Staying loyal was a good quality that he normally reserved for his siblings. He nodded. “Well, I want you to take the job, but I’m serious about not telling Jennifer any personal details. We can put it in the contract.”
“Not a problem.”
Neitherof them said anything else as they ate and he tried to be discreet as he watched her make a big dent in the huge bowl of pasta. She was a normal sized woman with nice curves and a great figure yet every actor or model he knew counted every calorie in each bite.
Maybe because she’d traveled this morning she hadn’t had a good meal. Most of his friends didn’t have the Morgan jet service.
Matt’s lips tingled for more of her. He knew he shouldn’t. But once she finished wiping her mouth and putting her silverware down, he leaned closer. She pressed her hands on his chest and asked, “Are we moving this fast?”
“Sounds perfect to me.” They kissed, the diners disappeared, and fireworks exploded.
No other woman had ever made him forget where he was, except Ashley.He was always aware of his image. Hopefully this feeling was just chemicals because she was so different that he had no defense against her charms.
Chapter 5
Ashley hugged Matt’s body on the back of his motorcycle as he weaved through congested traffic.
Los Angeles was just as bad, possibly worse, than Miami and that said a lot. But the night air felt lighter here.
Probably less humidity.
They passed black bars surrounding an estate and her eyes widened.
The house they headed toward was like a filmset from one of the Hollywood movies where some spoiled daughter lived.
Seriously, there were fountains with cherubs, and a large green lawn that must be gorgeous in the sunshine.
He turned off the motorcycle and hopped off as she removed her helmet. Once she was sure her jaw was free, she stared up at the huge house. “This is where you live?”
He shrugged like this was normaland took a step up onto his porch and toward the white double doors that might as well be doors that brought her into heaven. “It’s where I live when I’m working on a movie, yeah. I have a home in Miami too.”
They went in together. She gazed at the crystal chandelier and the pop art on his walls.
Cleaning the chandelier probably took an army of temporary help an entire day to handwash.
The light brown bamboo floors were impeccably polished to a shine as she stepped on them, without having her cleaning booties on over her tennis shoes.
She swallowed and met his blue eyes. “I didn’t realize you bought on Star Island.”
He closed the door behind her and frowned. “How did you know that?”
Her mind raced. She knew what? Then she realized she’d mentionedhis Miami home and family.
Not letting him know who she was seemed unfair. She’d already conquered her goal of speaking in front of him, but honestly she’d never be the love of his life in a day. She wasn’t entirely stupid but maybe he’d notice her as a woman, and not just the housekeeper. She pursed her lips and refrained from biting them as she said, “I told you I knew Jennifer and prettymuch hated her when she dated your brother.”
He waved her in farther and walked her up a series of stairs that would make Scarlett O’Hara envious as he said, “Yet you continue to work for her.”
True. Her pulse zipped. She was a horrible liar. She ignored how tense her body was as they climbed but on the top step she met his gaze and said, “Guess you can say I stick to what I knowrather than venture out of my comfort zone too often. I know she can be a pain, but she also has a nicer side.”
He gestured for her to follow him toward a room at the end of a long hall with double doors. “I don’t know that side. I didn’t know her when she dated Peter. I only met her when I found out I was a Morgan.”
More yellow-haired ladies in pop art lined the walls.
Jenniferwas right about the blonde thing.
Clearly.
Her nerves were on edge but she followed him and said, “That had to be strange. I know what I read about you in the magazines…” Her voice trailed off as he opened a suite fit for a princess. The room was long and white, with a beautiful blue bed that overlooked a pool that also had fountains and lights that shone. She headed toward the window,hugged herself that she wasn’t here to clean anything and exclaimed, “This room is gorgeous!”
