Mr. Love: A Romantic Comedy by Sally Mason

Author:Sally Mason [Mason, Sally]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Romantica
Published: 2013-09-11T04:00:00+00:00

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The Entertainment Tonight camera crew lug the last of their gear out of the suite, and all that’s left is the smell of overheated klieg lights.

Jane sinks down into a chair opposite Bitsy, who, now that she is finally away from the glare of the media, slumps like a puppet that’s had its strings cut.

“Jane, promise me I won’t ever have to endure a day like that again,” Bitsy says.

“Lizzie—”

“Bitsy. Please call me Bitsy. Let me feel a little like myself again.”

“Bitsy, I promise,” Jane says, lying through her teeth.

She wants to say: you’ve just stepped onto the roller coaster, sister, buckle up tight, and exchanges a look with Gordon who is pouring himself a huge Scotch.

He holds up the bottle, his eyebrows raised.

Jane nods, mouthing, please.

Jonas swans back into the room and plants a kiss on Bitsy’s forehead.

“You have been astonishing. You handled the TV thing like a seasoned pro.”

“Thank you,” Bitsy says in little more than a whisper.

Jonas says to Jane and Gordon, “Didn’t you just love it when Raynebeau Jones cooed, ‘Lizzie, I really want to come up and visit with you in Maine’ and Lizzie said, ‘Vermont’ and Raynebeau went ‘Vermont?’ and Lizzie said, ‘If you hit Canada you’ve gone too far.’?”

“It was priceless,” Gordon says, sagging into a chair with his drink.

Jonas consults his Breitling chronometer and says, “I’d love to take you all out for a celebratory dinner but I have a client appearing on Broadway and I promised to show my face. So, safe traveling back home tomorrow and I hope we’ll be seeing a lot more of each other in the future.”

There are air kisses and handshakes and Jonas is gone, leaving just a whiff of his Bulgari aftershave.

“God, how do you stomach that man?” Gordon asks Jane.

“He’s very good at his job.”

“So was Pol Pot.”

“Funny, Gordon.”

Jane stands.

“I don’t know about you, but I’m bushed.”

“I can’t even move,” Bitsy says.

Gordon walks Jane to the door.

“Are you going to be okay?” he says when they’re out of Bitsy’s earshot. “Alone at your apartment?”

“I’ll be fine. Even Tommy’s not crazy enough to pull that stunt twice.”

“You’re welcome to take my room and I’ll bunk on the couch up here. God knows, I’ve had enough practice.”

“That’s very sweet of you, Gordon, but no. I think it’s time I started to get my life back together again.”

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