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He chuckled. “Yes, you did.”
She shook her head, waving goodbye. “It was very nice to meet you, Reece Collins.” Then she was gone.
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Nicole limped her way through the departure gate, noting the camera flashes. It was a good thing the incident from JFK hadn’t hit the papers over here yet, so she didn’t have to worry about any unwanted publicity.
She moved away from the gate as the press moved en masse toward the door, looking for their star. She stopped, leaning against a column to watch as the flight crew entered the terminal. No one in the press paid them any mind. They were indeed invisible.
The assembled photographers were scratching their heads. Wasn’t Reese Collins supposed to be on this flight? Nicole smiled to herself. Her plan had worked like a charm. No one knew he was there.
When the tall pilot in the middle of the group walked by, pulling down his sunglasses to wink at her, no one seemed to care. Reece Collins was invisible—to everyone but her.
Chapter 2
“Pardon me?” Nicole looked up from her notepad at the little red-haired woman standing in front of her. “Aren’t you that girl?”
She blinked, her gaze sliding out of focus. Hiding in plain sight didn’t seem to be working for her. For a solid week it had been the same question. You’d think the population of London would grow tired of the same story being repeated over and over, but no, they seemed to thrive on it. Why couldn’t there be a royal scandal when she needed one?
She had hoped when she left the flat this morning, the residents of London would leave her be. As she walked through town, she was pointed at, stared at, and whispered about. And just when she thought she’d found a moment of peace sitting outside the pub in Leaden Hall Market, another enquiring mind wanted to know about Reece Collins.
She sighed, closing her notepad. “What girl?”
The woman pulled out a chair to sit down, spilling her coffee as she placed it on the table. “The girl from the airplane.” Nicole dabbed at the spill with a napkin. “The one Reece Collins knocked down.” The woman’s smile was starting to fade.
Nicole glanced up, taking pity on her and giving her what she wanted. “Yes, that was me.”
The woman’s smile grew to enormous proportions with the news. “You’re famous, you are. Do you know that?” She held out her hand. “What was it like?”
Nicole shook it and let go. “What was what like?”
“Gettin’ knocked down by Reece Collins!”
“Ummm, painful?” How was she supposed to answer that one? Her eye still held a bruise.
The woman sat back in the chair, making herself comfortable. “I wish something like that would happen to me.” She sipped her coffee.
Nicole pressed her lips together, looking away to keep from laughing.
“Was he as gorgeous in person as he is on screen?”
“Who?”
The woman clucked her tongue. “Reece Collins.”
“Who?”
“Don’t tell me you’ve never ‘eard of him.”
After the past week, Nicole wished she hadn’t. “Is he famous?”
The woman rolled her eyes. “Is he famous? Lud, girl, have you been livin’ under a rock? He’s just the hottest actor on both sides of the pond, I tell you.”
“Oh.” Nicole shrugged, pretending disinterest and glancing down at her notepad in the hopes the woman would take the hint and leave. “I’ll take your word for it.”
“Didn’t he make sure the airline took care of you? The articles say he did.”
Nicole sighed. Those damn articles! Sara had squealed to the press about their first-class encounter, leaving nothing out and including how he escaped their notice when the plane landed. Now they were even more determined to track him down.
