Always, Arlo [Published]

Chapter 15

Lingerie

"I am thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn't have stumbled across my strength." – Alex Elle.

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"Don't drool over my workers, Aaron." Arlo says tensely with fake humor, and Aaron raises his eyebrows at Arlo's words. A little grin appears on Aarons lips, "I'm just appreciating beauty, thats all." He replies with a shrug, his green eyes still lingering over me.

"Go check if the camera is set up properly, She has stuff to do while you prepare. Get to work, Aaron." Arlo tells him with a very forged smile on his face, it doesn't reach his eyes nor does his dimple appear. Aaron doesn't seem to mind though, he just gives me a last smile before walking over to the camera equipment.

"Let's go see if the stylist is ready for you." Arlo tells me as he guides me out to the styling room. He looks back at me with curious eyes as I follow him. "If he makes you uncomfortable I could always get another photographer, Aaron just happens to be one of my bests thats why I chose him for this. But he seems to be a little distracted." He talks with a bit of tension in his tone.

"Surely he's just being nice, We just met after all." I say patting his arm with courtesy, Arlo doesn't respond to my answer, he simply just begins his habit of nibbling on his silver lip piercing, his eyebrows indented a bit. As we wait in the room the stylist from earlier approaches us and she looks equally as excited as she was before. "I'm glad Mr Saint has made me your personal makeup artist for these projects." She boasts proudly and I smile, also excited to work with her.

"You seemed to be comfortable with her so I decided to keep Nini as your makeup artist for SaintLingerie and other future projects," He tells me and I can't help but feel grateful at how aware Arlo is about my feelings and comfort. "Thank you, Arlo." I say like I always say to Arlo because he simply just always knows what to do or say. He nods his head with a soft smile forming on his lips, and Nini waves me over. "Let's get started." She speaks excitedly. Arlo leaves the room to go finish helping Aaron in the photoshoot room.

The makeup for Saintwear and Saintlingerie where two different vibes altogether. For saintwear it was more neutral and laid back. For this makeup look it was more seductive. Nini gave me nice dark red eyeshadow with a black wing and a dark red lipstick with gloss over it to accompany it. Since all the lingerie is in black she wanted my face to pop out just a little with some color. As she finishes up with the details, a little glow in her eyes appears, "I like the way Mr Saint looks at you." She murmurs and I blink in pure confusion at her suddenness. She giggles at my obvious oblivion.

"What do you mean?" I ponder, trying not to move my face too much as she puts setting powder on my skin. She looks at me as if the answer is obvious, her eyebrows indented slightly as she's concentrating on getting the setting powder off now. "Oh doll, you're awfully oblivious aren't you. He looks at you like how a little kid looks at a candy store. How an Olympian looks at their gold metal, it's obvious he holds some light of passion in his eyes when he looks at you." Nini clarifies, shes eyeing my expression carefully as she talks. I let out a small laugh, shaking my head slightly in denial.