For Her (The Girl I Loved Duet Book 1) by Penny Wylder

Author:Penny Wylder [Wylder, Penny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

13

Amber

Present

Gloria appears at my side with a cup of coffee, and of course it’s made exactly the way I love it. She’s a great assistant, but I absolutely hate that I can do almost nothing for myself. It’s been two days since the accident, and she’s been waiting on me hand and foot. I can’t drive, so she picks me up in the morning and helps me into the car since it’s still incredibly painful to put weight on it. She brings me coffee, runs more errands than I usually have her make.

She deserves a bonus.

But she’s helping me save face a bit because I’d rather lean on my assistant than run around the set on crutches looking like an idiot.

“Thanks, Gloria.”

She beams. “Anytime.” Seriously, she fits her name. She’s one of the most optimistic people I’ve ever met and she constantly has a smile on her face. It’s almost too much, but I’m glad that she brings extra light to the set. Especially today.

According to the schedule, today is the day we film a pivotal scene, even if it seems mundane on the surface. My concern isn’t the particulars of the shot, but the fact that Peter will be shirtless. I might spontaneously combust. It’s been a long time since I was in the same room with him while he was naked, but it hasn’t been long since he kissed me. Kissed me and left me wanting more than I could ever say, and I pushed him away.

He seems so sure about what he wants—about us. I wish I could feel that sure about anything anymore. There’s so much he doesn’t know, and I don’t know how to tell him. I don’t know how to say that everything seems dangerous and thin and like it could disappear at any moment, because that’s what happens when the career you’ve built came about by random chance, among other things.

I move my leg the wrong way and I hiss in pain. This is stupid. I was stupid. Couldn’t have just walked off set at a normal pace, I had to fucking run because I was afraid of an awkward conversation. Now I have to deal with this.

“Are you okay?” Gloria asks, noticing my pain. “Can I get you anything?”

“I’m all right,” I say, sighing. “I’ve already taken as many painkillers as I’m allowed to. I’m mostly beating myself up for being a clumsy idiot.”

Gloria rolls her eyes. “It could have happened to anyone.”

“But it didn’t,” I say. “It happened to me. Go figure.”

“You’ll be okay in a few days,” she says, putting her hand briefly on my shoulder.

There’s a murmur on set, and I look over to see that Peter is here. We’re going to film him waking up, so he’s wearing a robe open enough to show a hint of chest and it makes my mouth go dry with want, with need that I can feel settling in my gut. This is going to be an impossible day.

As if he can read my mind, he turns and looks right at me, giving me a small wave.

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