时尚女魔头 穿普拉达的恶魔 英文原版-第30节
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watching the floor and patiently waiting for me to join him。
“Sorry;” I said as I shuffled aboard。
“No problem;” he near…whispered; intently studying the wood…paneled
floor。 “It’ll get easier。”
“What? I’m sorry; I didn’t hear what you—”
“Nothing; nothing。 Here you are; miss。 Have a nice evening。” The
door opened to the lobby; where Emily was loudly chattering on her
Cell Phone。 She clicked it closed when she saw me。
“How’d it go? No problem; right?”
I thought about telling her what had transpired; wished fervently
that she could be a sympathetic coworker; that we could be a team;
but I knew I’d just be setting myself up for another verbal
lashing。So not interested right now。
“It was totally fine。 No problems at all。 They were eating dinner
and I just left everything exactly where you said。”
“Good。 Well; that’s what you’ll do every night。 Then just take the
car Home and you’re done。 Anyway; have fun at Marshall’s party
tonight。 I’d definitely go; but I have a bikini wax appointment I
just can’t cancel—do you believe they’re booked for the next two
months? And it’s the middle of winter; too。 It must be all the
people who are going on winter vacations。 Right? I just can’t
understand why every woman in New York needs a bikini wax right now。
It’s just so strange; but hey; what can you do?”
My head pounded to the tempo of her voice; and it seemed that no
matter what I did or how I responded; I was sentenced to forever
listen to her talk about bikini waxes。 It may have been better to
have her scream at me about interrupting Miranda’s dinner。
“Yeah; what can you do? Well; I’d better get going; I told James I’d
meet him at nine and it’s already ten after。 See you tomorrow?”
“Yep。 Will do。 Oh; just so you know; now that you’re pretty much
trained; you’ll still get in at seven; but I don’t e in until
eight。 Miranda knows—it’s understood that the senior assistant es
in later since she works so much harder。” I almost lunged at her
throat。 “So just go through the morning routine like I taught you。
Call me if you have to; but you should know the drill by now。 ’Bye!”
She hopped into the backseat of the second car that was waiting in
front of the building。
“’Bye!” I trilled; a giant fake smile plastered on my face。 The
driver made a move to get out of the car and open the door for me;
but I told him I was fine to let myself into the backseat。 “The
Plaza; please。”
James had been waiting for me on the stairs outside even though it
couldn’t have been more than twenty degrees。 He’d gone Home to
change and looked very; very skinny in black suede pants and a white
ribbed tank top; which showed off his expertly applied midwinter
bottle tan。 I still looked appropriately amateurish in my Gap
miniskirt。
“Hey; Andy; how’d the Book dropping…off go?” We waited in line to
check our coats and I had immediately spotted Brad Pitt。
“Ohmigod; you’re joking。 Brad Pitt’s here?”
“Yeah; well; Marshall does Jennifer’s hair; natch。 So she must be
here also。 Really; Andy; maybe next time you’ll believe me when I
tell you to stick with me。 Let’s get a drink。”
The Reese and Johnny spottings had e back to back; and by the
time oneA 。M。 rolled around; I’d had four drinks and was happily
gabbing away with a fashion assistant fromVogue 。 We were discussing
bikini waxes。 Passionately。 And it didn’t even bother me。Christ; I
thought; as I weaved through the crowd looking for James; flashing a
giant kiss…ass smile in the general direction of Jennifer Aniston
when I passed by—this isn’t a half…bad party。 But I was tipsy; I had
to be at work again in less than six hours; and I hadn’t been Home
in nearly twenty…four; so when I spotted James making out with one
of the colorists from Marshall’s salon; I was just about to duck out
when I felt a hand in the small of my back。
“Hey;” said the gorgeous guy I’d spotted earlier lurking in the
corner。 I waited for him to realize that he’d approached the wrong
girl; that I must’ve looked the same as his girlfriend from behind;
but he just smiled even wider。 “Not so talkative; are you?”
