Falling for the Movie Star by Jean Oram

Author:Jean Oram [Oram, Jean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780991860296
Publisher: Oram Productions

Hailey opened a browser on her computer and Finian reached over to take the keyboard, sending shivers up her arm.

“There.” He propped himself against the desk, his jaw set, eyes on her.

Slowly, she turned her attention to the webpage.

“Oh, wow.” There she was stretched out in the grass, kissing Finian. Her heart raced and excess heat leaked up her throat and across her cheeks.

There it was for the world to see. Her. Kissing a movie star. Like in some romantic comedy where the famous guy falls in love with some girl wishing for a real life. Hailey nearly sighed.

It was a beautiful photo. Yes, a tad grainy, but gorgeous nevertheless.

Finian’s eyes roved over her, assessing. “Think how much that photographer got paid.”

“For exposing our personal lives.” She shoved her chair back, and stood.

He gave her a smile, a glint in his eyes.

“My personal life,” she corrected.

“If you’re with me, Hailey, it comes with the turf.”

“I’m not with you.” She stared at her computer. This was fiction. Not real life. Real life was gritty and full of obligations and duties and burdens. It wasn’t being swept away and falling in love. Or, in her case, lusting over a guy who would leave her once his vacation was up, and then never think of her again. “If this was my personal life, it would imply that you and I are something.”

“We’re not?”

“What’s my last name?”

“Summer.”

“Okay, that probably was an easy one. Middle name?”

“Something…classic, strong, feminine.”

“Rose.”

“Told you so.”

“What’s my favorite color?”

“Something soft, like a cream or light yellow.”

“How did you know?”

“The color is everywhere.”

“My point is that you don’t know me. You don’t know what I like. So, pretending that this photo actually means something--”

“I know you like this.” He cupped the back of her neck, pulled her body against his and gave her a long, lingering kiss.

Yeah, okay. He was right. She liked that. A lot.

She pushed him away. The kiss--kisses--had been errors. Signs of her temporarily leaving reality and getting swept into the distraction that was his life. He starred in movies that distracted people across the world from things like the bills they had to pay and the turtles that needed saving. And that was his life, too, one big, easy distraction, where he always won against the bad guys.

Not her world. Not at all.

“Leaving reality is your thing, isn’t it?” she asked. “Acting as if there are no responsibilities in the world?”

“That’s my job. Not who I am.”

She yanked her hand away when he tried to take it. “Don’t you get it? I’m a real person, Finian. Living a real life.” Her phone’s screen lit up with another Finian-spotting text, and she flipped it onto its face. “You can’t just sweep in here and decide that I’m somehow yours. I’m not. And I never will be, because I live in the real world.”

He grabbed her hand again, this time more firmly. “I like hanging out with you, Hailey.”

“I never said I didn’t like hanging out with you, Finian. But that’s not the point.

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