Eli’s entire body gave a little wiggle, hewas so excited. “Think of it like naughty and nice. We’ll dress you up in onelooking all sweet and innocent, and me in the other looking wicked and slutty.It’ll be fun.”
I wasn’t sure if fun was the word I wouldhave used, but it would be striking. And with my nerves still running high, I’dprobably come across looking innocent and slightly overwhelmed. Compared to Eli,it would be a stunning photo. “Okay. That’ll look good.”
Taking a deep breath, I took one of thenightgowns from Eli and started to head over toward the dressing area. “Justgive me a few minutes. I need to finish getting ready.”
We didn’t exactly wear a lot of makeup inthe shoots, because Preston wanted a really natural look, but with the stronglights, unless someone was cover-model hot, makeup helped.
“All right, don’t forget, sweet and sexy.”Eli bounced across the room to drag Roman into his scheme. I just ignoredeverything and focused on the task in front of me, wishing that I’d preparedWilder a little bit more.
He’d seen me in similar things and hadloved them. I just had to keep reminding myself that.
It was going to be fine.
Chapter 17
Wilder
Lane was nervous and still unsure how Iwould respond, but he was beautiful. The last of my worries had evaporated as Istood there talking to Roman, and now there was just anticipation and curiosityflooding through me.
I wasn’t exactly sure what he was doing toget ready, but the makeup didn’t surprise me; models wore it all the time. Hekept glancing back at me in the mirror, and I couldn’t help but smile. My worrier.I really needed to bring him to work so he could see the kind of people that Imet on a daily basis. I had a feeling that would ease some of his fears. Thelingerie aside, Lane would never be the most unique person I’d met.
The most special, yes.
The most beautiful, yes.
The most loving, yes.
Eli had come dashing over, waving some kindof nightgown around and saying they needed to do those photos first. He rambledon excitedly, saying something about Lane’s nerves making it perfect, but Ididn’t understand.
Roman just nodded and immediately agreedwith him, sending Eli back to finish getting ready. Turning to me, Romanfinally started to explain. “They’re both going to be wearing the same outfitbut we’ll make some minor modifications to make Eli’s more risqué and Lane’sa little bit sweeter so customers on the website can see how it looks in avariety of ways.”
“Ah, I see.” Just the differences in theirpersonalities would make the clothes seem unique. I’d seen enough of the photosonline that I could imagine how they would look. It made my fingers itch and Iwished I had my notepad and pencils with me.
Next time.
As Eli dragged Lane around the room, Romanstarted talking about the schedule and just the process in general. He seemedto understand that it was all very new to me and didn’t mind walking me throughit. I had a feeling that Eli had given him a firm talking-to about being politeand not scaring me off, because Roman was clearly making an effort.
The guys were almost done getting ready bythe time he brought up the photo shoot Eli kept mentioning. “I know Eli’s beendriving Lane crazy about the BDSM shoot I want to do with him, but I have tosay, the two of you would look incredible in it.”
I wasn’t sure how to respond. Giving him anhonest answer felt like it would be oversharing, but glancing between Eli andLane, I had a feeling there weren’t too many secrets between them—and thechances of Eli keeping something from Roman was almost impossible. “I think thephotos would be good, you’re right. But Lane needs more confidence that I’m notgoing to be scared off with all ofthisfirst.” I waved a hand,gesturing around the room. “I’m not going to do anything to push things toofast.”
Roman didn’t seem pleased, but he lookedlike he understood. “I can’t guarantee Eli will be patient.”
“That would be like trying to hold back theocean.” Roman barked out a laugh, agreeing with me. “Don’t get me wrong, I’mnot saying never. I think they would turn out beautifully.”
They were so clear in my head it was almostdistracting. Part of me wanted to see if I could do them from just the image inmy mind, but I knew the chances of getting myself right were almost nil. Theway I saw myself would never be the way someone else did…and that’s what Iwould need.
The picture would be how we perceived oneanother.
My mental wandering and short conversationwith Roman had given the guys time to finish getting ready. Even from acrossthe room, I could see that whatever Lane had done with his eyes had given awide, innocent look to them. Eli evidently agreed they were perfect because hewas grinning and bouncing around like a kid in a candy store.
It took me a moment to drag my gaze awayfrom Lane to focus on Eli. Where Lane was wearing some kind of panties underthe sheer nightgown that kept his cock tucked up and to the side, Eli wasalmost naked under his. There was the tiniest pair of panties that coveredbasically nothing and were a deep red color that stood out under the thin whitematerial.
The contrast was stark, but it was perfect.
“Roman.” Eli called from the platform,striking a sexy pose. “You’re making me wait.”
“Be patient.” Roman rolled his eyes, notespecially concerned with giving Eli what he wanted.
