Saved by the Movie Star by Michelle Pennington

Author:Michelle Pennington [Pennington, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-10T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Veronica shouldn’t lean on Chris—shouldn’t let him take care of her like this. But as they walked, she continued to get flashes as if she were falling all over again. The memory of feeling herself slip, grabbing onto Chris wherever she could. It was only because of him that she hadn’t fallen. Even with the padding below, there was a high chance that she would have gotten hurt—and that would have delayed the shooting schedule so badly that they might have decided to replace her. This early into production, it might have been their only option.

When they got to the trailer, Chris opened the door for her and she climbed up the steps. Going straight to the back, she crumbled onto the bed and buried her face in a pillow. She felt the mattress dip down near her feet and felt a sense of comfort spread over her. Then she heard someone kneel next to her bed, a few inches from her face.

“How are you doing?” Sam asked.

Raising her head to look back at her, Veronica took a deep breath, though it was a bit wobbly. “Fine. What happened?’”

“We’ve got an investigation going,” Chris said from the foot of the bed. Somehow, she’d known it was him.

Hating the way she must look like a frightened child, Veronica sat up. “Good. We’ve got a lot more scenes to shoot like that, don’t we?”

“Some,” Sam agreed, her voice wary.

There was a tense silence for a moment, and then Chris said, “I’ve sent for Keith by the way.”

Still rattled, she scrunched her eyebrows together. “Why?”

Chris narrowed his eyes slightly. “I figured you’d want him here.”

Even before he’d finished speaking, Veronica’s brain had at last caught up. The fake-boyfriend thing. “Uh, yeah. Thanks.”

“Wait, what’s this?” Sam asked.

“Oh, you didn’t know Keith and Veronica were dating now?” Chris asked Sam. “All of a sudden?”

Veronica clenched her teeth together as Sam’s eyes moved between the two of them. “No one told me.”

Chris folded his arms and leaned back against a big pillow. “Are you guys keeping it a secret?” he asked Veronica.

“No.” She met Chris’s eyes. He was obviously sorting through clues and making the right conclusions—which was exactly what she didn’t want to happen.

Right then, the trailer door opened and Keith came in. Like lightening in her brain, she got the idea to kiss Keith and prove to Chris that they were dating. After what she’d been through, it would be completely natural for her to run to him for comfort. As Keith turned to shut the door behind him, she jumped up from the bed and ran to him. She grabbed him just as he looked up. He made a startled noise, but she pressed her lips against his to muffle it. It was like kissing a fence post for the first few seconds, and Veronica mentally pleaded with him to roll with it. Then came the flash of regret for jumping on him. If their positions had been reversed, she would have sucker-punched him.

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