wrong, and then she realized what it was.
“You know who I am, don’t you?” she asked him.
“Yes…”
“Do your brothers know?”
“I told them last night.”
“Sorry.” She scrunched up her nose. “I didn’t mean to mislead you. I hope this doesn’t change anything?”
“No, of course not, Chrissie.” He swallowed hard. “I mean, Miss Murphy…”
“You can call me Chrissie,” she was quick to tell him. “And, Scott, thanks again for everything.” She reached across the table and covered his hand with her own, giving him a dynamite smile. She gave him a little squeeze to let him know she was just a real human being the same as he was. His blush made his face turn an uncomfortable red.
“This is like a dream come true for me,” he told her. “I used to watch your show on TV all the time. I never missed an episode. I thought you were the best.”
This was a real fan. Chrissie didn’t think she had actually ever talked to a real fan before. He could be interesting beyond the handsome face and the very cute butt she had observed while he had been serving her.
“Thank you for saying so, Scott,” she told him. “But come on… Honestly, don’t you think most of those shows were lame?”
“No, I don’t.” He sounded defensive.
“Really?” She scrunched her nose up at him again. “I mean, we had a few good ones when we’d shoot outdoors, but we only shot two or three outdoors. The set they had for us in the studio was really dumb. No one liked it, but the producers never had the money to shoot outside very much.”
“I thought I read where you had a really big budget for your show?” He was becoming more relaxed as she spoke with him, and that was good. The more he relaxed, the more adorable his face became.
“They used most of the budget to pay me. They never had anything left over to make the show good.”
“That’s okay because you were the only reason I ever watched the show anyway.” He looked down and laughed. “To tell you the truth, I don’t remember what any of the episodes were about, but I could tell you what you were wearing in every one.”
She laughed with him and then leaned down to feed a bite of bacon to both of her babies who were begging at her feet. “That’s good because I can remember what I was wearing in each of the shows, too. I liked our wardrobe lady. She had the nicest outfits for me to wear.” She daintily chewed a mouthful of pancake. “Um, this maple syrup is really good…So what was your favorite?”
“I liked all your shows, even the indoor ones.”
“No, I mean what was your favorite outfit that I wore on the show?”
“Oh that’s easy…” He stopped himself, turned away, and blushed again, clearly uncomfortable.
“Well, which one was it, silly?” Chrissie asked, not understanding his reaction.
“When you uh…you remember that one time…the show went to the beach…”
“I had several wardrobe changes in that one. Which one did you like best?”
“The bikini…” He coughed into his hand.
She giggled uncontrollably for a few seconds. “Yeah, I liked that one, too. We got letters for a month, and I got balled out by my PR people. They thought it showed too much of me. But I loved looking sexy like that, and I felt so good, almost like I was doing those scenes naked.”
“Oh my God, you looked nice, Chrissie,” Scott said breathlessly.
“Thank you.” She winked at him, a naughty grin spreading her lips. “Was that episode better than the Playboy Channel?”
“So much better, you have no idea.” Then he quickly looked down at the table. She thought maybe he was afraid he’d said too much. Her insides felt warm. She loved the way he was reacting to her casual flirtations. She felt completely safe with him in a way she had never felt with a man her own age before.
“Speaking of wardrobes.” Chrissie changed the subject again. “The only thing I have to wear is this dress from last night. I was dressed up
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