Hollywood Chase: The Discreet Duet: Book II by French Nicole

Author:French, Nicole
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781950663170
Publisher: Raglan Publishing
Published: 2018-10-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“Come on, Lil, let me see.”

A few weeks later, I stood in the middle of Will’s walk-in closet, hardly able to recognize myself as I stared at my reflection in the floor-to-ceiling mirror.

“I don’t know,” I said to Robin, the stylist sent from the studio.

We were getting ready to attend one of five separate premieres over the next year in support of one of Beauregard’s movies—a contractual obligation that Benny hadn’t been able to get Will out of. Apparently since Will wasn’t planning to make any other movies after this, they were going to milk his reappearance into pop culture for everything it was worth. Corbyn wasn’t particularly happy with the decision since they were in the middle of filming, but del Conte was adamant. Amelia’s new movie, a rom-com that wasn’t projected to do well, needed all the promotional boost Will’s star power could give it.

The studio, of course, had wanted Will to attend with her. It would be fitting if they were seen together. “Feed the frenzy,” in the words of the publicist who had come by Will’s trailer the day before to brief us on the event.

Will had given her exactly one second to take it back and then told her to get the hell out of his trailer. A quick phone call to Benny ensured that I would be attending every one of those stupid events, or neither of us would be going at all.

“Lil!” Will called from the bedroom. “Come on, baby, you promised I could see.”

I sighed and bunched my hair over one shoulder. “Fine. I’m coming out.”

I stepped into the gold-heeled Jimmy Choos that Robin insisted went with the dress and walked into the bedroom, where Will was having a suit fitted by an assistant from Tom Ford. It was amazing, really, what the designers were able to do last minute when their stuff was going to be seen on the red carpet.

“Well?” I asked, spreading the blue skirt out from my knees. “What do you think?”

Will looked up, and his handsome face practically turned to ash. “What the fuck is that?”

“Mr. Baker, this is absolutely en vogue,” Robin said as she came out behind me.

“It’s also absolutely fucking see-through,” Will retorted, bristling to the point that the assistant, crouched while hemming his pants, had to sit back with a mouth full of pins.

Robin sighed. “This designer is the next Balmain, and we are under orders from the studio that if Ms. Sharp is going to walk the red carpet with you, she needs to pull attention. This dress will do that. It photographs wonderfully, and the satin will positively shine under the lights.”

I looked down at the dress. The delicately beaded bustier top with gold over blue satin was beautiful and certainly would turn heads, but considering that the knee-length skirt was indeed completely sheer, I wasn’t sure it was the kind of attention I wanted. Right now you could completely see my plain black underwear, though Robin had already told me that a dark blue pair came with the dress.

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