“Settle down. I told Penny ‘no’ when she approached me.”
“You still did it with that skank,” Sage seethed.
“I didn’t. She molested me while I was asleep. Ridge and I made her stop,” I said.
“What did you do?” she asked.
I told her the whole story. When I finished, Sage wasn’t as mad, but I hadn’t let her go. About halfway through the story, Mr. Happy woke up and realized that hot model lady-bits were rubbing against him. I was a little embarrassed because I knew Sage felt it.
“I suppose you expect you’re going to fuck me now,” she said.
“Screw you!” I said, getting up.
“David!”
I didn’t even look back as I slammed the door behind me.
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Saul gathered everyone together in what I would call the living room of the yacht, but the first mate had called it the saloon.
“Craig Wild signed a contract for the next two movies yesterday. The studio offered you the same amount he’s making as a sign of good faith,” he told Elizabeth and Bree.
He handed them envelopes with a number inside and also handed envelopes to Ben and Lori. I could tell that Elizabeth and Bree were happy. Ben and Lori, I couldn’t read. Part of Ben’s problem could be he was mad at his girlfriend. Saul gave my envelope to Caryn, who looked at the number and then handed it to me.
“I’ll need to have my agent look at this,” Lori said.
“Me too,” Ben added.
I looked inside the envelope. The number was the same as before, with two additions: they would pay me a signing bonus now, regardless of whether the movie got made, and one point. I know that psychic readings should be taken with a grain of salt, but I kept hearing Jeremy Pike say I should wait.
“I think we ought to wait before we accept their offer,” I blurted out.
Everyone in the room turned to look at me, so I felt the need to explain.
“I’ve had two people whose opinions I value tell me this movie is a hit: Chubby Feldman and Rita James. I believe if we wait, we can get a better deal. It just feels like we’re being pushed into something we’ll regret later,” I said.
“David, many times the initial offer is the best,” Saul reasoned.
I’d heard my mom say that when dealing with real estate, but I felt I’d rushed decisions in the past and regretted it. I’d seen how my fellow students reacted to the movie—they’d had a good time. Even if they hadn’t cared for it, they would’ve put on happy faces and told me it was great afterward. But I could tell while they were watching it that they liked it.
“Saul, I might be wrong, and I don’t want to influence any of the rest of you one way or the other, but for me, I want to wait. We should know in two weeks if this is big or not. I’ll make my deal then,” I said.
Saul looked like he wanted to kill me, but he was the one who set this up with everyone else in the room. I suspected it was to pressure everyone into signing.
The opening weekend for a movie was huge. Many films either made it or didn’t based on that first weekend. If a movie did well the second weekend, you had something. I also wanted to let Star Wars peter out some. They’d dominated the box office for the prior three weeks. If we could hold our own this weekend, then next might be just as good, because the competition was weak next week. The best opening that weekend was Ride Along 2. I hadn’t even seen the first one on DVD, let alone in theaters.
“What do you think, Saul?” Bree asked.
“If the film does well, we’d be in a better position to get more. If it doesn’t, we could be in trouble. I would lock it down,” he said.
“I’ll wait,” Elizabeth said.
“Me too,” Bree announced.
Ben and Lori would do their own thing.
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“I think you’re making a mistake,” Saul said.
“David has made up his mind,” Caryn said.
“Listen, Princess, he pays me to help him with matters like this,” Saul said.
“Enough!” I said.
I’d been listening to this for twenty minutes.
“Either wait or walk away and I’ll find a new agent,” I said.
“Oh, come off it. There’s no need to go nuclear on this,” Saul said.
“I mean it. I believe we’ll be better off if we wait. If I’m wrong, I’ll never doubt you again,” I said.
I left Caryn and Saul looking pissed at each other. As soon as I was out of the room, I heard raised voices. Caryn could take care of herself.
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I came back out on the rear deck and found the party was in full swing. Sage was talking to one of the younger studio execs. I either needed to get off this boat and go for a run or get laid. Sage saw me and began to come my way. My eyes landed on Lexi.
“You free?” I asked.
She just nodded, and I turned and walked to my stateroom without a glance back to see if Lexi followed me, or what Sage did. I opened the door, and Lexi stepped in. I could tell she wasn’t sure if I thought she was a party ho or not. No matter; I didn’t really care to talk to her. If Lexi was here, she knew the score.
“You’re David A. Dawson. My dad wants you to do more movies with him,” she said.
Crud! She’d just told me who her dad was, so I couldn’t just bang her. Lexi realized I’d put it together, and a little smirk crept onto her face. She was used to getting her way, but I was in no mood to play games.
“We doing this, or are you leaving?” I asked.
Lexi blinked several times and couldn’t seem to make up her mind. I walked up to her and began to remove her wrap. She looked confused.
“What are you doing?” she asked.
“I plan to have sex with you.”
“But I’m Lexi Andon.”
“Just call me David.”
She looked down and realized that as we’d talked, I’d removed her bikini top. If Lexi had said ‘stop’ or ‘no,’ I would have stopped, but she just seemed dazed. I removed my shirt, and she appeared mesmerized as I undid my pants and let them drop. I shucked my boxers, and Lexi took in a sharp breath.
Her reaction made me wonder if she was a virgin. I reached behind her head with one hand and guided her face up to look me in the eyes. Lexi was beautiful. I blocked out my dislike for her. As I kissed her, I realized this might be the first time I would have sex with someone I didn’t like. Lexi was a good kisser, once she got into it. While kissing her, I played with her breasts. Lexi had large silver-dollar-sized areolas and wide, flat nipples. As I fondled them, they began to grow.
I leaned down, took one into my mouth, and sucked on it. It seemed to pop up and give me something to work with. Lexi let out a little moan of encouragement.
“Who knew?” she groaned as she ran her fingers through my hair and guided me to her other breast.
“Get on the bed,” I ordered her.
Lexi scrambled up and laid back with her legs spread, watching me closely. I think she expected me to just crawl up and take her. While that was appealing, I did have my standards. Even if Lexi only had a three for personality, I still wanted her to have a good time. I reached for her bikini bottom and pulled it off. I liked that she didn’t shave. Lexi had trimmed so she could wear her bikini, but she had a nice little bush.
I completely surprised Lexi when I grabbed her legs under her knees and raised and spread them. Her eyes got big, and I grinned as I dropped my head and began to feast on her sex.
“Oh my, oh God, yes,” she hissed.
I didn’t do anything fancy, just put my whole mouth over her sex and licked, sucked, chewed, and mouthed her. I looked up as I devoured her and saw she had her arms straight out as she gripped the sheets. Lexi was hanging on for dear life. I drooled all over her sex to make it sopping wet. I watched her closely for signs she was close to climax. My tongue told me that Lexi was a virgin. My grand plan was to bring her off and take her virginity at the same time.
I stopped for a moment to put a condom on, while Lexi watched me do it. If she was going to back out, now was her chance. I looked Lexi in the eyes and dropped back between her thighs to continue feasting on her.