Beautiful Liars by Kylie Adams Read Free Book Online Page B

merely waited for the nugget to drop. Hair and makeup people could give the CIA lessons in sensitive intelligencegathering.
    â€œA bill collector called Simone,” Joey offered. “Isn’t that tragic? She tried to play it off, but it was so obvious.”
    â€œI don’t get it,” Olivia put in, sorting through her Trish McEvoy brushes. “Her last boyfriend was playing for the Yankees on an eighty million dollar contract, and this girl can’t make a minimum payment on her Visa bill.”
    â€œ Tommy Robb ,” Joey said dreamily. “Honey, that man is welcome in my dugout anytime.”
    Olivia cackled.
    Sutton managed a tight smile just as Candace stepped inside.
    â€œJay said you wanted to see me,” the production assistant said.
    â€œOh, yes,” Sutton replied, innocently enough. “Find that photograph that just hit the wire of Dean Paul Lockhart on the beach with his daughter. I’d like to lead with that in the ‘Bee in Our Bonnet’ segment.”
    Joey and Olivia traded meaningful looks.
    Sutton cut an annoyed glance to Candace, who just stood there like a Deal or No Deal girl. “Don’t let me keep you from your work, dear.”
    Candace quietly slunk away.
    â€œOoh, the devil wears St. John,” Joey purred.
    â€œDid you see her face when Finn mentioned his name this morning?” Olivia asked.
    Sutton quickly surmised that Emma Ronson and Dean Paul Lockhart were the objects of Olivia’s pronouns.
    â€œOh, so that red on her cheeks was natural blush,” Joey cracked.
    Olivia giggled. “I know the girl who did Tilly Lockhart’s makeup for the last 24/7 shoot, and according to her, Tilly and Dean haven’t had sex in over a month. She’s on Lexapro, and it takes her forever to orgasm, so she just doesn’t bother.”
    â€œMaybe he’s getting it from the other side of the equator,” Joey mused. “That would explain his close friendship with Finn. And it’s so obvious that our token gay has the biggest crush. How many times did he name drop Dean Paul this morning?”
    â€œOh, I don’t know ... fifty ?” Olivia snickered.
    Joey placed both hands on Sutton’s shoulders. “I hope you know that we would never talk about you this way,” he said earnestly.
    Sutton raised a perfectly waxed brow. “I believe that like I believe you’ve never had a cock in your mouth.”
    Joey and Olivia gasped in shock, then roared in laughter.
    Sutton just smiled. For the moment, she was feeling no pain. But she was damn sure getting ready to cause some.

THE IT PARADE
    BY J INX W IATT
    Â 
    Fill in the Blanks
    Â 
    It was the bitch slap heard all around the world on that buzz-worthy new gabfest when one of the baby bees gave the Queen Bee quite a stinger live on the air. Ouch . Pass the Benadryl. And we’re only one show down, darlings. Spies say that Big Bad Mama wants her cheeky young cohost ousted immediately. But producerslove the friction and the hot gossip being generated. So for now, nobody’s going anywhere.

    6
    Emma
    â€œNinety seconds, Ms. Ronson!”
    The announcement triggered a frisson of nervous energy. This was it. Do or die. Emma took in a deep breath and left the safety of her dressing room to queue up with her cohosts in the backstage holding area.
    Sutton Lancaster continued to freeze her out.
    Finn Robards smiled supportively and gave her hand a gentlesqueeze.
    Simone Williams spent the last minute staring into a jeweledcompact mirror, perfecting already perfect lips.
    The excitement of the studio audience was palpable. A pre-show stand-up comedian had whipped up party vibrations, and the free juice and cookies had the crowd on the crescendo of a sugar rush.
    Emma braced herself for impact as the German techno-inspiredtheme music commenced, followed by the announcer’s booming voice.
    â€œLadies and gentlemen, you have officially entered The