The Desires That Burn: A Dark Billionaire Age Gap Romance (Obsidian Knights Secret Society Book 2) by Kristen Luciani

Author:Kristen Luciani [Luciani, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-18T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-TWO

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“…and that’s how you get the man of your dreams,” I say, flipping my hair and winking with overly made-up eyes. “Just reinvent yourself from top to bottom, learn what he wants, and boom! Become his fantasy.”

“Cut.” Harley grins at me over her little camera. “Wipe that gunk off and… where did you get that slutty dress? You look good but girl, it’s about five sizes too small.”

I go into the bathroom that connects our rooms, and I can’t help thinking that maybe I am the spoiled little girl that Orion accuses me of being.

“Orion,” I whisper the name to myself, like a dirty little secret. Like my secret.

It is, I guess. Normally I tell Harley everything, but I haven’t told her what happened on the trip or about Orion.

“It’s loot. Influencers can’t be choosers.”

I pull on a T-shirt and jeans. The shirt says “Something Ironic Here.” It’s another influencer item, but at least I can go out in public in this.

We film the rest of the video after my quick change.

“Just kidding, guys. Dress for you, be true.”

When Harley turns off the camera, I mime puking.

“Wanna get coffee?” she asks, rolling her eyes.

“I was going to do some work, but okay.”

“We can,” she says grandly, going through my closet. “Discuss the long-term plan for your influencing career.”

“It’s not a career.” I shove my feet into my red and black Air Jordans. “It’s an art piece gone terribly wrong.”

“You mean terribly right.” She waggles her eyebrows at me.

She’s got an awful point. But the endgame seems so far off, and the online fame would be so easy to let grow out of control. Not that I’m going to. I’m not interested in even this level of recognition. “I say we just let it die.”

“Do you really want that? We had a plan to follow, and then in a couple of years, let it die, and then we’ll be able to put together our piece on how vacuous and silly fame is these days. This kind of fame.”

But the burn from the yacht is still on me. I wouldn’t have been invited if I didn’t have a level of recognition in the public eye. It’s small because we’ve kept it there, me and Harley, but if that could happen, imagine if I was a big deal? Famous for actually doing something?

Which is why I don’t want my name attached to my art.

Coffee turns to dinner, drinks, and fun with a group of friends, but I can’t sit still.

Not because of the message I get from Trent asking for more pieces of art as he’s got an idea for a full-on show when he’s back in town, something I’m both excited and unsure about.

I can’t stay focused because I keep looking for Orion.

Even Harley notices me squirming, but I show her the Trent texts and she mutters something not nice about him.

I don’t care about Trent or the wheelings and dealings of the art world. I mean, I do. Of course I do, it’s the career I want.

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