.”

Now Alec felt bad. He hadn’t meant to provoke poor Jerome. Also, he couldn’t imagine what it would be like to wait that long for a child to arrive, and then to have to keep waiting. “Will you let me know when they have their baby? I’d like to send them a gift.”

“Sure thing.” Maddie’s eyes lit up. “Ms. Monroe! Good morning.”

Alec whipped around to see Brooklyn, strolling in and looking like a million bucks in a pale pink suit with a fitted jacket, slim trousers, black tank top underneath and black heels. There was a glow in her cheeks, and her hair was shiny and rolling over her shoulders in tempting waves. She’d looked amazing in that cat suit, but she was equally gorgeous in this ensemble. Maybe more so, because he knew that today, they could hold hands. They could kiss. And although it wouldn’t be real, it wouldn’t be entirely fake. There was genuine affection between them. Sometimes, serious heat.

“Morning, Maddie. And there’s my pooky bear.” Brooklyn’s voice sounded like a Disney princess as she took Alec’s hand and pecked him on the cheek, leaving behind a lipstick print he could feel.

“Hello, darling,” he said loudly, then pulled her closer. “Pooky bear?” he muttered under his breath, right into her neck. The temptation to kiss her there was great. Brooklyn had a magnificent neck.

“Sorry. I’m out of practice.” She slid her arm around his waist and rested her head against his shoulder. “How are you, Maddie?”

“I’m great. It’s nice to see you two like this.” Maddie’s sights narrowed on them. “You know, I just realized, Mr. Trakas, that you never brought Ms. Monroe to the studio when you were dating the first time.”

Alec hadn’t thought about it before, but looking back, he realized Maddie was right. “Huh. I guess that’s true. It must have fallen through the cracks.” It had been for the best. He’d been extra miserable at the show then, knee-deep in painful renegotiation of his contract. It hadn’t been that the network was unwilling to bend to his demands.

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