Winter Love by Kennedy Fox

Author:Kennedy Fox [Collection, Christmas]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Three

“Please, Sadie. I’m seriously beggin’ for it.”

Sadie stared into the pleading eyes of her cousin, Natalie Haven. Her elbows were propped on the front desk, chin resting on top of her hands, folded as if in prayer.

“I don’t know, Nat…”

“Please! You’re seriously my last hope. The original couple I’d planned to photograph can’t do it because they came down with the flu. And these pictures are due to this magazine next week.”

Sadie felt bad for the situation her cousin was in, but what she was trying to pull off—photographing two random strangers as if already in a relationship—was so far out of Sadie’s comfort zone, she couldn’t even see the outline of her boundaries.

“You could probably find someone better suited for this than me,” Sadie said. “Maybe someone with modeling experience?”

Nat shook her head. “Nope. No. They don’t want models. They want real people—that’s the whole point of this spread. Showcasing real love with real couples across the globe.”

“It sounds amazing.”

“It is! I’ve loved shootin’ these. My favorite session was this couple in Montreal. Neither of the men was very comfortable in front of the camera, but five minutes in, and they totally forgot I was there. It was just them and their love.”

“But that’s the thing—right now, it’s just me. No love here.”

“Let me worry about that after you say yes.”

“Oh, you’re so sure of my agreement, are you?” Sadie asked flatly.

“I think very highly of myself, yes, so I’m fairly certain I can get you to agree.”

Sadie snorted and shook her head. “I don’t know… I don’t really do well in front of the camera.”

Nat tipped her head back and blew out a heavy sigh toward the ceiling. “I don’t know how many times I have to tell people this—you don’t have to be good in front of a camera. I have to be good behind a camera. You let me worry about it. All you need to focus on is followin’ directions—something you are excellent at, by the way. I’m always the one who screws up.”

Her cousin certainly wasn’t wrong. Ever since they were little, she’d been nothing but a troublemaker, especially when she was around her two best friends.

“You do not,” Sadie offered without much insistence behind it.

Nat snorted. “Don’t even try that. Besides, I’m workin’ on it. I’m back here, aren’t I? Even though I was just home a couple weeks ago. After everything that happened with Daddy, I’ve been tryin’ to get back more, despite the fact that I hate it here.”

“How selfless of you.”

“I know, right? And I planned everything like I was supposed to. I lined up a different couple than I’d originally intended so I could work this location into my schedule, but who can predict who’s gonna get sick with the flu? Now, this might seriously fuck up my career, all because I wanted to come home and spend time with family…”

Oh, she was good. Sadie would give her that. She knew Nat was laying it on thick, but there was truth underneath it all.

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