The Close-Up--A friends-to-lovers romcom by Sarah Smith

Author:Sarah Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2022-01-26T18:43:58+00:00

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“Gotta say. That footage of you ripping Derek a new asshole? That was otherworldly.” Harper points her sandwich at me in approval before taking a bite as we sit at a deli in the Presidio neighborhood of the city.

I chuckle, almost choking on the fries I just shoved in my mouth. It’s the day after the seminar. Harper and I just finished a hike along the Batteries to Bluffs trail and are treating ourselves to greasy sandwiches at her favorite dive deli. While waiting in line, she asked how work went yesterday, so I showed her a clip of the raw footage that I saved on my phone.

“I’m serious.” Harper squirts a hefty amount of ketchup onto her own basket of fries. “The way you laid the smackdown on that guy was a whole new level of epic.”

“That guy either isn’t aware of or doesn’t care how much he’s hurting his fiancée’s feelings. He’s too busy enjoying the ego boost from his friend. And there’s a slew of men out there just like him. No wonder Simon has made this a career. Crappy men are everywhere.”

“You should put it in the next episode,” Harper says. “People will go crazy for you.”

I shake my head, then gulp from my water glass. “No way. This series is about Simon, not me.”

“You were in his interview episodes. And the strip club episode.”

“Those are totally different. Of course I’d be in the interview episodes—I was the one asking him questions. And I was in the strip club scene for just a bit to help with the setup and when I asked him interview questions. I’m meant to observe and document the subject. I’m never supposed to make it about me. And that clip I sent you of me going off on Derek was definitely all me, not Simon. There’s no reason it should be in the show. I just showed it to you because I know you love it when a jerk gets told off.”

Harper shakes her head, clearly tired of listening to me. “Speaking of Simon, I still can’t believe you’ve been working together for over two months and you haven’t once fooled around with him.”

I take a gigantic bite of my sandwich, hoping that Harper doesn’t notice how red I’m turning at the thought of what almost went down between Simon and me during the couples’ retreat in Tahoe.

I wait the several seconds it takes for me to clear that huge bite of food before I look up at Harper. When I do, she’s frowning at me, clearly suspicious.

“Spill,” she says.

“There’s nothing to spill.”

“Bullshit. You’re as red as a beet. Did something happen between you two?”

Throwing my head back, I let out a groan. “Of course not.” I sigh, realizing that I can’t lie to Harper to save my life. “At least not in the way you think,” I finally admit.

Her eyes go wide just as a giddy smile spreads across her full face. “Tell me!”

I give her a quickened

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