Taming Her Hollywood Playboy by Emily Forbes

Author:Emily Forbes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-09-10T15:56:03+00:00

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She waited until they were out of earshot from all the bystanders before she stopped walking and turned to Oliver.

‘What was that all about?’

To his credit he didn’t pretend not to know what she was asking. ‘Frank is one of my aliases.’

‘One of?’ She raised an eyebrow. ‘Is Oliver your real name?’

‘Yes. Oliver James Harding, at your service,’ he said with a mock bow.

‘And when did you start speaking in an Aussie accent?’

‘That’s my job. Most of the movie crew are Aussies, and I’ve been paying attention on set. It’s the best way to make people believe I am just a doppelgänger.’

‘Why do you need a fake name?’

‘I usually use it for checking into hotels, restaurants, that sort of thing. I don’t expect special treatment, so I don’t need to broadcast my movements. There’s no need to give everyone a heads up about where I’m going to be and when. The paparazzi pay people to divulge that sort of information. If I want them to know my whereabouts there are ways of getting that information out to them, but if I want some privacy I need some measures to protect it. Mostly I’m happy to sign autographs or pose for photos, but I didn’t think the lifeguards needed to deal with that palaver as well. I’m not saying that all of those bystanders would have wanted selfies or whatever, but in my experience at least some of them would and that can become a bit of a circus. It wasn’t necessary and, besides, for the next couple of days I want it to just be us.’

She was more than happy for it to be just the two of them as well. She found it liberating being able to walk down the street and hold Oliver’s hand and not worry about what people might say or think. If she found it liberating, she could just imagine how Oliver must feel. He was used to his every move being scrutinised and potentially splashed across the cover of a magazine, so she could understand the appeal of hiding his true identity.

They reached the hotel and Kat stepped inside as the doorman held the door. She felt as though she should apologise as they left sandy footprints on the spotless tiled floor. She smiled to herself as she wondered what the staff in this five-star hotel thought. She wondered if they could tell that she wasn’t used to this level of luxury and attention. That she had never before stayed in a five-star, or even a four-star, hotel, had never been picked up from the airport by a chauffeur, had never slept with a Hollywood star.

‘What name did you use to book the hotel?’ She wondered if the hotel staff knew who he was.

‘The same alias—Frank Foster.’

‘How do you come up with the names? Is there a list somewhere of the top ten aliases?’

Oliver laughed. ‘No. It was the name of one of my characters, one of my favourite parts.’

‘That was the

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