Drift (Guarding Her Book 2) by Anna Brooks

Author:Anna Brooks [Brooks, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Guarding Her Series, Book 2
Publisher: Anna Brooks
Published: 2018-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Carter

Something is wrong. Not only the fact that she’s not at my apartment gives it away, but also the fact that she’s up and making cookies at two in the morning. But it’s the sadness in her eyes that’s the real tell.

“What are you doing here?” she asks with her face buried against my chest.

“Missed you.”

Her hands tighten on my shirt. “I missed you, too.”

“What’s wrong?”

She shakes her head but doesn’t verbalize.

“Honey, what happened?”

She finally looks up and gives me her pretty blue eyes, lingering tears making them shinier than normal. Her bottom lip quivers. “I had to take my clothes off,” she cries. “I stood there in front of seven men in my bra and underwear and sandals while they stared at me to see if… if I had the right body type.”

“Say that again?”

“I had—”

“No, don’t,” I interrupt, my hands shaking with contained rage. But I can keep it together for her, as impossible as it seems. “Don’t fucking say that again.” Jesus Christ, I knew I shouldn’t have let her go alone. I thought about sending one of the guys with her because I couldn’t be here, and fuck, I was right. Dammit.

“It’s probably normal, right?”

I’m able to unclench my jaw enough to say, “For you, it damn well isn’t. I shouldn’t have let you go alone.”

“I’m not your responsibility.”

“You are.” It’s a miracle this hasn’t happened already. Unfortunately being in the security industry, I see and hear a lot of shit that’s disturbing, and one of those things is this type of bullshit.

I lead her to the couch and sit down, needing a minute to calm myself down. She had to take her clothes off and stand in front of a group of men while they stared at her. My fucking woman… hell, no. Fuck no, this shit isn’t happening.

“I’m supposed to go back.”

“You’re not.”

She lifts her head, and I love that I can look into her eyes when she speaks. “I feel like it’s Hollywood, and a lot of women started out by doing things they feel are degrading.”

“Just because it’s Hollywood doesn’t mean you have to be practically naked to be seen in this industry. I don’t care if you’re a porn star, no man should ever make you feel uncomfortable like that. It’s your body, and if you didn’t want to stand there like that, letting them…” I shiver. “No. It’s not okay. Nowhere in the stuff they sent you did it say you’d have to strip down to audition, did it?”

“No. But he said—”

“He lied.” I cup her face in my hands. “That is not how it works. That is not how you have to get your start. And that is not something that will ever happen to you again. Do you hear me? You’re never going to an audition alone again, and you’re not going to go back for another round.” I drop my arms and run a hand through my hair.

“But I have the script I’m supposed to study in my purse.

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