Starstruck (2013)
“The dark green leaves cast a lacy pattern of shadows across her perfect face. Dane started toward her, his arms outstretched. “Ginger. What are you doing here?”
She raised a pale hand, holding him off. “It’s Amanda now.”
“Is that your real name?”
“Real enough. As for what I’m doing here, it just so happens I’m under contract.” A proud smile played across her lovely face.
“As an actress?”
The smile faded from her lips. “Don’t look so surprised.”
“It’s just I never knew that was part of the plan....”
“Oh?” She raised her chin defiantly. “What did you think the plan was?”
He struggled for a moment, trying to think what to say. Dane Forrest was used to beautiful girls, but this one, Ginger, or Amanda, or whatever she wanted to call herself, had always unhinged him somehow, made him feel young and callow and ill-equipped, as if he was always about to say the wrong thing. “I don’t know,” he said finally. “I guess I figured some man would come along eventually and take you away from all this.”MoreLess
She raised a pale hand, holding him off. “It’s Amanda now.”
“Is that your real name?”
“Real enough. As for what I’m doing here, it just so happens I’m under contract.” A proud smile played across her lovely face.
“As an actress?”
The smile faded from her lips. “Don’t look so surprised.”
“It’s just I never knew that was part of the plan....”
“Oh?” She raised her chin defiantly. “What did you think the plan was?”
He struggled for a moment, trying to think what to say. Dane Forrest was used to beautiful girls, but this one, Ginger, or Amanda, or whatever she wanted to call herself, had always unhinged him somehow, made him feel young and callow and ill-equipped, as if he was always about to say the wrong thing. “I don’t know,” he said finally. “I guess I figured some man would come along eventually and take you away from all this.”MoreLess
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