Chapter 390

And Jeff was right. It didn’t even take a minute. I don’t know what he had said, but all it took was a few words, a smile, and Alix, still topless, took his offered hand and disappeared with him down a hallway that led to the downstairs bedroom. I met the two studio executives, which was awkward because I operated as a kind of competitor to them. My financing efforts allowed production companies like Petey’s to get movies made without the backing of a big studio. So we made a little small talk, and I looked around the room for a lift boat to relieve me of entertaining them any further.

It came a couple minutes later. Riley had extricated herself from Juliet’s cuddle circle and, when she found me, hurled her body against mine.

"I can’t be rolling on molly and just snuggle with a bunch of girls," she said, rubbing her hands on the silky fabric of the vest under my suit jacket.

"Well, we can’t have that, now can we?" I said. "And I could also