Falling for You by Heather Thurmeier Page B

she thought Brad was attractive. Of course Brad was cute. He was the star on a reality dating show.
    In fact, Evan seemed jealous. But that couldn’t be right. Evan didn’t have anything to be jealous about.
    Brad was her ex and just because they were now on a dating show together didn’t mean all of the other stuff between them was suddenly forgotten. Cassidy wished she could say that in the interview, but that’s not what the producers wanted to hear. She was supposed to be here for Brad, even if he was her ex, which meant giving him a fair chance — and she knew one meal together wasn’t fair enough. Maybe now that the shock of seeing him again had started to wear off, they’d be able to have a normal conversation the next time they were together.
    Jealous. Evan’s definitely jealous.
    Cassidy laughed at the idea of Evan being jealous of Brad. Brad had nothing on Evan as far as Cassidy was concerned. Sure Brad was cute, but Evan was on a different level of hotness completely. Evan was Edward Cullen hot. Brad … well, Brad was great, but he would never make a girl want to become a vampire so she could be with him for all eternity. A regular lifetime would be plenty with Brad.
    Cassidy was constantly amazed at how gorgeous Evan was. Every part of his body was defined and sexy and caused her to have dirty dreams about tearing his clothes off with her teeth.
    Brad could keep his clothes on then wrap himself in a parka.
    Besides his appearance, Evan always treated her with respect, which was more than she could say for Brad. Cassidy loved the way she and Evan joked with each other and seemed to feed off of each other’s energy. He might be a bit of a smart ass sometimes, but she was too, and it was nice to finally meet someone who didn’t cower away from a girl with a personality.
    Cassidy grabbed her black boots and sat on the edge of the bed, pushing her feet into the supple leather. She zipped the boots up to the knee over her skinny jeans, glancing in the mirror to give herself a final once over before she left for the competition.
    There’s no reason casual can’t be cute and sexy, too.
    She gathered her hair into a simple ponytail at the nape of her neck and tied it loosely with a small silk scarf.
    A knock on the door startled Cassidy. She pulled it open to find Susan the PA standing in the hall.
    “Hey, what’s up?” Cassidy asked. It wasn’t like production people to stop by unless something was wrong. “Wanna come in?”
    “I thought you deserved a heads up.” She glanced both ways down the hall before speaking again. “I can’t legally tell you anything, but you would be best off at today’s challenge if you relaxed with a Corona instead of picking something a little wilder and harder to handle.”
    “Um, what?” Was Susan speaking in code?
    “I’ve already said more than I should. I’m sure you’ll figure it out when the time comes.” Susan walked away without another word.
    Cassidy closed the door annoyed at the cryptic message she didn’t understand. How did this give her a heads up? And why was Susan trying to help her when she was clearly breaking the rules by giving her a tip about the challenge?
    • • •
    Evan didn’t know how Cassidy made it happen, but he couldn’t believe how great she looked every single day. Today’s choice was relaxed and casual, and she looked more fantastic than ever. She could wear a garbage bag and her ass would still look fantastic.
    Speaking of asses, although not the fantastic kind …
    “Chip. How’s it going?” Evan asked as Chip Cormack sauntered up beside him.
    “It’s great.” Chip smiled one of his token asshole smiles and put his hand on Evan’s shoulder. “So, what happened in the interview this morning?”
    Ah, shit.
    “Not much. Why?”
    “You took a few liberties with the interview questions, huh?”
    “Sorry. I got caught up with her answers and I asked a couple of extra questions without thinking. It won’t happen