Scandal in the VIP Suite--An enemies to lovers stuck together romance by Nadine Gonzalez

Author:Nadine Gonzalez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-10-08T18:25:05+00:00

Thirteen

Julian stood watching Bettina tumble into bed with a much younger man—younger than him, anyway. The guy was shirtless, hairless and slim. Bettina wore a white towel around her torso. In a moment or so, it would fall away. But this being Hollywood, nothing was as it appeared. Bettina was playing the role of Jennifer Duncan, a prosecutor who, for whatever reason, was sleeping with a key witness in a high-profile case. The man who played her lover was Pierce Alexander, an acclaimed film actor gunning for an Emmy. Finally, they weren’t on a Hollywood back lot, but a soundstage in Atlanta.

Bettina and Pierce kissed with abandon until the director yelled, “Cut!”

Bettina pulled herself up and darted a look his way, her face tight with frustration. She raised an index finger. One sec.

Julian shrugged. Take your time.

He missed being in a long-term relationship. He loved the shorthand couples shared, even when it was passive-aggressive as hell.

Bettina and her costar huddled with the director for a few minutes, then she hobbled over in fuzzy slippers. Her red hair was damp and brushed away from her face. Her eye makeup was artfully smudged, and her freckles were double the actual amount. This was her third season playing Jennifer Duncan, a civil servant who managed to live in great style on a state government salary.

“Thanks for meeting me here,” she said. “Can’t do lunch. We don’t have Pierce for long, so we’ll be working through the day.”

Julian cocked his head, a nice way of saying. Screw Pierce. Seeing her on set with the actor had triggered a jolt of jealousy. But it wasn’t fresh emotion, just something warmed up from the past, and he knew it.

“How about later? Come to the hotel. We’ll have a drink at the bar.”

Bettina searched his face with those clever green eyes. “A rendezvous at a hotel bar? That’s not what exes do.”

That wasn’t what he was proposing. He simply didn’t want to offer her a job while on the set of her current job. “I’m clear on that.”

Julian’s palms were sweating. He shoved his hands in his back pockets and thrust out his chest. Bettina caught the gesture and laughed. “You’re nervous! Could you come out with it? I don’t have all day.”

He came out with it. “Betty, where do you stand on us working together again?”

“You and me?”

“Yes.”

“Christ, no!” She recoiled from him. “Haven’t we been through enough?”

The director called out her name and held up five fingers. “Got it!” she fired back and turned to Julian. “Just curious. What project did you have in mind?”

“Midnight Sun.”

She laughed again, her bare shoulders bobbing. More freckles had been painted there, too. “Your pet project?”

He waited for the barb to lose its sting. They were regressing. It was starting to feel like old times. Except this tense exchange wasn’t about her choice of restaurant or his pile of clothes on the bathroom floor. This concerned their careers and everything they’d worked so hard to achieve. Bettina would be phenomenal in the role of Amanda King.

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