t

an," Deza whispered as we wal

wanted from me. The party was a week late thanks to a few fuck ups by some of the dip-shits we'd hired to help u

an, over he

m your big

ut for the preview of my latest movie. It was staged to be the box office hit of the weekend. I wasn't so s

college frat boy that most of them believed me to be. A cute child st

k t

d into the theater and glanced around a

e real me is after all these years of being

ushed her hand over my chest, wiping something off my shirt. "Stop looking around. It

nvite." I cleared my throat and turned from her. "I'

d mood due to the massive number of great reviews we'd already received fo

my eyes were beautifully hidden behind a bit of concealer. Thank God for my new make-up artist. She had a calmness about her that

lding up. I wasn't. I needed a fucking vacatio

an, the sexy little number they'd paired me up with for Down Under. She was a talented actress, but she'd worked hard to

ime of working hard for success was basically over. The fact that se

irk and moved up next to me. She kept a good bit of space between us, which was smart. The press was hot to ju

e, a petite thing, but a fireball nevertheless. Her dark skin and long black hair made her pretty to look at, but

the on

orn from her and walked to the butter machine

t butter. What the hell?"

on it." I glanced over at her. "Why are

m me. I hate that asshole." She shrugged, letting down her guard for a

and licked at the top of it, eating a few pieces like I had been since I was a kid. A few cameras snapped

londe hair back in a tight ponytail. "I'm Lucy from channel three news. We're going to be

fair, now would it?" I lifted my eyebrow at

ws station would be covering the release, and sadly enough they thought to send their best-lo

o that I could get settled in first. After dropping down into the seat of my choice, I e

it to me. "I think Alisa is the best-lookin

owing that day was long gone. She'd been with me through my teenage years. She wasn't going to even

on one girl. "Oh nice. Who's this?" I handed

" She pulled her phon

rl to come sit next to me tonight." I gave her

ded me the phone back. "Choose quickly so I can get back in there and not hav

us. I glanced at the phone and flipped through it, not finding

a deep breath and glanced

ed to the edge of her seat, kee

oose the wrong girl, then the likelih

hone." She turned and pin

hottie was." I pulled the pho

same in the dark, Ethan." She

e camera. She was right. I didn't care much about what she looked like. If th

ed to go, but I g

kipped a beat in my chest as she glared down at me. Som