Star F*cking by Andrea Smith

Author:Andrea Smith [Smith, Andrea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andrea Smith
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Two hours and forty minutes later I sat across the desk from Jerry Montego, listening to him whine for the tenth time about all the reasons I needed to stay on with him. And I’d called it right on the mark with his telling me how insanely perfect my going on location with Seth would be for the business.

“For Christ’s sake, Grace, do you realize what you’re giving up here? And I’m not talking about the money. I’m talking about something bigger than money: power and notoriety in this business. You’re well on your way to having the lion’s share of it here. Doesn’t that matter to you?”

We’d been over this. I finally stood up because there was no way he was going to wear me down, and I didn’t want to waste the rest of my birthday debating it with him. It was counter productive. I had plans to make, obviously.

“What matters to me, Jerry,” I said, slipping my jacket on, “is looking myself in the mirror every morning and knowing I’m living the dream. This just doesn’t feel like that…at least not anymore.”

He stood up and circled the desk, coming to stand next to me. “I should be pissed at you, Neely,” he growled, one of the few times he ever used my given name. “I could remind you of the favor I did for you a couple of years back.”

I quirked an eyebrow up at his words, and a slow smile played on my lips. “Come on, Jerry, it was less of a favor and more like an accident,” I said. “I mean my running into your camera that way outside the gates of the studio…well, it was just kismit...”

“Bullshit,” he replied, “I could’ve pressed charges, you know? You ruined that camera. There was no fixing it.”

I laughed as I headed for the door to his office. “Those pictures weren’t worth a damn, Jerry. I did you a favor. Your reputation would have looked…well, kind of pathetic actually if you’d tried to peddle a picture of Seth Drake kissing some unknown chick on the back lot of ‘Lotus Pointe.’”

He shrugged and shook his head, trying to hide his amusement at the memory. “I never saw you coming,” he said with a chuckle. “To this day I have no idea how you made it up and out of that gate in time to catch up with me. All I know is one second I’m getting into my car and the next second my camera is splattered on the pavement in a hundred pieces. And all I see is you breezing right by me like you haven’t got a care in the world.”

“Good times,” I said, giving him a hug. “Take care, Jerry. And thanks for everything.”

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