The Hiring by Helen Cooper Read Free Book Online

Chapter 1
     
    Alice sat at the table with Jess and Liz and tried to stifle a yawn. It was 3am and here she was at a diner instead of in her bed.  The noise in the diner was deafening, it seemed like everyone who was anyone was out right now.
     
    “Do not turn around now but I think that Oliver Park just walked in.” Jess hissed loudly and Alice felt her heart running, she quickly turned her head to face the entrance and she caught her breath. There was Oliver Park surrounded by three beautiful women and about five other guys, and he was walking towards her. The Oliver Park. Alice was suddenly glad that she had come out tonight and not stayed home to read a book.
     
    He walked past their table without even glancing at them and Alice felt a tinge of regret. She had always daydreamed that she and Oliver Park would one day meet and fall in love. She was sure that millions of other girls had had the same daydream but the fact that he hadn’t even glanced at her; well that hurt.
     
    “He is even hotter in person than he is on the big screen.” Jess squealed and Liz looked bored. Alice tried to contain her excitement but couldn’t resist. “Yes, he is gorgeous.” She looked over at his table. He sat there looking disinterested in the two women by his side that were caressing his face and chest. He was more handsome than she had expected him to be. His hair was unruly and jet black and the stubble on his face made him look softer than the action hero he played in so many movies.
     
    She couldn’t turn her face away from him. He was wearing a white- t-shirt that clung to his chest exposing every ripple of perfection. She gasped as she saw one of the girls bend down into his lap. It looked as though she where going down on him. But that couldn’t be possible. Not in a public diner.  She studied his face to see if an expression of pleasure were about to cross it, but she saw him reach down to the blond girl in disgust and pull her up from him. As he pulled the girl off of his lap, she saw him look over at her. His eyes met hers and bore into her. She was captivated by his stare and saw him wave her over to his table.
     
    She stood up as if being guided by some invisible spirit. She heard Jess gasp and whisper to Liz, “Omg, Alice has lost it. She’s going over to his table.” She didn’t even look back as she walked. She was so engaged in Oliver’s eyes.
     
    She stopped at his table and she saw the girls looking up at her in distaste. She knew she wasn’t a supermodel but she also knew she was attractive.
     
    “Can I help you?” Oliver broke his gaze and looked at her in disdain. Suddenly Alice was out of her trance and a feeling of embarrassment washed over her.
     
    “Uh sorry, I thought you called me over to the table?” She blushed while talking to Oliver.
    “Do I know you?”
     
    “Uhm, no.”
     
    “Then why would I call you over to the table?” He spoke with a lilt in his voice. She looked at him and she could tell it was a game to him. The girls at the table laughed at her.
     
    “Sorry, I thought…” She stammered, not sure what to say.
     
    “Get me a glass of water if you want to be helpful.” He dismissed her from the table with a flick of his hand and the two blonds went back to kissing on his face.
     
    “How dare you,” Alice heard her voice shouting. “How dare you disrespect me like that? Who do you think you are?” She realized she had the attention of everyone at the table. But she didn’t care. She was tired and annoyed and embarrassed.
     
    “You think just because you are Oliver Park, a big successful actor that you can treat people however you like? Well, let me tell you this Mr. Park, those two bimbo’s probably have a STD., from all the men they go down on in restaurants and you aren’t even that good an actor.” She turned away quickly as she saw one of the blonds reach for a glass of water, presumably to throw on her and she walked back to her table.
     
    Jess