Page 48 of Behind the Scenes
But I waited like a good little actor. I fed the camera my lines with a dazzling smile. I put up with the other woman’s touches and pretended to be so into her because that was my job. Until it was finally time for my break and I could walk over to Laura.
“It’s a bit hot over here. Let’s get you somewhere cooler?—”
“No need,” she said, cutting me off.
She didn’t look at me at all. Even through her sunglasses, I could tell that her eyes hadn’t lefther computer. She was typing away on it like a madwoman.
That didn’t surprise me or upset me. I knew what Laura was like. A workaholic to the bone. It was her passion that drew me to her.
But with the sun shining so bright, the flimsy umbrella that was placed behind her would do nothing to protect her if she sat there for too long.
Even I was feeling slightly faint after standing in the sun all day, and that was after all my water breaks. I hadn’t seen her take even one.
Well, unless you count alcoholic drinks as hydration.
“Get her some water,” I ordered Penelope. The girl merely nodded and ran off to go get some from the staff supplies.
I looked down at Laura, waiting for her to even acknowledge my presence, but she did none of that. I couldn’t help but frown now.
“My love,” I started in a low tone and placed both hands on either side of her chair, leaning toward her ear. “It’s okay to be shy after last night, but you don’t have to ignor?—”
Her head snapped up to mine, her glasses falling slightly, allowing me to look at her sharp gaze.
“Not everything is about you, Harley.” Her tone was back to the cool one she used inside my trailer when she delivered the restraining notice. The whiny, needy woman who shared my bed the night before was nowhere to be seen.
“No?” I asked and let my hand push her hair behind her ear so I could get a glance at the hickey she hadn’t covered. That was the only reason whyprofessional Laurawasn’t wearing her hair up as usual.
Let me guess, you want to mark me as yours?
Ever since that snarky comment of hers, I couldn’t get the image of my name on her skin out of my head. I settled for hickeys, and while they did start a fire in me, I wanted something more. Something permanent.
“I have to catch up on work,” she replied with a frown. “If you must know, I neglected some of it yesterday after the room was trashed. I can’t allow your stupid contract to stop me from my duties. I’m fulfilling my end, but if you’re going to get annoyed about it, I suggest you find someone else to annoy.”
Fuck. Those lips.Her pouty front. The anger twisting her face.
It was too delectable to ignore. If there weren’t so many people watching, I might?—
Wait, why the fuck am I hesitating?
I leaned down lightning quick and brushed my lips across hers, lingering just a second longer to see what she would do.
Then she leaned forward, looking to deepen the kiss, but just as her tongue darted out to brush across mine, I pulled away from her with a shit-eating grin as if to say,See how much you want me?
Her shocked expression turned to one of anger in a split second, but I was already stepping back and turning back to the crew before she could yell at me.
The giddiness that ran through me had me feeling like a kid again.
Even my co-star’s disgusted expression couldn’t dampen my mood.
“I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not,” I said after I caught sight of what Laura had done to the bed. “We fucked all night. I made you come more times than I can count. And you still can’t handle a bit of cuddling?”
Unfortunately, we had to have dinner separately because filming went on for longer than expected. By the time I had gotten back to the resort, Laura was on one side of the bed, her hair up in a tight ponytail, typing away on her computer.
The oversized shirt and matching shorts set she wore was a nice present, but I couldn’t enjoy it.
Not when there werethree pillowsstacked between us. It might as well be a concrete wall.
I had explored her body. Had my mouth between her legs. Had her writhing against me and begging for me to put her out of her misery.
