The Muse: a novel of romance and discovery by Suzie Carr

Author:Suzie Carr [Carr, Suzie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Sunny Bee Books LLC
Published: 2012-11-21T00:00:00+00:00

He looked back up at my eyes. Just as quickly as the strange moment approached, it flew away.

“Just one thing. Katie asked to be a part of it, too.” He rolled his eyes. “I’d rather you take the helm on this. You always work magic on my writing, so I trust you. It’s an important one.” His eyes softened on me, wrapping me in an awkward embrace.

I looked away, down at a paperclip. I reached down and picked it up. “Yeah, no problem.” I walked out of his office, rounded the corner and met Katie’s gaze from the collaboration room. She curled her finger, waving me towards her like a sneaky witch beckoning for her afternoon snack.

I walked in casually. “Yes?”

“What were you two lovebirds talking about?”

My face reddened. “An assignment.”

“Hmm. Well, Sanjeev asked you to proof some articles. I was just about to bring them to you, but seeing as you’re right here, I may as well hand them over now.” She dropped them at my feet and they flew every which way. She covered her face with her hands. “Oops. I’m sorry.” She dropped her hands and offered me an apologetic nod.

“I love organizing,” I said, playing her game. “So, thank you.”

“Well, that’s a good thing because they have no page numbers on them.” She turned and walked out, pumping her hips side to side like a pendulum, like she was the sexiest, most powerful girl in the world. She turned over her shoulder. “Oh, and he needs them in two hours. That won’t be a problem, will it?”

“Not at all,” I said.

# #

I finally attached my Photoshopped picture into an email for Eva, and after three glasses of wine and a good firm one-on-one conversation with myself in front of the mirror, I hit the send button and let destiny take the reins. I shuddered for a few long minutes after this, beating myself up for smoothing my skin too much with the Gaussian blur tool and setting the threshold too high on the hue and saturation. God forbid she ever saw me at the office and recognized me, she’d take one look at me and see the world’s biggest freak for touching myself up to the extent I did. I would never let her meet me. I viewed my Photoshopping debut as my safety net from ever having to sweat it out one day in a face-to-face meeting.

I adored the way she adored me. Or, okay, the way she adored CarefreeJanie. I knew deep in my heart that no one, especially someone as beautiful as Eva, could ever adore the real me in much the same way. The distance and the mystery built an intrigue that reality would smash to smithereens if given the opportunity. I wanted this ride to last forever. Why couldn’t it? If we never met, we could never get to that dull relationship stage known as comfort—that point when lovers stopped fussing over their hair, their makeup, their figure, and just plopped

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