Scandalous Lies: An addictive, sexy beach read by Nigel May

Author:Nigel May [May, Nigel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781910751251
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2015-07-22T21:00:00+00:00

Forty-Six

Aaron could feel the beads of sweat running down his back as he pulled the studio door shut behind him. He liked to think of himself as a man. A dude. A daredevil. Someone who would happily bungee jump off a bridge, swim with sharks, hike through snake-infested jungles if need be. And he’d do it all with adrenaline running through his veins as opposed to fear. But the last hour of his life had been one of the scariest he had ever experienced. He had literally felt his knees tremble with terror from the moment the team of people judging him had introduced themselves.

At least a few of them seemed familiar. He recognised most of them from the party two nights ago. Industry players with both the money and the kudos to rocket his career in a whole new direction should they decide that he was right for the part. One of them was Jacob Chevalier, whom Aaron had spent time speaking to at the Super Nova bash.

Not that Aaron was still that sure about what the part was. He’d learnt some lines as instructed by Addison, and he felt he’d put as much emotion into them as he could. He was hardly Tom Hardy when it came to perfect delivery and sure, there had been a few stumbles here and there, but at least he could relate to what he was saying. The character was a cheeky UK crime-fighter type who seemed to investigate his cases by interviewing as many scantily clad female suspects and witnesses as possible, pumping them for information in his own irresistible way. Aaron just imagined he was chatting up one of the women at his local pub back in Cornwall. He wasn’t sure if it had worked but the other people in the casting room seemed happy. Especially a middle-aged woman sitting to Jacob’s left hand side whose sharp intake of appreciative breath when Aaron removed his shirt as instructed was loud enough to reduce the men around her to laugh at her delight. Aaron figured that was a good sign and had winked at her accordingly. The blushing of her skin showed her approval.

But Aaron couldn’t have been more pleased when the casting came to an end. Jacob shook his hand, as did the others and said they would be in touch. Who was Aaron to believe otherwise?

‘How did it go then?’ The voice was Addison’s, who was waiting outside the room.

‘Terrifying. But good, I think. I remembered my words and flexed my muscles accordingly.’ Aaron gave his best comedy strongman pose to demonstrate his physique to Addison.

‘Very impressive. Were they smiling at the end? That’s always a good sign if they actually smile. If you flunk an audition the faces are normally longer than an Oscars’ acceptance speech.’

‘They smiled, so maybe I did well. We’ll see. But I could murder a beer after putting myself through that.’

‘Well then, that’s exactly what you shall have,’ beamed Addison. ‘My instructions are to make sure you get to and from the audition and to make sure that your every whim is catered for.

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