In a meeting with Eden’s Apple

Lauren rolled her eyes as she walked into the conference room where a bunch of men and women were wearing suits and pantsuits while she was wearing a nice shirt and leggings with a cute skirt around her waist. She had been called in to a meeting as the executives demanded to speak with her. She scoffed at the idea of anyone telling her what to do or that there was any problem at all, but she decided to humor them especially with them being in charge of her paycheck.

“Lauren, we have brought you here today to discuss our issues with you,” a tall handsome man said, the CEO of Eden’s Apple (Mark Watson). “Now don’t get me wrong, we respect what you’ve done so far, but there’s a problem with what you refuse to do. And to be honest, I don’t really understand why you do refuse to do it.”

“What is it Mark, just tell me,” Lauren said. “And call me later.”

Mark grinned. “I’ve told you I have a wife, Lauren. And I’m happily married. But our problem is that you refuse to do any lingerie shoots.”

“I’m sorry, but that’s just my standard,” Lauren said. “No nudes, no lingerie.”

“Lauren! This is Eden’s Apple! Not Kohl’s or Target! If we wanted clothed footage we could get anyone to do it, but we need lingerie shoots! We need to promote our adult sections! And you refuse to do it!” Mark shouted. “At this point we have **** but to look elsewhere.”

“What do you mean? I’m the face of this company! You need me!” Lauren shouted.

“I need you to take your bloody clothes off! But I can’t **** you to do it, so... I found someone else willing to take the reins and lead our company to where we want it to go,” Mark said.

“Please, who did you get?” Lauren scoffed. “Some C grade actress?”

“Vanessa Anne Adkins,” Mark said. “And she is willing to do lingerie. Which is what we want. So here’s what’s going to happen... you both are going to be the face of Eden’s Apple. And if you have a problem with that, there’s the door.”

“You hired my sister!” Lauren shouted. “You can’t do that! She’s too poor to do it! Her body is terrible! She has no qualities going for her!”

“She’s a pretty girl who is willing to do lingerie,” Mark said. “Are you willing to do lingerie? If you say yes, maybe we’ll consider it returning to a solo project. But until them, Vanessa will be joining us. She should be arriving in about an hour to do her first shoots. So... what will it be Lauren? Are you walking away? Are you going to let us do this? Or are you suddenly willing to do lingerie?”

Lauren contemplated her options. Walk away from a $5 million dollar contract? Collab with her sister? Or risk her secret being exposed by doing the lingerie instead.... Lauren gulped not good options.