Chapter One

“You already know…with some liquid latex and paint. I may repair you proper up.”

I flip to the make-up artist, who’s packing her stuff into a big black trunk. She simply completed the final touches on my brother for his photoshoot.

“What?” I ask her, confused. I look again at my brother, guaranteeing that the fashions aren’t touching him inappropriately. Simply because it’s for an underwear marketing campaign doesn’t imply they shouldn’t maintain their palms to themselves.

A sigh to my proper and the loud click on of the lock has my gaze returning to the mousy blonde. Her hair is tousled in a messy bun, and her white and blue striped t-shirt hangs loosely with lazy wrinkles over her light and stained denims.

“Your scar. We may cowl it. Businesses pay some huge cash for handsome twins, however I’m assuming that’s why you’re his supervisor. Due to all… that.” Her hand waves over her face, a finger with damaged nail polish runs down from her mid-forehead, alongside her nostril and onto her cheek.

My abdomen hollows, the acquainted humiliation ceasing my breath. I tighten my jaw, staring on the blunt girl. I’m not embarrassed by my scar, however I’m used to individuals who fake it isn’t there, who don’t draw consideration to it.

“You assume I must be mounted?” I ask via clenched enamel, my tone colder than a winter’s night time.

Her face pales. “I simply meant— wish to s-save on photoshopping.”

I cock my head to the aspect. “You assume my disfigurement prevents me from modeling? That I can’t get the job as a result of it’s so fucking hideous?”

She pulls her case tighter to her physique, shaking her head vehemently. “No, after all not. I—“

“Get the fuck out of right here. I’ll remember to move your identify to everybody I do know,” I inform her with a sneer.

Her eyes widen, realizing I simply blacklisted her from working within the metropolis. Tears stream down her cheeks as she turns away, rapidly leaving the set.

“You be ok with that?”

I flip to face Hayden. He’s toweling off the water that they had spritzed on him. His white underwear is soaked via, giving everybody a transparent define of his cock. I seize his shirt and sweatpants, tossing them to him.

“Immensely. We accomplished right here?” I ask him, nodding on the photographer staring on the small display screen on his digicam as he clicks via his pictures.

He shrugs. “A few the fashions invited us out.”

I slim my eyes as he grins.

“You declined final time. You already know what which means?” Hayden teases additional.

Flipping him off, I grimace on the rule I had arrange with him. He loves being the lifetime of the get together, whereas I don’t. However for the sake of appearances and his ever-growing reputation, I get to say no half the invites which can be supplied so long as I settle for the following one.

For essentially the most half, it’s labored in each of our favors. However I need nothing greater than to vanish into my very own little world for the remainder of the night, and wallow in a little bit of self-pity earlier than waking up and getting over it.

“Can we depart after a drink or two?” I ask evenly.

His eyebrows furrow and his gaze roams over my face, catching on to my temper. “Positive, Hunter. That’s superb by me.”

Whereas we look ahead to the remainder of the fashions to alter, I compensate for some emails, ignoring everybody round me. My brother is used to my off-putting conduct, lingering subsequent to me however not together with me in any of the conversations.

He nudges my shoulder when everybody is able to depart. And we stroll to the bar down the road, a small mercy that it’s not far.

The place is packed for a random Tuesday night time, forcing the group to search out separate seats and something obtainable. I stroll as much as two males sitting on the bar high, providing them 100 bucks every for theirs. They seize the cash earlier than your entire deal is out of my mouth and vacate their spots.

Hayden snickers, ordering us each a scotch on rocks as we sit. “Once we headed again house?”

I pull up the calendar and sigh. “Subsequent week. We’re staying within the resort tonight after which catching a flight to Atlanta.”

The bartender units our drinks down and Hayden grimaces, swirling the amber liquid.

“After which how lengthy are we house?”

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