Stand-In Star by Rachael Johns

Author:Rachael Johns [Johns, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781426894909
Google: z1gEgLqqXzIC
Amazon: B00A22UVJQ
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-01-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

When Holly arrived at the renovated commercial building in West Hollywood, not far from Bec and Linc’s apartment, she followed the signs round the back of the building and found Nate playing basketball with a bunch of teenage boys wearing their pants way too low. Her gaze immediately tracked to Nate’s behind, posed to take a shot at the ring. His jeans weren’t low enough to reveal his underwear but they were tight enough to show that all her imagining about what he’d look like naked was probably based in fact. His jeans were more casual than anything she’d seen him wear before as well. And his black T-shirt made him look sexy but nondescript. He fit right in with the underprivileged teens.

Was this what his life had been like before he took up photography? Bec seemed so city-chic but the small snippets they’d shared about their pasts told Holly it wasn’t all roses and chocolates.

She hung back for a second, watching and appreciating the way he interacted with the teens. She barely recognized him as the man who’d met her at the airport or the man she’d dined with at Skyhigh. This one seemed closer to the guy she’d spent one fabulous day with yesterday. Her insides swirled at the memory but she couldn’t quite work out which was the real Nate Devlin or if he was a fascinating mish-mash of both.

“Who’s that chick?”

The shout of one of the teens seized her attention and she saw Nate spin round like a windmill on steroids. He smiled when he saw her, but quickly down-graded the grin to casual and, throwing the basketball at one of the guys, ambled over to her like he didn’t have a care in the world.

He came close, real close, and for a second Holly thought he was about to kiss her (at least on the cheek) but he reconsidered at the last minute and shoved his hands in his pockets instead. “Your interview was great.”

“You saw it?” She licked her lips trying to erase the ridiculous notion that they’d been about to be kissed. Aside from that one near-miss yesterday, he hadn’t made anything more resembling a move. Why would he? She’d probably even imagined that.

He shrugged one shoulder. “Some of the girls inside were watching the celebrity channel for Oscar fashion gossip. I caught a bit of it. Thanks for mentioning Bec’s designs.”

Her good mood plummeted.

“No problem.” How stupid to think he’d gone out of his way to watch the show because of her. Just because she’d handled the interview with poise and confidence—even if she did say so herself—didn’t mean she was anything special. Especially to him. She tried to hold onto the buoyed-up feeling she’d had in the cab on the way over. “So, are you going to show me around?”

“Yep. Let’s go.” Nate turned back to the guys who were now having contests to see who could hang on the rim the longest. “Catch you later.”

“No probs, man.” In unison, the three boys did some kind of hand, knee and head goodbye signal.

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