Keep Me Warm at Christmas by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MIRA Books
Published: 2021-07-26T19:16:09+00:00

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“You’re quiet,” Seth said as they drove back to Maxi’s.

“I’m tired. You woke me up this morning, remember?”

He chuckled. “It was almost noon.”

“I know. I’m joking.”

She didn’t reference the fact that he’d kept her up most of the night. He wondered what she was thinking about that. He hadn’t let himself think about it too much. It made him feel disloyal to Shiloh, but he’d be lying to himself if he tried to say he didn’t enjoy it. “Brunch seemed to go okay.”

She kept staring out the window. “Brunch was great. You have a wonderful family, and they obviously love you very much.”

It was starting to rain. Fat drops hit the windshield with a solid splat. “Then...what is it?”

He saw her chest lift as she drew a deep breath. “Nothing,” she said. “I need to plan out a new life, so I’m just trying to do that.”

“What do you think you’ll do?”

“I’d like to stay in the movie industry. I can’t help how much I love it. I’ve spent my whole life dreaming of being an actress. So...maybe I’ll become a director.”

He switched on the wipers. “Is that feasible? What would it entail?”

“It wouldn’t be easy, but it’s possible. First, I’d have to go back to school and get a bachelor’s in film.”

“How long would that take?”

“The standard four years.”

“How would you get into the industry once you graduated?”

“There’s more than one way, but I’d probably try to become an assistant to an established director.”

Lightning flashed in the sky, and thunder boomed a few seconds after. The temperature was dropping, but it was so warm inside the car, the windows were starting to steam, so he switched on the defroster. “How hard is that?”

“Very hard.”

“Do you think Maxi would put in a good word for you?”

“I hope so, but I’m not convinced it’d be right to even ask him. No doubt he’s got enough people at him for those kinds of favors.”

“Maybe he’d be happy to do it. He knows you’re a talented actress. He told me you deserve an Oscar for your performance in Expect the Worst.”

That drew her attention away from the window. “Maxi said that?”

“He did.” Seth stopped at the light at one end of town. “The nominees will be named shortly, won’t they?”

“In January.”

“Are you excited?”

“Not really. I’m sort of dreading it, to be honest.”

“Why?”

“If I’m nominated, I won’t feel comfortable showing up to see if I win. And if I’m not nominated, I’ll feel like that was my only shot.”

“Maybe as an actor. But you could get one for directing. A lot of actors go into directing, right? Angelina Jolie, Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Denzel Washington. There have to be others.”

She sent him a sly glance. “I thought you didn’t know much about the movies.”

“I don’t. If you’ll notice, those names have been around for a while,” he said with a chuckle.

“True.” She began playing with the ends of her scarf. “Your mother thinks I should give the paparazzi the picture they want. Arrange it beforehand and make whoever I choose pay me for it.

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