Lifting the Veil (Desperate Beauty, #8) / Desperate Beauty (ePub)

Chelsea and Aurelia sit side by side, engaged in one of the final promotional conferences before the final "secret" competition between the 6 finalists. As they interrupt each other's speeches, vying for the attention of the cameras, the sexual tension and anger grows high; and as their bodies grow desperately hot from each other's tough beneath the cloth the cameras look on. They try to maintain a straight face as their sexual touches beneath the table drive them more excited, and even though they want to break down desperately and begin the test they both truly want, they are reluctant to do so.

Neither Chelsea nor Aurelia have any qualms fighting in public; Chelsea would have taken Mia in the middle of the club had she not believed they would be broken apart, and Aurelia's struggle against Mia at her contract signing was just a taste of her sexual confidence...but even so both women are reluctant to truly start in front of the cameras. Chelsea knows there's a chance the CEO could end up watching the reruns, wanted to keep her secrets from her father for as long as possible. Jessy cut the footage short after her fight with Mia, refusing to allow the incredible sight to into the eyes of the public; and this is one of the last chances for publicity before the final tally of votes...and the "secret" competition Jessy has set up for the finalists. To everyone who's ever modeled at the Organization, there was no mystery to be had, but to the rest of the world the sexual foundation the Organization was built upon was almost unknown...all but a select few.

A gorgeous blonde journalist watches the two women intensely, notices the strains upon their face...and she's no stranger to the sexual competitions of gorgeous women. Annalise used to be a model herself, and was an incredible asset...until a devastating brunette matched her pleasure for pleasure and threw her out of the force. Even after years she still felt bitter, still dreamed of the day she'd be able to take her revenge; and as it became increasingly difficult for the brunettes to hide their mutual arousal she knew she just might get her chance. She knew it would only be a matter of time until the hidden battle raging between Aurelia and Chelsea flared out of control...and if she played her cards right, she just might be able to manipulate the winner into Lifting the Veil. If she could reveal the sexual undertow of the Organization she could tear apart the innocent façade that those in power tried to maintain...and when the true filthy nature was revealed, she knew she wouldn't have to do much else in order to face the woman who had destroyed her career.