“You know, someone biased based on size. So I’m totally bisexual. I lovepeople. Male, female, trans, I don’t really care. Sexy is a state of mind, an attitude. A persona, if you will. And it comes in all shapes and sizes. I mean, look at you.”
I narrow my eyes as the elevator stops, and they step out, and I shift cameras again.
“Your curves areamazing.You have to know that you father was so, so wrong. You’re a bombshell. And you have all that gorgeous dark hair and green eyes, and yeah, I get why Mr. Alexander wants to keep you.”
Eloise snorts, and it’s fucking adorable.
Yeah, I want to keep her.I am keeping her.
Twenty-Three
LULU
“Okay, now you’re just being nice. I think besties are supposed to say stuff like this.”
Scarlett laughs and leads me into the gym. There are treadmills, rowing machines, ellipticals, and other machines that I wouldn’t know how to use. There are also tons of weights and a room with yoga mats rolled up and stacked on the side.
“I mean, sure,” she says, “it’s my job to make sure you feel good about yourself as your bestie, but I am not a liar. So don’t listen to Loveland, or your father, or anyone else. I think you’re awesome.”
I grin at her. “I think you’re awesome, too. Are you going to make me work out?”
“Duh.” Scarlett rolls her eyes. “If I have to suffer, so do you. But we can reward ourselves with a protein smoothie after our workouts.”
“I guess that could be a thing. Do you live here, too?”
“No.” She shakes her head and leads me around towhere the smoothie bar is. It’s staffed now, even after midnight. It must be available around the clock as well. “I wouldloveto, but I’m not a manager or anything. I share a house with four other women about thirty minutes from here.”
I wrinkle my nose. “That’s far away.”
“It’s not so bad. It’s a really nice house, and we all have our own suites. But yeah, it’s a bit of a commute. I’m not complaining, though. If I was ever worried, I know that Mr. Alexander would have someone get me home, not that I’d ask.”
I could imagine him doing that. It’s no wonder his staff revere him. I’m just about to ask Scarlett about her housemates, because you never know, one day I might need to find something similar, but she asks another question.
“So have you met Mr. Alexander’s security? Specifically, Luke?”
I blink over at her. “Yeah, I have. Why do you ask?”
“Oh, no reason.” She bites her lip and won’t look at me.
I pull us to a stop. “No way. There’s a reason.”
She shifts on her feet.
“He’s hot. I’ve done scenes with Luke in the playroom, and I like hima lot. But I don’t think he likes me back. Not in that way, anyway. We fuck a lot, but that’s it.”
“What do you mean, you doscenes?”
Twenty-Four
ROME
Oh, firefly.I have so much to teach you.
Twenty-Five
LULU
“I’ll show you,” Scarlett says with a knowing smile. “Now that you’ve seen all of this, we’ll go back downstairs. We’ll start our workouts first thing after our shifts tonight.”
