Under the Lights
A Scoundrels Short Story
By Mari Carr
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2013 Mari Carr
First electronic publication: April 2013
Cover by Valerie Tibbs
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construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead,
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Just how hot does it get under the
lights?
Part Two - Under the
Lights. Becca Preston has been in love
with Parker Banks for years. But she’s resigned herself to the fact
her feelings can never be revealed. For one thing, he’s a huge
Hollywood movie star and a lifetime spent living with her famous
father has taught her actors aren’t exactly known for their
fidelity.
But even more problematic is Parker’s
dominance. Becca is used to calling the shots and Parker’s dark,
commanding presence alarms her, leaves her frightened,
confused...breathless.
Parker is most at ease onstage. So what
better place than Scoundrels for him to capture his elusive beauty,
Becca. Tonight, under the lights, he’s determined to set her body
on fire, bring her darkest fantasies to life…and claim her heart
once and for all.
This short story is part two of a trilogy of
stories about Becca and Parker's romance and it is connected to the
Scoundrels series, available now at Ellora’s Cave. For better
enjoyment, it is suggested that you read Behind the Scenes before
reading this book. Approximate word count is 6300 words.
Chapter One
Becca lay on the bed, trying to batten down
her desires, fighting hard to repress the need to stroke herself,
touch her clit, play with herself until she came. Hard.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t do that. Or, at
least, her modesty wouldn’t let her. After all, she was in the
center of the large stage at Scoundrels and there were no less than
three hundred people watching her. Waiting.
She felt their pain. She was waiting too. And
like the audience, she had no idea what was coming.
Before Becca took her place on the soft
mattress, Parker Banks, Hollywood’s sexiest leading man, had put a
vibrator in her pussy, a plug in her ass, and issued a promise.
He’d vowed that tonight, he would claim her. Completely.
She would have liked to
play the too stupid to live card and pretend his comments were strictly
limited to the erotic show they were about to enact, but she knew
better. Knew him too well to imagine he was only interested in her
for the sake of the performance.
They’d been best friends years earlier when
he—like she—was just a lowly employee at the Scoundrels nightclub.
He’d waited tables while she had tended bar. They’d had a running
lunch date on Thursdays, and there hadn’t been an action film
released that the two of them hadn’t gone to see together.
Until…fame hit. Parker had been discovered on
this very stage by a talent scout and the rest, as they say, was
history. His career skyrocketed. She was happy for him, thrilled
actually. He’d achieved his goals, seen his dreams come true. It
was all she’d ever wanted for him.
So what if his success had left her
alone?
Lonely.
But now Parker was back. And the feelings
she’d managed to shove to the wayside had returned with a
vengeance.
His final whispered words before she’d walked
onstage had shaken her to the core. He’d wrapped his arm
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