What We May be by Vivien Dean

Author:Vivien Dean
Language: eng
Format: epub

CHAPTER 5

“He took you where?”

Jared grabbed the hem of the blouse Kelly was wearing and yanked, hoping that would help it lay better across the model’s narrow shoulders. He should have asked the agency to send Philippa instead. That girl actually had some curves to her body. His latest designs looked better when they weren’t on stick figures.

“You heard me.” He sat back on his heels and scanned up the middle seam. At least it was straight. Pinching an inch of the scarlet fabric tighter at her waist made it look even better.

He reached for a clip to secure it without letting go. “I still haven’t figured out why he’d spring family on me on the first 52

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date.”

Theresa still stared at him from where she stood at the side of the clothes rack. “Maybe because he likes you.”

“He liked the sex.” Fastening the clip, he stood and walked around to Kelly’s front, surveying every angle of the tighter fit. “What do you think?”

“I think he likes you.”

Jared rolled his eyes. “About the blouse.”

Theresa barely looked at it and waved her hand. “It looks fine. Let’s talk about your date.”

“How about let’s not. Can we focus please? I’m not blowing this show. Not even for someone as amazing as Rick.”

“Ha!” She bolted around the end of the rack to stand in front of him, her hands on her wide hips. “So you admit it!”

“I never denied it. Would I be letting you distract me if I hadn’t had a good time?”

She looked all too impressed with herself, and maybe, if he didn’t have a deadline for this damn show, he might actually be willing to waste time dishing about his date—his all too mind-blowing, amazing date—with Rick Paulson. But right now, he had two hours to get Kelly completely fitted for walking the runway in less than a week. He did not have time for gossip.

“So when are you going to ask him out again?”

The one question he had been hoping she wouldn’t ask.

Brushing past her, Jared went to the second mannequin and began stripping off the dress. “I’m not. Kelly, get undressed.

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I’ll fix the blouse while Theresa fits this.”

Both women moved at the same time, though Theresa’s frown said she wasn’t nearly done talking yet. He traded the scarlet shirt for the dress and carried it over to the sewing machine, already planning on where to tack in the extra darts.

The quiet lasted a whole thirty seconds.

“If you like him, and he likes you, why on earth wouldn’t you ask him out again?”

Jared sighed. The sewing machine whirred as he stitched in the first dart. “Because I made a complete ass of myself, okay? I’m not going to ask him out, just to have him turn me down. End of story.”

“What did you do?”

Great. Now Kelly was getting in on it.

“Did you guys not hear me say, ‘End of story’?” Jared whipped in the second dart. Rising from his seat, he threw the shirt at Theresa, who caught it from hitting the floor at the last second.

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