Catch a Falling Star by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-10-31T15:42:52+00:00

Beckett flipping her lovely dark hair.

I pushed my sunglasses to the top of my head, fingering the skin

beneath my eyes. “I think I’ll skip the shoot today, if that’s okay.”

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“What’s wrong? You sick?” He frowned, reaching into the

backseat and pulling out a T-shirt. He slipped it on as if he just

hadn’t had time to get dressed before picking me up. He reached

out to feel my forehead. Even if it was cool before, I was sure it

went hot at his touch.

That stupid picture.

Even though I’d sworn to Chloe I didn’t care, I’d grabbed the

magazine out of the café recycle bin before heading home. Last

night, curled on the familiar pale pink quilt in my room, I’d stared

at the offending picture for much longer than I cared to admit.

Why was his hand there?

“I’m just tired.” I hitched my bag up on my shoulder and tried

to look casual.

He shifted uncomfortably. “I’d like you to be there today. You

should be there. You left early the other day, and I didn’t see

you yesterday. The script says you’re at the shoot today. It’ll look

like we’re having problems if you skip.”

Was he going to get contractual on me? “I think it already

looks like that, don’t you? I mean, according to Entertainment Now!

you’ve been ‘Caught’ — exclamation point!” Even whispering,

my voice was razor-edged.

His brow furrowed with confusion. “What are you talking

about?”

“I’m referencing a little move I like to call the Beckett

Butt Grab!”

“The what? Who’s Beckett?” He shot a nervous look around

the neighborhood. This particular fight was not in the script, but

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he didn’t need to worry; the construction guy wasn’t sitting on his

tailgate anymore, and miraculously there was no one around.

“Beckett Ray!”

His face clouded even more. “I’m going to need more than that.”

“How about a visual aid?” I dug into my bag and pulled out

the inky magazine, folded to the article. I held it up for him to

see. “Look, here’s you — grabbing Beckett on what can only be

described as her rear region. And me, sad local girl, licking my

wounds — only I think they caught me having just cleaned the

espresso machine. It’s not an easy job. I can’t really help clean up

your image if you’re going to run around messing it up.”

Adam gave the photo a once-over, his brow furrowing again,

then relaxing. “We’re not worried about that one. Last week, they

reported on Steven Spielberg’s alien alliances. No one believes

Entertainment Now! It’s garbage.”

I didn’t get angry very often. In fact, I prided myself on being

a calm person who could really hold it together, but at that exact

moment, I wanted to punch Adam Jakes in his movie-star face.

That would be just what Hunter Fisch needed — protesters and a

leading man with a black eye.

I shook the magazine at him. “I don’t think you should be

blowing this off. No matter what magazine it is, it looks bad. Robin

Hamilton warned me about the kissing scene with you and Beckett

and then this?”

“Robin Hamilton warned you? Because you two are BFFs now?”

He tossed the magazine onto the sidewalk. “Don’t look at that.”

His somber expression stilled my anger.

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