Star Crossed (Stargazer) by Echols Jennifer

Author:Echols, Jennifer [Echols, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2013-02-26T08:00:00+00:00

10

An hour later, breakfast had been cleared away, Wendy was dry, Daniel was dressed, and he’d asked her to hang her clothes in the wardrobe alongside his instead of leaving trails of exploding women all over the suite, which she thought was pretty funny but also pretty insulting. She was glad he would never see the inside of her apartment in New York.

Lorelei and Colton would arrive any second. Wendy stood in the center of the spotless seating area, drumming her fingers together, mentally preparing for this meeting. Daniel lounged in a corner with his arms crossed, watching her, impassive as ever.

“When we grill them about their behavior,” she said, “you be the bad cop. I’ll be the good cop.”

“You’re going to be the good cop?” he asked in disbelief.

“Are you going to be the good cop?” she challenged him.

“No,” he said.

She held open her hands, meaning, Duh. “We can’t do bad cop/bad cop. It’s not a technique.”

A knock sounded at the door. As Wendy crossed the room to answer it, Daniel called softly, “What about you and me? We need to be on the same page. Do we tell them you stayed here last night? Are we supposed to be dating again?”

He might genuinely be asking so they got their stories straight before they confronted Lorelei and Colton. Or he might be teasing her right before this important, job-saving meeting. That ticked her off. She turned and mouthed to him, “We are fucking like rabbits.” She opened the door.

“Hi, sweetie!” She gave Lorelei a big hug and greeted Colton less enthusiastically. She expected Daniel to come forward and seat them, but he was doing his sullen bad cop thing, alternately scowling at everyone and staring out the window at the Strip. Okay.

Colton nodded toward the bar. “How about a drink? I have a feeling I’m going to need it.”

Wendy had the same feeling. She grinned stiffly. “Not before your five-hour-long rehearsal, sorry.” She ushered the stars onto the sofa, then took a chair beside them and leaned in earnestly. “We asked you here because we’ve got a big problem. Colton knows this, but I’m not sure you do, Lorelei. When you mooned him last night, he took a picture, and someone snatched the phone from me.”

“I don’t see why we get called in and, like, reprimanded for that,” Colton complained. “You’re the one who took my phone, and it got stolen from you.” Wendy noted he might be defiant, but he was again dressed in duds a few steps up from his usual redneck-casual ratty shorts and hat. Daniel must have threatened him. And Colton had listened. That meant he did care about salvaging his career. Wendy had an in.

“We wouldn’t be here talking about this if you hadn’t taken the picture,” Wendy told him gently. She turned to Lorelei. “And there wouldn’t be a picture if you hadn’t pulled your skirt down. We need to be prepared for that photo to appear on the front page of every

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