New Amsterdam: Julia by Ashley Pullo

Author:Ashley Pullo [Pullo, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01CSWEW2Y
Publisher: Gimlet Girls Publishing
Published: 2016-03-09T00:00:00+00:00

Standing at a tall cocktail table and scribbling some notes, Mindy approaches Julia and taps on her shoulder. “Ms. Pierce?” she asks.

“Hi. You must be Mindy!” Closing her small notebook and sliding it back inside her clutch, Julia adds, “I’m so impressed with your ability to deliver such a large-scale wedding. This has been amazing.”

“I’m truly flattered.” Mindy places her hand on her heart and sighs. “But I can’t take all the credit – I simply carried out Heather’s vision of her dream wedding.”

“It’s quite a vision indeed,” she agrees.

“Just wait until you see the reception.”

“I’m looking forward to it.”

“Oh, if you’ll excuse me, I need to gather the wedding party for the photographer.”

“Of course,” she replies with a straight smile.

Sipping a glass of white wine, Julia surveys the guests socializing by the pool. Banking on the likelihood that some poor bastard trips over the granite edge and splashes into the water, she pegs a man in his late-forties, flailing his arms and rocking back on his heels as he chats with a group of women. Julia laughs into her glass of wine, thoroughly enjoying her wicked imagination. She removes a small notebook from her clutch and then continues to evaluate the homogenous party guests.

They’re all the same – hollow personalities dressed in designer clothes, regaling stories about yachts and trips to Italy . . . but not him.

Standing on the opposite end of the swimming pool is a rakishly handsome, yet ruggedly sexy, mysterious guest. He’s watching Julia with an amused grin, challenging her to a battle of presumptions. Julia returns a wily smile, marking him as someone that doesn’t quite belong – like a young Harrison Ford crashing a tea party. Crossing his arms, he nods once, waits for her to return the gesture, and then turns his back to disappear into the crowd.

Shrugging it off, Julia heads back to her guest room to grab a shawl. She carefully climbs the grand staircase, writhing in her heels as she sinks into the plush carpet. Inside her room, she removes a cashmere shawl from the wardrobe, and checks her makeup in the Louis XIV vanity mirror. As she reapplies her lipstick, she catches a glimpse of her laptop sitting on her bed, tempting her. Unable to resist the urge for a quick peek, she sits on the bed and clicks on the live feed. After typing in the password, Theo and Fletch appear on the screen, huddled together on the leather couch watching the Mets at Dodgers Stadium.

Feeling like a creeper invading his privacy, Julia removes her phone from her clutch to call him. But as she swipes her finger across her iPhone, Theo looks directly at the camera and smiles.

Totally spooked, she shuts her laptop, shoves it under a pillow, and then jumps from the bed. “No way!” she shrieks. Grabbing her shawl and clutch, Julia makes the climb back down the stairs, using the handrail to steady her balance, as she tries to figure out how he did that.

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