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“Tonight we unleash Felicity Harper onto the world,” Cleo said, and the grin that spread across their faces reminded me of the Grinch when he stole Christmas
CHAPTER TWO
First, Second, and Third
Felicity
10:53 pm
“So explain how this works again?” I asked, placing the nu farther into a e and race
For ar Party, as they called it, Cleo had spent al on o natural She was dressed in pink, and Mark wore jeans, a causal shirt, and a jacket Apparently it was to work his young, broke college student angle He even thought of bringing a sketchbook to add intrigue Even with all of that, it was funny how they were more excited I had finally come out with them than the fact they themselves were here Mark winked at ahair pulled into a bun and was holding a beer
Mark made sure to put some distance between us, and I raised my eyebrow at that When alked out to back near the pool, he said, “So basically, at these parties, you just want to be seen Usually the two types of people who come up to you are the super cocky ones, which isn’t really a bad thing other than the fact that you have to listen to them talk about theht scare off others”
Yeah, that’s a no “Or?”
“Or you get the older, sweet
ones who casually try to start a conversation” Cleo ju to a man who had to be in his sixties He was h “Anyone else will contact you via the website if you catch their interest tonight So catch their interest! Now that you’ve been briefed, let’s regroup in half an hour”
She strode off toward the dance floor under the canopy, working her way through until she was in the center where the light was brightest
“Good luck,” Mark said, e of the pool He took off his jacket and placed it on a chair before he lifted his shirt, exposing his sculpted abs to the world He even went so far as to take off his shoes and jeans and ju a series of full cheers and whistles
I was so out of ue here They were both professionals at this, and I couldn’t help but recall the number of watches, purses, shoes, and even cars they both had Mark and I had joked that the reason Cleo didn’t steal anyet what she wanted But I didn’t want this
For a split second, I thought it ain, but I res happened when I wasn’t in control ofback the way I’d coainst theas how I’d come in Mark’s car But no one said I couldn’t have fun