fun.”
“Not an option. Not with Jesse.” Isabelle shook her head as she spoke. Adele ceased this by returning to work on her make-up.
“You say that now and I do understand, but wait until you see him!”
“From what I’ve heard about him—”
“Your choice.” She shrugged before enthralling her with more tales of who had been with whom as she finished working on Isabelle.
They were then joined by Jade, who began styling Isabelle’s hair and adding her ti dbits of information with Adele. Isabelle sat back and listened while enjoying the pampering part of the shoot. She liked to use this time to relax and prepare.
* * *
Twenty minutes later, Mitch raced in the door. Fortunately he had two excellent assistants on the shoot and they had already set up the lights, equipment required and the props for the set. He felt relieved he’d had the forethought to drop off his stuff the previous day so it would be ready for him.
The fragrance they were shooting for was called Seduction , and Mitch’s objective, to have Isabelle looking just like that, without overdoing it. Classy and sexy was the brief.
With light meter in hand, Mitch concentrated on ensuring everything would be ready for the arrival of his model. Out of the corner of his eye he spotted a tall, black haired woman walking out onto the set. His eyes shifted so he could obtain a better look and he decided she wasn’t walking, she was gliding. She had the graceful wal k of someone sure of themselves, someone confident in their own skin.
The stylist had dressed her in a dusky pink silk gown which covered her toned body to just above the knee. Without his usual nonchalance, he stood frozen as her long legs brought her towards him. As he watched her approach, he decided it wasn’t confidence in her stride but something more unassuming. Most models entered the room with a diva attitude. She, on the other hand, carried herself with a different air, one he couldn’t put his finger on. Mitch knew he was staring yet could not drag his eyes from her face.
When she got closer he noticed her high ch eekbones, silky olive skin and eyes that almost glowed. As he tried to determine the color, blue or green, she stopped in front of him and stuck out her hand.
* * *
Once Adele and Jade had completed her transformation, Isabelle headed out to the set to locate the notorious Mitchell. She discovered, to her complete surprise, a boyishly handsome man who appeared a little taller than her. His blond straight hair fell over one eye as he checked light with his meter. In an instant she was reminded of Leonard DiCaprio in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
Isabelle took the opportunity to study him for a moment before he looked up. She couldn’t help but notice his wiry yet broad shouldered physique and smooth strong looking hands and arms. He was awfully cute and she realized Adele’s rundown hadn’t done him justice.
His eyes lifted to m eet hers and they were the color of the sky on a clear warm day. Her pulse quickened and her instant physical reaction to him surprised her. As she watched him watching her approach, she couldn’t determine the look in his eyes. Hoping her reaction to him didn’t show in her expression, she stuck out her hand by way of introduction.
“Hi, I’m Isabelle Winters. You must be Mitchell.”
* * *
Her soft, melodic voice caused Mitch’s heart to leap and then pound like a jackhammer. He stood rooted to the spot for endless seconds , staring. Say something, do something , he urged himself. With miniscule control over his flooded senses, he planted what he hoped to be a laid-back smile on his face.
“Please call me Mitch. It’s nice to meet you, Isabelle.”
“Are you ready to start?” she asked in a cool tone which took him aback. What was that about?
“Um, yeah.”
All of a sudden he felt out of his element and all words became lost in his mind or wouldn’t reach his dry mouth. This newfound reaction