Breaking the Rules by Hb Heinzer Page A

don't think we should go. It would be easy for Karen and whoever was with her to blend in with so many people there. Not knowing who was working with her makes it that much worse.”
    “So why don't we all go out to dinner and chill for the night?” It wasn't ideal , but Carly could tell Adam was going to be pissy all day if they didn't change their plans.
    Adam shook his head. “Nope, I think if I bring it up again, Annie's gonna have my balls in a vice. She was pissed when she heard me and Micah talking about not going. We'll just have to make the best of it. You remember what Karen looks like, right?”
    Carly nodded.
    “Okay, well we're all gonna have to watch out for her. And I need you to stay rig ht by Julia as much as possible unless Micah and Annie are right there. In that case, I fully expect you to sneak off and find me.”
    Carly laughed at the thought of the two of them sneaking around like horny teens. The entire situation honestly was quite ridiculous.
    “You know, I never liked that woman, but I really can't stand her now.” It was selfish, but most of Carly's loathing of Karen centered on the fact that she now had to pretend as if she was not falling head over heels for Adam. “How can one person screw things up for so many people for so long?”
    Adam opened Carly's car door and then pulled her into his arms. “It'll be okay. Hopefully we get a call from Eric Andrews saying they caught her, and there will be nothing to worry about.”
    Before moving out of the way so she could get in her car, Adam leaned over to kiss her. The feel of his rough lips against hers drove out every thought from her mind. She didn't care who drove by. She didn't care who knew about them. She only knew she didn't want him to stop. Her lips parted allowing his tongue to dip into her mouth. When she felt him hesitate, Carly deepened the kiss. That was the moment she knew she was a goner. She was falling absolutely in love with Adam Sanders.

Chapter Seven
    Carly waited in the parking lot for five minutes before starting the car so that no one would question her getting to Julia's house at the same time as Adam. That was a good thing because she needed a few minutes to compose herself after their kiss. Never before had a man affected her so deeply just by kissing her. Once her heart rate was back to normal, Carly turned the car out of the parking lot and headed down Main Street.
    There was no time to think about Adam once Carly got to her friend's house. He ushered her up the stairs as soon as she walked through the door and thrust her into what would prove to be the most challenging makeup job she'd ever attempted. She was thankful she made it a point to befriend as many people as possible behind the scenes on the shows she worked on because Vixen was one of the best when it came to covering marks and had been all too happy to teach Carly.
    As she walked up the stairs, Carly reminded herself that she couldn't let on that she knew the entire situation already. As far as Annie and Julia knew, she was walking into a shit storm without warning. Although she had confidence in her acting skills, it wasn't something she liked doing in her personal life. She hated the fact that so much of her trip to Wisconsin was turning into one huge lie.
    “Holy shit, girl! What happened to you?” Carly hoped her reaction to seeing Julia was believable. She was genuinely shocked at just how awful Julia's face looked so maybe there was enough true emotion that no one would question her.
    Julia proceeded to ramble about what happened and how none of this would have happened if she hadn't moved back to Wisconsin. It killed Carly to hear the misery in her friend's voice.
    As the conversation went on, Carly realized just how deep her lies this weekend were going to run. Annie and Julia had no clue that Carly knew everything about the attack, about Julia and Micah trying to decide if they were going to take another shot at their relationship or