Tate_Cowboys & Debutantes_Contemporary_Book 4) by Kit Morgan

Author:Kit Morgan [Morgan, Kit]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Clean & Wholesome, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Cowboy & Western Romance, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Love Inspired, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Love-Family & Forever, Cowboys & Debutantes Series, Novella Length Story, Short Story's, Multi-Author, Small Town & Rural Area, Beautiful & Feisty
Publisher: Angel creek press
Published: 2017-11-12T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Two weeks later …

Cassandra Olson bit into her bagel with unrestrained relish. “Mmm. This is sooooo good!” she said, her mouth half-full.

Tate watched her with mixed amusement and disgust. “You must really be hungry,” he commented as she devoured it in animalistic fashion.

She suddenly stopped and stared at him.

“You, um, have cream cheese on your chin.” He pointed.

She grabbed a napkin, wiped it off, chewed and swallowed, smacking her lips. “You have no idea what it’s like to be a top model. We have to starve to make a living. It’s a shame we can’t spend all that money we make on food!”

He thought that was dubious, but what did he know? It could be true. A thought struck him. “You aren’t, uh…. doing things to ensure you …” He looked her up and down. “… stay as thin as possible for your job?”

She glared at him. “What are you implying?”

He’d better choose his words carefully – he didn’t want to hurt her feelings or make her mad. “You know, going a little over the top?”

“Certainly not! I try to take good care of myself, Tate. As I would think you’d noticed.”

Oh, he’d noticed all right. It was the first thing he’d noticed about her – she was stunning, as if carved out of marble. But then, everyone noticed. She turned more than a few heads walking down the streets of New York, that was for sure. He smiled at her and winked. “How can I not?”

Looking satisfied with this answer, she took another bite of her bagel.

“So tell me about your work,” he asked, changing the subject. “What sorts of things are you modeling right now?”

She put her bagel down and wiped her mouth again, carefully making sure not to leave anything on her chin this time. “Oh, this and that,” she said with a wave of her hand. “Not a lot, really. I’m waiting to hear from several big magazines – I’ll hold out for them.”

“Weren’t you working a lot a couple of weeks ago? Especially early in the week?”

She scrunched up her face in thought. “You mean like Monday, Tuesday?” She shook her head. “Mmm, no. Why?”

Now he was suspicious. “Melanie said you were working. You heard about her ankle?”

She nodded and picked up the bagel, taking another gleeful bite.

Tate stared at her a moment, not sure of what to think. He knew Cassandra was supposed to help Melanie with her mother/daughter photo shoot, but told her she had other work going and couldn’t make it. Had she lied? “Melanie did her shoot without you.”

“Did she?” Cassandra replied picking at crumbs on her plate.

“I helped her.”

She looked at him in surprise. “You? You helped Melanie?” she said in amusement.

“Somebody had to.”

She rolled her eyes and waved her hand again. “Someone would’ve turned up to help her – you didn’t have to. Besides, you don’t know what you’re doing.”

That irritated him even more. “No, I don’t, but it was easy enough to learn and do what she told me.

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