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don’t have that part figured out yet but—”
    “Mr. Sterling,” she walked over to the door and opened it. “Let me tell you what I would do if I were you right now. If I were Matt Sterling and I made fifteen million a movie —”
    “ Eighteen , sweetheart.”
    Is she blushing?
    “Eighteen million a movie . I wouldn’t give a rat’s ass what someone wrote about me and I would leave Melody Carter’s office before she called security.”
    “And if I were you,” I knocked a huge vase of Skittles off her desk. “I would spend the rest of my afternoon picking those up.”

 
Chapter 7
    Melody
     
    I pulled a mini-vac out of my drawer and began extracting Skittles from the floor. I should have known i t wasn’t Sophie. S he was still running errands .
    Why did it feel like Matt Sterling was checking me out? And why did I want him to take his shirt off ?
    I shook away the thought and rolled my eyes. I wished I could rewind our encounter, wished I could have been a little nicer. My sarcasm had never developed an off button, or a filter.
    This is why no one ever wanted to take you out….besides Sean .
    I slumped down to the floor and picked through the Skittles, tossing the yellow ones across the room. That was more fun than reading the sta ck of books I’d been assigned.
    “ Melody?” my sister walked into my office. “I come to bring you lunch and you’re eating Skittles off the floor?”
    “Matt Sterli ng knocked them off my desk.”
    “Matt Sterling? ” she gasped. “ Matt Sterling was here ? Did you see his abs ? Did you get his autograph? ”
    “Of course not.”
    “What was he wearing?”
    “Really Jen? He was wearing a three piece suit, a regular dark blue suit.”
    “ W hat about his hair? His eyes? T ell me everything!”
    Matt Sterling was perfect, undeniably perfect. His dark smoldering eyes nearly pinned me to my seat. His short black hair fell loosely above his eyebrows—a part of me wanted to reach up and run my fingers through it, just to see if it was real. He was much taller than I was—something I didn’t realize until I stood up and opened the door. Although he had been wearing a suit, I could easily envision the chiseled chest that was trapped beneath it.
    “I wasn’t really paying attention,” I stood up. “He looked like the character he plays in the movies.”
    “ Which character? The cute and charming executive? The I-would-sle ep-with-you-in-a-heartbeat over the top sexy one ? The hot bad boy with a soft side? The Oh-my-god-he’s-so-sexy-plea se-keep-your-shirt-off guy ? Which one!”
    All of them …
    “I guess the charming executive one .”
    “Well, if he comes again could you get his autograph and maybe take his picture for me?”
    “ I don’t think there’ll be a next time but s ur e,” I took a white box f r o m her. “Thank you so much for this.”
    “Not a problem. Remind me, what exactly do you do all day?”
    “Watch f ilms, read books, edit articles. I’m in charge of a couple projects too.”
    “And you get paid to do that? I clearly picked the wrong major. Marine Biology? What was I thinking? ”
    “Whatever,” I laughed.
    “Sean’s mom called me today. She said she’s called you ten times since the wedding.
    I honestly felt bad about not returning her calls. I ’d always liked her. S h e was the one who taught me how to dress . I just wasn’ t sure how to deal with his side of the family . I wasn’t sure if they cared that I was left at the altar, wasn’t sure if they’d forgotten about me and were now smitten with blonde bitch.
    “What did she want?”
    “To check on you, Melody! ” she seethed . “She said Sean offered to pay for your new condo but you never responded to his texts.”
    “And I never plan to. I don’t need his help ! ”
    “Suit yourself ,” she held up her hands. “Y ou’re more than welcome to stay at my place after you ’ r e done at that fancy hotel. Just don’t bring any suede shoes. Chipper loves to