Heart & Soul: The Meeting (Heartland Series) Read Free

you’re here. Rachael has
called in sick again so I need you to fill in as my PA and come with me to a
meeting.   I wouldn’t normally ask at such
short notice but this one is big.”

 
    A meeting? Her? She was an assistant, a gopher. She never usually left the office until it was
end of her shift. Now she was being asked to go to a meeting with one of the
agents.   Surely another of the PAs was
more suitable, then again, at this time in the
morning, she doubted any of them had arrived yet.  

 
    She had worked with David and Rachael on more than
one occasion, which is probably why he’d requested her when Rachael had called
in sick on Friday.   She liked him.   He was a couple of years older that she was
and with his sandy blond hair, twinkling green eyes and boyish good looks, he
had that boy next door look that made people trust him.   This was a good thing in the business he’d
chosen to make his career.   Trust was
everything.

 
    “Um, sure David. Give me five minutes and I’ll be all set.”
    “No time.” He said as grabbed her hand and pulled
her to her feet before blatantly looking her up and down from her red wavy hair
to her black patent toes. “You look fine.   I’m sure Alistair Lockwood will never know you’re not really a PA.”

 
    Whoa, what did he just say? Alistair Lockwood? The Alistair Lockwood?   One of the most eligible
bachelors in the world?   She’d
seen his pictures on the Internet, seen some, if not all of his movies. He was
the ultimate romantic lead for any Hollywood blockbuster.   Men wanted to be him, women wanted to be with him.   Sure, he had a reputation for being arrogant
and self-centred, which is probably why the women in his life never lasted
long, but that meant nothing to her as this was Alistair Lockwood!

 
    “Alistair Lockwood?” She said, voicing her
thoughts out loud

 
    She saw the way David was looking at her and caught
the amused smile as he took her elbow and hurried through the large glass doors
and out of the offices.

 
    “You wouldn’t be the first women to be star struck
by the guy. He’s the Hollywood
heartthrob at the moment but I need to you to keep it together Sam. Can you do
that for me? I need to land this account if I’m to stand any chance of getting
that promotion.   Alistair Lockwood being
represented by this firm is a major deal. Hell it’s a gigantic fucking
deal.   You up for
this?”

 
    All she could do was nod as the elevator took them
down to the ground floor. After following David through the foyer, she was safely
ensconced in the back of one of the company’s fleet of cars heading through the
Toronto traffic to a meeting with one of Hollywood’s most sought after stars.   This was going to be one hell of a day.

 

 
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    Ten minutes later, the car pulled up outside the
Fairmont Royal York hotel.   During the drive
through Toronto, David had given her the salient information about their
meeting, telling her all about the pitch he had prepared and a little about
their potential client’s history.   She’d
made all the right noises, nodding when it was appropriate, but if she was
honest, she hadn’t taken much of it in. All she could concentrate on was the
fact that within the next few minutes, she was going to be in the same room as Alistair
Lockwood.

 
    Sam knew she wasn’t going to get the chance to
check her appearance before the meeting.   David had hurried them out of the Heartland building so quickly she
hadn’t had chance to grab her purse containing all the essentials any self
respecting woman needed to make it through the work day.

 
    She thanked god that she’d gone for simple make-up
that morning, a little mascara and a pale pink lip gloss.   Her hair was swept up either side with a
couple of clips, leaving the rest of her strawberry blond hair in loose curls
down her back. She