Page 74 of At the Heart of It
“Sorry.”
The word was a chorus of two female voices, which almost made him smile. But he’d prefer to just hit rewind on the whole morning. Well, maybe not the whole morning. Not the moment where Kate leaned down and kissed his neck, baring her breasts through the opening in her robe. He’d kind of enjoyed that part.
Jonah finished buttoning his jeans and turned back to where Kate and Amy stood watching him. Spotting her dress on the back of a chair, Amy reached out and snagged it. “Thanks for this,” she said to Kate. “Looks like it saw more action than I’ve managed to give it.”
“I’ll, um—have it dry cleaned for you,” Kate said. “As for what’s happening here?—”
“You don’t have to explain,” Amy said. “The less I know, the better.”
Jonah found his shirt on the floor and tugged it on. “Is there any chance this could all stay right here in this room?”
Amy leaned against the edge of the bathroom door. “That sounds like a proposition for a threesome,” she said. “Not interested, but I do know this little swingers club?—”
“I know,” Jonah said. “And the fact that you left Kate there alone is kinda how I ended up here.”
“Ah, so it’s my fault you two bumped uglies?” She turned to Kate and grinned. “You’re welcome.”
Kate sighed. “Technically, doesn’t Chase Whitfield get credit? He’s the one who called you away.”
“I really think it’s best if we never mention your sex life and Chase Whitfield in the same breath,” Amy said.
“Agreed.”
Jonah cleared his throat. “So about keeping this quiet?—”
“It’s okay,” Kate said. “She knows how to keep a secret.”
Amy laughed and tossed her blond hair. “You don’t last long in show biz if you can’t. Besides, it was pretty obvious this was going to happen.”
“Obvious to whom?” Jonah asked.
“Obvious to me,” Amy said. “Not to your ex-wife, if that’s what you’re worried about.”
It annoyed Jonah that anyone would think he cared about his ex-wife’s opinion on who he slept with.
It annoyed him a lot more that he did care.
Not about Viv, exactly. He cared about the working conditions on the show, and whether this might jeopardize his chances to earn the kind of money that would make a difference in Jossy’s life.
Christ. Maybe this was a mistake.
He looked at Kate again and felt his stomach flip over. Nope. Definitely not a mistake.
“We’ll be careful,” Kate said. “And it won’t happen again. Right, Jonah?”
She gave him a hopeful little smile and his heart skipped. He knew what the answer should be. He knew there was no future here, but still.
“Yeah,” he said, raking his fingers through his hair. “It was just a one-time thing.”
Was it his imagination, or did Kate’s smile falter just a little? She looked away and met Amy’s gaze again. “So we’re all good?”
“Never better,” Amy said. “And you two can act natural around each other on set?”
“I can,” Kate said. “Jonah?”
“Sure.” He nodded, doing his best to underscore his own belief in himself. “No problem.”
Kate smiled, and Jonah did his best to pretend he was glad, too. To pretend this whole thing didn’t feel like an icicle through the center of his chest.
