“Faisal?” Monica called.
He lowered his camera, squinting in their general direction, then gave her a tentative smile. “Hey, Monica. I didn’t know you were still around here.”
“I’m going to be in Salt Box for a while, as it turns out. I’ve got a new job here.” She gave him a quick grin. “Get some lunch and grab a chair.”
He disappeared inside for a few minutes, then walked out on the deck, pulling a folding chair over to the table across from them. “I thought everybody on the crew was heading back to L.A. today.”
Monica frowned. “How can everybody else be leaving today? Don’t you have to film the finale? I figured you’d all be up at the resort until next week.”
Faisal’s grin broadened. “Oh man, you missed the final blow-up didn’t you? I forgot you didn’t go back. We already shot the finale. Last night.”
She shook her head. “What final blow-up?”
“Ronnie.” Faisal leaned back in his chair, savoring the story. “She decided she didn’t want either of them.”
Monica’s jaw dropped. “Ronnie turned down Mr. Right?”
Faisal nodded. “Yep. She said Billy Joe was too in love with himself to love her and Brendan was sweet but he made her feel like she was stuck on a pedestal and she was afraid of heights. Claimed she was headed down to town to find herself someone she really could live with for the rest of her life. So we shot a bunch of interviews and she headed off to Salt Box with one of the makeup girls. Of course, given their combined lack of survival skills, it’s an open question whether they made it or not. You may run into them.”
Paul rolled his eyes. “Not if I see them first.”
“And Brendan?”
“Drove off with the wardrobe girls, last I heard. They were going to get him drunk and then pour him onto a plane with Billy Joe.”
Paul winced. “Ouch.”
Monica shook her head. “Poor guy. He must be devastated. He was nuts about Ronnie.”
Faisal shrugged. “Not so much, as it turns out. Ronnie’s been snarling at him for a few days, and he told me he wasn’t sure he wanted to be with her happily ever after. Besides, he’s got a fallback.”
Paul raised an eyebrow. “A fallback? What kind of fallback does he have?”
Faisal grinned widely. “What do you think? He’s the next bachelor on Finding Miss Right.”
“Of course he is.” Paul sighed.
Monica gathered up the remains of her lunch, separating the trash into recyclables and non. “And that,” she said, “is definitely that.”
“Damn straight.” Paul pushed himself to his feet, extending his hand to Faisal. “Pleasure working with you, man. Hope we do it again sometime.”
Faisal shrugged. “Always possible. Mention me at El Capitan if you get the chance, okay?”
“Will do.” He glanced down at Monica, sliding his arm around her waist as they walked back toward Main. “Ready for a change?”
“More than.” She grinned up at him. “At least the show wasn’t a complete loss.”
She paused, her forehead furrowing. “I’ll be damned.”
“In what way?” Paul stared down at her again.
“They got a couple.” Monica began to grin. “Fairstein finally got an honest-to-God, for-real match-up on one of their shows. After all these years of trying.”
“So they did.” He narrowed his eyes. “And if you ever tell anybody at Fairstein about this, I swear I’ll deny everything.”
She grinned, sliding her arms around his waist. “Come on, Mr. Right, let’s go find a happily ever after of our own.”
About the Author
Meg Benjamin is an award-winning author of contemporary romance. Her Konigsburg series for Samhain Publishing is set in the Texas Hill Country and her Salt Box trilogy is set in her new home the Colorado Rockies. Meg’s books have won numerous awards, including an EPIC Award, a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion from Virginia Romance Writers and the Beanpot Award from the New England Romance Writers. Meg’s Web site is www.MegBenjamin.com and her blog is megbenj1.wordpress.com. You can follow her on Facebook (www.facebook.com/meg.benjamin1), Pinterest (www.pinterest.com/megbenjamin), and Twitter (www.twitter.com/megbenj1). Meg loves to hear from readers—contact her at meg@megbenjamin.com.
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Finding Mr. Right Now
Copyright © 2015 by Meg Benjamin
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Epilogue
About the Author
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