Runaway Pride: A Grumpy Sunshine Romance (Evergreen Book 1) by Sylan Young

Author:Sylan Young [Young, Sylan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-02-23T00:00:00+00:00

“Rick, dear, you’re going to have to stop squinting like that. I can’t line your eyes this way,” Marnie, their senior makeup artist, directed at Rick.

Charlie watched with amusement as Rick tried to do as told, but wouldn’t stop wriggling every time Marnie got close.

Rick arrived on time to the spa dressed in his basics, and was immediately dragged into the small photo studio. They used the room to document their clients’ progress before and after using their services and products..

He was a good sport when the stylists had him change his outfit and sit still for half an hour. Once Marnie took out her tools, Rick started having reservations.

“Why do you need to line my eyes?” he asked, still squinting as if he was in pain. Marnie tried drawing on his eyelid, to no avail.

“To make it pop,” she answered, then grumbled when he moved away again.

“Feels like my eyeballs are going to pop out,” he quipped, causing Charlie to smother a chuckle.

“This is just kohl! It’s not going to poke your eyes out. You need to hold still.”

Two girls held his shoulders and kept him in place while Marnie locked his jaw with her firm grip.

“Stay. Still,” she ordered, and pressed the pencil over his skin. After one stroke, she moved away, and he opened his eyes. “Hmm… your eyes are a little more hooded than I thought. Maybe we should use mascara instead. Hand me the lash curler.”

“What is that?” Rick asked, almost fearful.

“A tool that will curl your eyelashes.” Marnie showed him the tool, and he retreated from his seat.

“Okay, now that is what’s going to poke my eyes out,” he declared.

“Nonsense,” the makeup artist said. “Now look up.”

He did and recoiled when Marnie placed the curler above his eyes. Exasperated, she said to him, “Can you relax? I won’t hurt you.”

After another attempt, Rick pushed back, and Marnie growled in frustration.

“Charlie!” Marnie exclaimed. “Can you get through to him?”

Charlie stepped forward and took the curler from Marnie. The girls behind Rick moved aside as she approached him. He straightened when she got close. Without a word, she raised his chin with her finger to face him upward.

“Now, close your eyes and think pleasant thoughts,” she murmured.

Rick’s eyes rounded at her suggestion. The grin he threw at her made her toes curl. “That, I can do.”

Rolling her eyes, she clipped between his eyelashes and pinched with the device, successfully crimping them in place. His lashes were too short to really see the difference, so she went ahead with the liner.

“Just like that,” she whispered. “Nice and easy. I’m almost done.”

“Take your time,” he said. “I’m in no hurry for you to go.”

She ignored the fuzzy emotions from his affection and paid attention to working when he finally quieted down. In that moment, she was painfully aware of their proximity, and the warmth from his breath against her hand. When he was this close, she only wanted to get even closer, but she couldn’t let her desires take away her resolve to put herself first.

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