Infamous: A Fame Game Novel by Lauren Conrad

Author:Lauren Conrad [Conrad, Lauren]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction, Social Issues, Friendship, Love & Romance, Girls & Women
ISBN: 0007454996
Google: OZmYMQEACAAJ
Amazon: B0089LOM2O
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-06-11T04:00:00+00:00

The carpet stretched a dozen yards from the sidewalk to the entrance of the Beverly Hills Cultural Center. Madison was slightly disappointed it wasn’t longer, and for a moment she wondered if—salsa avoidance aside—it had been a mistake to come. But since she was only a few weeks past her days of scrubbing out dog cages in an oversized pair of Wellies, maybe she should look on the bright side.

She walked slowly toward the doors, stopping every few steps to pose for the photographers.

There were plenty of them at the event, and they all wanted her picture. An older couple had climbed out of their limo at the same time as Madison, and the paparazzi yelled at them to get out of the shot. The couple were probably billionaire investors in the next big social media venture, but they were in their sixties and unphotogenic, so the paparazzi wanted nothing to do with them—and everything to do with Madison.

She was standing with one hand on a cocked hip, a mysterious closed-lip smile on her face, when she spotted a familiar face in the crowd. Ryan Tucker.

What in the world was he doing here? It took all of Madison’s cool to not go sprinting toward him. She made herself keep posing while she counted to ten—a respectable delay in her reaction, she thought. She’d gotten to number six when she realized what she should have known right away: It was not Ryan Tucker at all. As the figure moved closer, he came into better focus; he was just another handsome Hollywood type with sun-lightened hair and a chiseled jaw.

Madison fought her disappointment with a brilliant smile. She decided to sign some autographs, too, and then she posed for a picture with a teenage girl who looked like she might jump out of her skin with excitement. (It never hurt to be photographed interacting with fans. It was good for her image, and so much easier than responding to their fan mail like Kate.)

Forget Ryan Tucker. This was what life was supposed to be like, she thought. Flashbulbs. Fans. Adoration. Now if only Nick would line up some of the mega-endorsement deals he’d been talking about, she’d be back in business.

Or: if her conversation went well with Jack Stanbro, a Gallery executive.

She needed to find Jack before the dinner began. Because if there were awards—and there were always awards at these things—people tended to duck out for a smoke or a cell phone call and never return.

She’d never met Jack, but she’d Google-imaged him, so she knew what to look for: a thirty-something man with hipster glasses, hair cropped close to his head, and a mole on his right cheek. In pictures, he was better than average looking, but Madison knew not to rely on publicity shots for that kind of information. She’d seen plenty of shots of Trevor Lord that made him look like a GQ model.

After fifteen minutes of searching, Madison spotted Jack over by the bar. She swiped a glass of Champagne from a passing waiter and made her approach.

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