Total pages in book: 108
Estimated words: 103159 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 516(@200wpm)___ 413(@250wpm)___ 344(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103159 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 516(@200wpm)___ 413(@250wpm)___ 344(@300wpm)
“And they thought not being able to leave the house without a film crew following you around wasn’t important?”
I scrubbed a hand down my face.
“Listen, Hunter,” Travis started. “The film crew is going to cut you some slack. If they don’t think what you’re doing will be of interest to the audience, they won’t film it.”
My jaw clenched. “Do I get any private time?”
“In your designated safe places,” all three of them said at once.
“Fuck you, Blayze!” I nearly shouted.
He laughed. “I wasn’t the one who didn’t read my contract.”
“Gentlemen, we need to focus here,” Jack stated as he attempted to keep me from throttling my brother. “What will happen today is, Kipton will kick things off. She’ll give a brief rundown of how Swipe Right works, then she’ll introduce you, Hunter. In the marketing we’ve done, we’ve already given the audience a sneak peek at who you are.”
“Yeah, but showing him team roping. That was it,” Blayze said.
“What can I say? There is something about cowboys that women like,” Jack replied.
I rolled my eyes.
Jack continued. “After Kipton introduces you, you’ll be taken to a room where you get to meet the twenty contestants. They’ve each submitted a profile of themselves, as you know. What you don’t know is—half of them have lied.”
My head reared back as I asked, “What do you mean, they lied?”
He smiled. “They all got your profile first. And as part of the whole social experiment part of dating, some of them flat-out lied. For instance, there’s one girl who stated she loves to ride horses, and we know for a fact she’s never been on a horse in her entire life.”
“But will I know which ones lied?” I asked.
Both men grinned. “That wouldn’t make it very fun now, would it?” Jack said with a chuckle.
“Holy hell,” Blayze said. “This is going to be hilarious.”
I shot my brother a go-to-hell look before I scowled at Jack and Travis. “This really is a fucking social experiment.”
Jack reached over and hit me on the side of the arm. “Don’t worry, you’re going to have fun.”
Once we got to the country club, it was clear all hell was breaking loose. People were racing around outside, shouting, carrying equipment, and generally looking panicked.
“Who in the hell thought it would be a good idea to do this live?” I asked no one in particular. I caught sight of Kipton and couldn’t help but smile. She looked beautiful. She wore a white suit with high-heel white boots. Georgiana was adjusting the shirt and coat Kipton was wearing.
“What’s Georgiana doing here?” I asked Blayze.
“She took one look at the wardrobe they had for Kipton and said hell no. She and Morgan met with wardrobe and basically strong-armed them into using their clothes for her.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. “Well, she looks beautiful.”
Blayze looked at me with an expression that screamed “I told you so.”
“What? She does look beautiful, and me stating that doesn’t mean a damn thing, Blayze.”
“If you say so, little bro.”
I cleared my throat and adjusted my tie. I was dressed in a black suit with a bright blue tie. Courtesy of my own wardrobe lady, Winnie, who said the tie brought out the blue in my eyes.
Turning to one of the crew, I asked, “How long until we go live?”
“Fifteen minutes, sir,” she stated before she rushed off to go do God knows what.
I hit Blayze on the back. “I’m going to go say hi to Kipton really quick and make sure she’s okay.”
All he did was give me a smirk.
As I made my way over, I couldn’t help but smile as I overheard her talking. Clearly someone was speaking to her through an earpiece.
“I can hear you fine. Yes. I know—you’ve told me at least a dozen times.”
Laughing, I stopped just a few feet away. She smiled when she saw me.
“Hunter.”
“Hey. You look beautiful.”
Glancing down at herself, she looked back up and let her gaze do a complete body scan of me. “Wow. You’re going to make a great first impression.”
I held out my arms and did a little spin. “My mother said I shine up well.”
Kipton giggled.
“You ready? Nervous?”
She shook her head. “I was at first, but I think I’ve got this. Georgiana and Morgan helped me practice last night, while Lily and Rose FaceTimed us and pretended to be the live audience. What about you? How are you feeling?”
“Truthfully?”
“Always,” she said with a nod.
“I feel like a lab rat.”
She screwed up her face as she said, “You kind of are, if I’m being honest.”
I slipped my hands into my pants pockets. I’d give anything for a fucking jacket. It was freezing outside. “Yeah,” I said on a sigh. “I guess I am.”
With a sweet smile, she said, “You’re going to be great. And who knows, you might meet someone you really like.”