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Chapter One

Erin

“Hey, Erin” I hear my name co for the up-and-co movie premiere

“Yes, Sylvia?” I answer right away

“Coive s up I take a deep breath and stand The clicking fro hallway as I exit my cubicle and head to the conference room where I’ve been summoned

For the past five months, I’ve been an intern at Hillcrest Production Coraduate at the top of ht on in thetheir movies I knock on the closed broooden door and hear someone say to come in

Turning the silver handle, I open the door, surprised to see five people sitting around the conference table Sylvia, head of the Public Relations department, sits next to Ryan, the owner of Hillcrest The rest of the department heads, from the CFO to the COO, fill the other chairs It’s the who’s who in the movie business Not the actors and actresses but the ones who build theto producing to , it all takes place under one roof

“Erin,” Sylvia says, “have a seat” She motions to one of the empty chairs, and I nod and sit down The nervousness of all the eyes on me makes my mouth dry I put my hand on top of the table and look around Ryan looks at me and smiles

“Relax,” he says, “you haven’t done anything wrong” His words h of relief “In fact, I’ve heard only good things”

“That’s good to know,” I say, and then he leans back in his chair

“I’ht to the chase,” he says and then looks over at Sylvia, who just nods at hi you, and we love the ideas that you have brought to the table” I look over at Sylvia and wonder where this is co from She hasn’t exactly welcomed me with open arms, so it’s no surprise she’s rude because it was evident fro here Hillcrest Production Company is a dream for anyone ants to work in the PR field There is no sugarcoating, and I know I have a month left before the contract expires “We have a job for you, and well” he says Sitting up, he puts his hands on the table “If you can actually do this, I’d love to hire you for a full-time position either here or in the New York office” Not only does Hillcrest run LA, but it runs New York also

This ht? “I’ to find e of a whole PR teaest dreams

“Don’t say anything yet Wait until you see what you need to do,” Sylvia says, and I swear she hides a snide smile

“It’s not that bad,” Ryan says and then looks at me “What do you know about Carter Johnson?”

I look at thened on to be the Loyalist?” HillCrest is going all out on their next movie You don’t have to live under a rock to know that their lastTyler Beckett killed it at the box office You also don’t need to know the who’s who in Hollywood to know that Carter Johnson is the next big thing Word going around says this is his biggest contract yet

“That’s the one,” Ryan says, and he looks at ers on the table

“Uet a chance

“He’s the biggest gigolo out there,” Sylvia says, “and he’s a PR night into a hotel with to out six hours later with a s from his mouth with his shirt unbuttoned I think there were even scratchI can’t say anything because it’s actually all true, and it wasn’t just on TMZ He headlines every single gossip site at least once a week as he literally fucks his way through Hollywood Last week, he walked out of the same hotel at two different times with two different women Both of them draped all over him

“I have heard of hiives