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Zoe groaned. She was good at bridals, but she absolutely hated doing them.
“Consider the money, Zo.”
“Such good money,” she repeated softly.
So close. I nearly had her. “Think of that new set of shears you were eyeing. What were they? Six hundred bucks?”
“Each. Yeah, I know. Ugh. Fine, I’ll do it. Send me the details.”
A grin stretched over my lips. “I’ll come home and rebook everyone.”
“Even better.” Zoe was quiet for a second. “Are you dying right now?”
“A little. I sort of think this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
“That’s putting it mildly,” she quipped. “I’m glad you’re taking it.”
Zoe said goodbye and hung up. She was the reason our salon was so successful and why I enjoyed going to work so much. Zoe was the definition of women uplifting other women, and her support in this situation proved that tenfold.
I swiveled and found both Rhett and Bridget watching me. “I’ll do it.”
Rhett nodded, his stoic face not giving away any emotion. That man could don a mask like nobody’s business. His blank expression meant he was coveringsomethingthough, right? Bridget, on the other hand, didn’t seem to care. “Great, sonowcan you email me your details for flight records? I’ll need a copy of your driver’s license, and I’ll send over a detailed nondisclosure when I have your email. Putstylistin the subject heading so I don’t delete you.” She paused, looking me over. “Better put it in all caps.”
“Okay, definitely.”
Bridget spoke quietly to Rhett and then walked out, her heels clicking over the floor.
Rhett stood, and I surveyed his hair and makeup. It was subtle but well-executed. He held out a hand that I believed was meant for me to shake. Would I survive touching him again? I had to get used to it. This was going to be my life for the next month.
My life for the next month involved touching Rhett Myers.How on earth did I win this lottery? How many women had the chance to meet their celebrity crush? I imagined it wasn’t many. And I got to be on his team for weeks.Cue internal screaming.
I clasped his hand and electricity zapped up my arm. Did he feel that too? He had to have felt it too. It was a hot-as-fire shock to the system.
Rhett gave me his five-million-dollar smile. “Welcome to the team.”
***
I stood beside the assistants, Adalyn and Jackie, and stared at the television screen in the room beyond the set. People bustled around us, and there was a table against the wall with donuts, fruit, and an assortment of other delectable pastries. I really could have gone for one of the croissants, but I stood my ground, my eyes glued to the screen.
Breakfast with Julianawas on commercial break. Rhett and Sunny shared a sofa opposite Juliana in her plush chair. She was turned away from them, speaking to someone in black with a headset on, and I analyzed the stars’ faces on the screen to make sure nothing looked wrong in their makeup.
Nope. Flawless. There wasn’t a lot I was extremely confident in, but hair and makeup topped that list.
“You’d think they were still a couple,” Jackie said. “Look how comfortable they are.”
Adalyn nodded. “I mean, can we blame them? They are both incredible actors.”
I looked sharply at the couple in question, and the assistants were right. The subtle shifts in their body language, the way they were slightly turned toward each other, and the way Rhett was listening to whatever Sunny said spoke volumes to the comfort they felt together. Either that, or their acting was superb.
Maybe it was both.
Adalyn lowered her voice. “Hey, how is that thing going with Sunny’s...” Her eyes flicked to me, and she didn’t finish her sentence.
Sunny’swhat? I wanted to ask.
Jackie sucked in a breath. “We’ll discuss it later.”
Adalyn nodded.