“Oh; and saying ‘hey’ makes you articulate; I guess?”Andy! Shut your
mouth! I berated silently。Some absolutely beautiful man approaches
you out of the blue at a party full of celebrities and you tell him
off right away? But he didn’t seem offended; and even though it
didn’t seem possible; his smile increased in size to an all…out
grin。
“Sorry;” I muttered while examining my nearly empty drink。 “My
name’s Andrea。 There。 I think that’s a much better way of
beginning。” I stuck out my hand and wondered what he wanted。
“Actually; I liked your way just fine。 Name’s Christian。 A pleasure
to meet you; Andy。” He pushed a brown curl out of his left eye and
took a swig from a bottle of Budweiser。 He looked vaguely familiar;
I decided; but I couldn’t place him。
“Bud; huh?” I asked; pointing to his hand。 “I didn’t think they
served something so lowbrow at a party like this。”
He laughed; a deep; hearty laugh instead of the chuckle I’d
expected。 “You sure do say what you think; don’t you?” I must’ve
looked mortified; because he smiled again and said; “No; no; that’s
a good thing。 And a rare thing; especially in this industry。 I
couldn’t bring myself to drink champagne from a straw out of a
minibottle; you know? Something fairly emasculating about that。 So
the bartender dug one of these out of the kitchen somewhere。”
Another curl push; but it fell back in his eye the moment he took
his hand away。 He pulled a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his
black sport coat and offered it to me。 I took one and proceeded to
drop it immediately; seizing the opportunity to examine him while I
reached down to retrieve it。
It landed a few inches from his shiny; square…toed loafers that
sported the irrefutable Gucci tassel; and on the way up I noticed
that his Diesel jeans were the perfect parts faded; long; and wide
enough at the bottom that they dragged a little behind the shiny
loafers; the ends frayed from repeated interaction with the soles。 A
black belt; probably Gucci but thankfully not recognizable; kept the
jeans riding in the perfect low spot below his waist; where he had
tucked in a plain white cotton T…shirt—one that even though it
easily could have been a Hanes was definitely an Armani or a Hugo
Boss and was put in place only to offset his beautiful plexion。
His black blazer looked just as expensive and well cut; perhaps even
custom…made to fit his average…size but inexplicably sexy frame; and
it was his green eyes that manded the most attention。 Seafoam; I
thought; remembering the old J。Crew colors we’d loved so much in
high school; or perhaps just a straightforward teal。 The height; the
build; the whole package looked vaguely like Alex; just with a whole
lot more Euro style and a whole lot less Abercrombie。 Slightly
cooler; slightly better looking。 Definitely older; right around
thirty。 And probably much too slick。
He immediately produced a flame and leaned in close to make sure my
cigarette had caught。 “So what brings you to a party like this;
Andrea? Are you one of the lucky few who can call Marshall Madden
her own?”
“No; I’m afraid not。 At least not yet; although he wasn’t all that
subtle in telling me that I probably should be。” I laughed; noticing
for a brief moment that I wasdesperate to impress this stranger。 “I
work atRunway 。 One of the beauty guys dragged me here。”
“Ah;Runway magazine; huh? Cool place to work; if you’re into S&M and
that sort of thing。 How do you like it?”
I wasn’t sure if he meant S&M or the job itself; but I considered
the possibility that he got it; that he was enough of an insider to
know that it wasn’t exactly how it appeared to those on the outside。
Perhaps I should charm him with the nightmare involved in dropping
off the Book earlier that night? No; no; I had no idea who this guy
was 。 。 。 for all I knew he also worked atRunway in some far…flung
department I hadn’t even seen yet; or maybe for another Elias…Clark
magazine。 Or maybe; just maybe; he was one of those sneakyPage Six
reporters that Emily had so carefully warned me against。 “They just
appear;” she’d said ominously。 “They just appear and try to trick
you into saying something juicy about Miranda orRunway 。 Just be
aware。” Between that and the tracking ID cards; I was quite sure
thatRunway ’s surveillance put the mob to shame。 TheRun