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  Next; it was time to call B…DAD himself。 If I didn’t call soon; he 
  may not be able to get to the restaurant in time。 He’d flown back 
  from their vacation for a couple days of Business meetings; and this 
  lunch with Irv Ravitz—Elias…Clark’s CEO—was among the most 
  important。 Miranda wanted every detail perfect—as though that were 
  something new。 B…DAD’s real name was Hunter Tomlinson。 He and 
  Miranda had gotten married the summer before I started working; 
  after what I’d heard was a rather unique courtship: she pursued; he 
  demurred。 According to Emily; she’d chased him relentlessly until 
  he’d yielded from the mere exhaustion of ducking her。 She’d left her 
  second husband (the lead singer of one of the most famous bands from 
  the late sixties and the twins’ father) with absolutely no warning 
  before her lawyer delivered the papers; and was married again 
  precisely twelve days after the divorce was finalized。 Mr。 Tomlinson 
  followed orders and moved into her penthouse apartment on Fifth 
  Avenue。 I’d only met Miranda once and I’d never met her new husband; 
  but I’d logged enough phone hours with each that I felt; 
  unfortunately; like they were family。

  Three rings; four rings; five rings 。 。 。hmm; I wonder where his 
  assistant is? I prayed for an answering machine; since I wasn’t in 
  the mood for the mindless; friendly chitchat of which B…DAD seemed 
  so fond。 Instead; I got his secretary。

  “Mr。 Tomlinson’s office;” she trilled in her deep southern drawl。 
  “How may I help you today?”How mah I hep ya tuhday?

  “Hi; Martha; it’s Andrea。 Listen; I don’t need to talk to Mr。 
  Tomlinson; can you just give him a message for me? I made a 
  reservation for—”

  “Darlin’; you know Mr。 T。 always wants to talk to you。 Hold just a 
  sec。” And before I could protest; I was listening to the elevator 
  version of “Don’t Worry; Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin。 Perfect。 It 
  was fitting that B…DAD had picked the most annoyingly optimistic 
  song ever written to entertain callers when they were put on hold。

  “Andy; is that you; sweetheart?” He asked quietly in his deep; 
  distinguished voice。 “Mr。 Tomlinson is going to think you’re 
  avoiding him。 It’s been ages since I’ve had the pleasure of speaking 
  with you。” A week and a half; to be precise。 In addition to his 
  blindness; deafness; and dumbness; Mr。 Tomlinson had the added 
  irritating habit of constantly referring to himself in the third 
  person。

  I took a deep breath。 “Hello; Mr。 Tomlinson。 Miranda asked me to let 
  you know that lunch is at one today at Le Cirque。 She said that 
  you’d—”

  “Sweetheart;” he said slowly; calmly。 “Enough with all that 
  plan…making for just a second。 Give an old man a moment of pleasure 
  and tell Mr。 Tomlinson all about your life。 Will you do that for 
  him? So tell me; dear; are you happy working for my wife?” Was I 
  happy working for his wife? Hmm; let’s see here。 Are little baby 
  mammals squealing with glee when a predator swallows them whole?Why 
  of course; you putz; I’m deliriously happy working for your wife。 
  When neither of us is busy; we give each other mud masks and gossip 
  about our love lives。 It’s a lot like a slumber party among friends; 
  if you must know。 The whole thing is just one big laugh riot 。

  “Mr。 Tomlinson; I love my job and I adore working for Miranda。” I 
  held my breath and prayed that he’d give it up。

  “Well; Mr。 T。 is just thrilled that things are working out。”Great; 
  asshole; but are youthrilled?

  “Sounds great; Mr。 Tomlinson。 Have a great lunch;” I cut him off 
  before he inevitably asked about my weekend plans; and hung up。

  I sat back in my chair and gazed across the office suite。 Emily was 
  engrossed in trying to reconcile another one of Miranda’s 20;000 
  American Express bills; her highly waxed brow furrowed in 
  concentration。 The Harry Potter project loomed ahead of me; and I 
  had to get moving on it immediately if I ever wanted to get away 
  this weekend。

  Lily and I had planned a movie marathon weekend。 I was exhausted 
  from work and she was stressed out from her classes; so we’d 
  promised to spend the whole weekend parked on her couch and subsist 
  solely on beer and Doritos。 No Snackwells。 No Diet Coke。 And 
  absolutely no black pants。 Even though we talked all the time; we 
  hadn’t spent any real time together since I’d moved to the city。

  We’d been best friends since eighth grade; when I first saw Lily 
  crying alone at a cafeteria table。 She’d just moved in with her 
  grandmother and started at our school; after it became clear that 
  her parents weren’t ing Home any time soon。 They’d taken off a 
  few months before to follow the Dead (they’d had her when they were 
  both nineteen and were more into bong hits than babies); leaving her 
  behind to be watched over by their whacked…out friends at the 
  mune in New Mexico (or as Lily preferred; the “collective”)。 When 
  they hadn’t returned almost a year later; Lily’s grandmother took 
  her from the mune (or as Lily’s grandmother preferred; the 
  “cult”) to live with her in Avon。 The day I found her crying alone 
  in the cafeteria was the day her grandmother had forced her to chop 
  off her dirty dreadlocks and wear a dress; and Lily was not happy 
  about it。 Something about the way she talked; the way she said; 
  “That’s so Zen of you;” and “Let’s just depress;” charmed me; and 
  we immediately became friends。 We’d been inseparable through the 
  rest of high school; had roomed together for all four years at 
  Brown。 Lily hadn’t yet decided whether she preferred MAC lipstick or 
  hemp necklaces and was still a little too “quirky” to do anything 
  totally mainstream; but we plemented each other well。 And I 
  missed her。 Because with her first year as a graduate student and my 
  being a virtual slave; we hadn’t seen a whole lot of each other 
  lately。

  I couldn’t wait for the weekend。 My fourteen…hour workdays were 
  registering in my feet; my upper arms; my lower back。 Glasses had 
  replaced the contacts I’d worn for a decade because my eyes were too 
  dry and tired to accept them anymore。 I smoked a pack a day and 
  subsisted solely on Starbucks (expensed; of course) and takeout 
  sushi (further expensed)。 I’d begun losing weight already。 The 
  weight I’d lost from the dysentery had returned briefly; but after 
  my stint atRunway it had begun to disappear again。 Something in the 
  air there; I suppose; or perhaps it was the intensity with which 
  food was eschewed in the office。 I’d already weathered a sinus 
  infection and had paled significantly; and it had been only four 
  weeks。 I was only twenty…three years old。 And Miranda hadn’t even 
  been in the office yet。 Fuck it。 I deserved aweekend 。

  Into this mix leaped Harry Potter; and I wasnot pleased。 Miranda had 
  called this morning。 It took only a few moments for her to outline 
  what she wanted; although it took me forever to interpret it。 I 
  learned quickly that in the Miranda Priestly world; it was better to 
  do something wrong and spend a great deal of time and money to fix 
  it than to admit you didn’t understand her convoluted and heavily 
  accented instructions and ask for clarification。 So when she mumbled 
  something about getting the Harry Potter books for the twins and 
  having them flown to Paris; intuition alone told me this was going 
  to interfere with my weekend。 When she hung up abruptly a few 
  minutes later; I looked to Emily with panic。

  “What; oh; what; did she say?” I moaned; hating myself for being too 
  scared to ask Miranda to repeat herself。 “Why can I not understand a 
  single word that woman utters? It’s not me; Em。 I speak English; 
  always have。 I know she doe

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