Buzzworthy by Elsie Moody

Author:Elsie Moody [Moody, Elsie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Moody Books
Published: 2017-11-02T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

One Hell of a Commute

I arrived at Nick’s the next night, unsure of what to expect. I’d texted him earlier to see if he still wanted me to come over and he replied with a succinct “ok.” That was the only contact we’d had the entire day. We’d been so intimate, so connected, the day before, now we weren’t even talking. Since our first kiss we’d scarcely gone a couple of hours without one of us reaching out to the other, setting off a string of flirty texts or a long phone call. This was the closest we’d come to a fight, and for all of it to be unfolding the day after our first night together, well, the timing sucked.

He answered the door after the first knock. His face was drawn and grey, nearly the same color as his button-down shirt. My mood matched his clothes far better than the yellow sundress I was wearing. He gave me a quick smile but no greeting kiss. “Come in,” he said.

“You’re upset,” I said, stepping through the door. He closed it after me as I took off my sandals.

“I’m not upset,” he insisted. For such a good actor he was a terrible liar. “You had an assignment and you did what you had to do.”

“I can explain,” I said.

“You don’t have to. I know what happened. You had to make up for missing the deadline—”

“Which I only missed because I was waiting for you.”

“I get it. As my girlfriend, you had some information no one else had. I never said it was off the record, so that’s on me. It’s my fault for mixing work with my personal life.”

It was the first time he’d ever called me his girlfriend and I couldn’t even revel in the moment. Not when we were on the verge of a fight. “I hope I didn’t get you in trouble with the studio. Or Tyler.”

“It’ll blow over. You know Hollywood. Some other big scandal will come along and everyone will lose interest. It’ll all be forgotten by the time Tyler gets out of treatment.”

He sounded sure, and why wouldn’t he be? He was a handsome white male in show business. As long as he kept making other people money, he could do whatever he wanted.

“So what did he say to you at lunch?” I asked.

He gave me a disapproving look. “You never stop working, do you?”

“That’s not what—“ I paused to collect myself and took a breath. “To be fair, you put me in an awkward position first.”

“It’s not a contest.”

I took his hand, my tone contrite. “I’m sorry. It wasn’t cool of me to write those things. I got swept up in trying to prove myself to Jackie and I was frustrated with you for not calling me back. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

“I said I’m not upset. It’s done. I don’t want to fight.” He pulled me into a hug.

“Me either.” I kissed him. It was a nice kiss, but there was no heat to it.

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