Lauren awoke the next morning to the feeling of muscular arms wrapped around her. She had a real sense of contentment and safety that she hadn't had in quite a while; it made her smile. Lauren laid there inhaling the scent of his cologne; she realized that she must have fallen asleep cuddled in close to his side with her head on his chest. Her peacefulness was quickly snagged away from her when her phone rang. She reached over his arm with a chuckle to grab it. "Hello?" Lauren answered.

"Good morning Ms. Anderson; sorry if I woke you, I wanted you to know that I spoke with Mr. Perry this morning. He says that he is not comfortable with Okaying the background check. What would you like me to do?" Juliette, Lauren's personal assistant asked.

"Please call Mr. Perry back for me; inform him that it is routine for us to do a background check on our prospective clients, emphasize that it is for the safety of our girls and that it's non-negotiable. If he still insists on not signing the background check consent; you may tell him that I said that regrettably we would not take him on as a client. He is a businessman, Juliette; they are used to negotiating their way through things. My guess is; if he knows it's a background check or not becoming a client of ours, that he will chose the background check. If not, it is his loss and clearly he was afraid of something that might come up on the background check; in which case we definitely don't want him as a client. Oh; and please cancel any meetings I might have, I'm feeling a little under the weather. Thank you Juliette." Lauren instructed.

"Yes, Ms. Anderson; I will start on both of those things right now. I hope you feel better." Juliette replied before ending the call to her boss. Lauren reached again and put the phone down.

"You're not feeling well?" Asked a groggy, raspy voice beside her; Lauren settled back down beside him.

"Actually; I feel wonderful." Lauren smiled. "I just wanted to come up with an excuse so that I could spend all day in bed with you; unless you have previous plans."

"I have the premiere of the movie I am in tonight; but nothing for the rest of the daytime hours. Hey! Why don't you come tonight? I'm not so good at those red carpet things; if the press had someone better looking than me, maybe they would forget I was there." Dean smiled.

"I hate to point this out; but, you are very hard to ignore." Lauren chuckled at him. "I would be happy to be your guest for the premiere though. I'm very impressed that you're in a movie."

"So you make your clients go through a background check before you take them on?" Dean propped up on his side so he could look at her.

"Oh yes; a very through one; financial check and criminal check. I also run a criminal check on all of the girls I hire. It protects everyone. I don't want some guy with a history of being abusive near my girls and I don't girls who are looking to con or blackmail any of my clients. No check; No entry, it's that simple. Men try to get out of it all the time; though usually if they are told they won't be allowed to join the service, they quickly change their minds. There will also be a few who stick to their convictions, as far as I'm concerned that is a flashing warning sign that it's just as well we don't deal with them." Lauren answered.

"So if I wanted to become a client; would you make me do the background check?" Dean asked with a grin.

"Yes, even you I would make do a background check. If I made an exception for you; I'd have to make one for everyone. Why were you considering becoming a client?" Lauren chuckled.

"Nah; I wouldn't want you to be jealous, beautiful." Jon answered.

"Mmmm…True. I do hate sharing things with others. Plus, I'd hate to have to fire one of my girls over that." Lauren smiled. "I'll have to take you to my office sometime, the difference between my office and Anton's 'office' is completely night and day!"

"I can imagine it is; I'd like to see that. Let me ask you a question." Dean asked. "The charity that did the auction; do they know what you do for a living, I ask out of curiosity. I would think charities might not want money coming from something like that."

"Yes, most of the charities I give money to know me and what I do for a living. You'd be surprised how their opinions of me change when I write out a big, fat check. I imagine though that there are people at the events who find me being there an offense. My thought is that my money is as green as everyone else's and if you can't use my money, I can find a group who will. I had a woman come up to me one time at an event and make a scene; as it turns out, her husband was one of my clients. I informed her quietly that it was an issue between her husband and herself. I don't recruit clients; they come to me. I did offer to tell her what her husband liked in the bedroom; she declined and got very quiet after that." Lauren chuckled.

"Ouch! I bet she did get quiet after that. You're a vicious one aren't you, Lauren?" Dean laughed.

"I have claws like most women; don't get in my face unless you're ready to have mine in yours. I learned not to let anyone mess with me from someone I grew up with." She gave Dean a sly grin. She gave him a gentle push so he was on his back again and put her head on his chest.

"Do I make a good pillow?" Dean asked humorously while wrapping his arms back around her and kissing her bare shoulder.

"You make a fantastic pillow, and when you talk I can feel the vibration in your chest. You know; I had a thought last night, that blond woman. You know your fling that you led on." She laughed but didn't look up at him. "She is not going to be a happy camper about this; I predict right now that it will be her who tells the entire world what I do. She looks like one of the sneaky, vindictive women." Lauren now took a peak up at him; though she already knew he was glaring at her for the 'led on' comment. She pouted at him and then laughed.

"You are such a brat kid; always have been." He shook his head and grinned.

"Oh Dean…I am your all-time favorite brat and I'm not much of a kid; you're only a few years older than I am. Gramps!" Lauren smiled. "You know what else? You being an actor in a movie is perfect! Actors always get caught with the escorts; you are half-way to fitting right into Hollywood!" She grinned.

"Well I doubt I'll be winning any awards for this movie; but at least I'll have the sexiest woman on the red carpet next to me. Robert Downey Jr. eat your heart out!" Dean laughed.