Contracted by Marni Mann

Author:Marni Mann [Mann, Marni]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marni Mann
Published: 2018-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Eve

While Lorrie finished putting on my makeup and curling the ends of my hair, I stared at myself in the bathroom mirror. She’d used a light gloss on my lips and darkened my eyes with a smoky shadow, keeping the rest of my face in neutral tones. My hair was down, hanging in loose waves that accented my shoulders, which were open in the strapless dress.

And the dress couldn’t have been more perfect.

It was tight. Seductive.

Extremely sensual.

It had been a month since our trip to Punta Cana, and I wanted Max to see me at my best.

Tonight, I certainly looked it.

“I think we’re about done here,” Lorrie said, pulling the glossy wand off my mouth where she’d just finished adding another layer. “Max is going to devour you when he sees you.”

She would know.

She also knew what it felt like to be devoured by him.

The scene from that evening flashed in my head. God, that had been such a hot night.

But, since our threesome, it felt like so much had changed between Max and me.

The thought of that killed me.

And the place that we were in hurt me even more.

I stood from the chair and turned around to face her. “Thank you for making me beautiful.”

She gave me a hug, squeezing for a second longer than she needed to. “When will I see you again?”

I shrugged as she released me, not knowing that answer. “Text me?”

“You can count on it,” she said with a smile before she packed up her things.

She followed me out of the house where she got into her car, and I climbed into the back of the SUV that Max had sent.

Due to his schedule being so tight, he was going straight from the plane to the party. Since James was on location, filming in Boston, I would be riding solo. And, although I was close to Scarlett and the guys, they would be busy entertaining, so I knew I’d mostly be on my own tonight. I wouldn’t even have Samantha to keep me company because Lucy had a dance recital that neither of her parents wanted her to miss.

Once I was settled in the backseat, the driver moved onto the road and headed for downtown. To keep my brain busy and off the conversation I knew I was going to have with Max, I spent the drive replying to emails and responding to the texts Trevor had sent. He was my new assistant. Someone I had stolen from Prada where he’d worked their showroom for the last two years. Since I pulled from that designer so often, I’d met Trevor when he first started working there. When I had seen his résumé come through my email, I’d immediately set up an interview and hired him on the spot.

The two of us had been logging sixteen-hour days to get him trained and introduced to all my clients and to establish a process that would work for us both. Within another week, he’d be able to do it all on his own.

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