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You’re here. You’re making it happen. Focus on that.
I walked down the hallway, ignoring the pretty boys, and stood as far away from them as I could.
Apparently, that was no deterrent to the blond, who sidled up to me about two seconds after my back hit the exposed brick wall.
“Hey.”
I turned towards the husky voice and was sucked in, without awareness, by the greenest eyes I’d ever seen in my life.
If that agent considered me movie star handsome, she didn’t know shit.
My protective wall engaged as this guy, just shy of my height and standing in my personal space, stared at me. With a messy mop of wavy hair, pouty pink lips, and a nose that had never been broken (not in anger, anyway), he was pretty in a way that made my teeth ache.
I viciously reminded myself that I hated sweets.
“I’m Reed,” he announced as he held out his hand.
Instead of taking it, I stared back at him. At those electric eyes that were made for movie cameras.
All my southern instincts screamed at me about minding my manners, but I ignored them—and his hand. I was in California now, and I would do whatever the fuck I wanted.
And I did not want to tempt fate by touching him.
“Reed Larkin,” he repeated. “I’ve never seen you here before. You new in town?”
His voice was smooth, just like him. With no trace of any discernible accent and with a hint of a raspy undertone, he belonged not just in the movies, but on audio too.
Red carpet worthy for sure.
You are too.
“Fresh off the bus from Doncaster, Alabama,” I replied with an extra twang to my speech, hoping that my act would push him away.
No such luck.
Reed shook his head. “Never heard of it.”
“Not surprised. It’s a dump. I’m never going back.”
“That bad?”
If only he could see the scars on my lower back. Once I got my big break, and had money in the bank, the first person I was going to see was a plastic surgeon.
“Let’s just say I’m really fucking happy to be in LA. Acting is my dream. One that I’m going to make come true.”
Reed smiled at me, and it was like looking directly into the sun.
I shouldn’t, but I couldn’t look away.
Strange.
“I’ve been here just over eight months,” Reed replied. “I’m from upstate New York. Not a shithole town, but a small one, so there’s not much going on either. And LA? It’s fucking wild, man. The party scene is next level. Thank fuck I just turned twenty-one.”
“I’m here to find work and to make it big. I don’t give much thought to partying,” I replied, crossing my arms.
Reed looked me up and down and I struggled not to fidget.
“You’ve got the tall, dark, and handsome bit down just fine. How did your audition go?”
