shower?”
She caressed him. “I can’t think of a better way to start the day.”
Their bedroom door opened. It was Scar carrying a bowl of cereal.
“Good morning, Scar. We were just talking about you.” Kate shook her head. “We had a conversation about boundaries. Apparently I was the only one listening.”
“So Jack’s scared of me, huh?” She ploppeddown on the bed next to Chris.
“He said you gave him the creeps,” Chris said.
“Please.” Scar crunched on her cereal. “If he’s so scared of me, why did he give me a small part in your next movie?”
“I think it was to avoid getting sued,” Kate quipped. The head stunt guy had been illustrating a fighting scene to Chris for the movie when Scar, who had been casing the set, happenedupon them when he was lunging at Chris. She subdued him in two moves.
She huffed. “Jack needs to vet his employees better. A real ex-Marine would have been able to get out of a choke hold before passing out.”
“Be that as it may, we’re going to give Chris a break today.”
“But we’re still on for training when you get back?”
“Yes, I already have the post-training ice packsready in the freezer." Chris crawled over Kate to get out of the bed, then kissed her on the nose.
Scar raised an eyebrow. “Chris, your morning wood is quite impressive.”
“No sock stuffers for me on the movie set. It’s the real deal.” Chris winked and went into the bathroom.
“You know, there was a time when all of this would have been super weird. Now it’s just another day inmy life.” Kate rubbed her eyes and groaned. “My moral code is going down the tubes.”
“There are stranger things than this going around in Hollywood,” Scar mumbled with a bunch of cereal in her mouth.
“So what are you going to do since you have the morning off?”
“I can hang out with you. What’s on your agenda?”
“You’d be bored.”
“You haven’t said what you’re doing.”
“OK. I have a meeting with Harvey Kurtz. I’ve been putting it off for months. I think I’ll finally have that sit down he’s been asking for about Marvin’s estate.”
“You know, Marvin’s estate is now your estate.”
“Don’t remind me.” She sighed. Every time she turned around she was learning something new about her deceased friend. Some good. Some not so good.
“I’ll go with you.”
“You can go on one condition. Promise me you won’t hurt anyone today.”
“Who would I hurt?”
“I don’t know. But if anyone can find a reason—” Kate headed over to the walk-in closet and sifted through her wardrobe. “Still no word from Billie?”
“No. She’s out of the country again.”
“Doing what?”
“Research.” Scar shrugged. “Did you see the news this morning? Pinnacleis in the hot seat again. I’m surprised no one called you.”
“What happened?” Kate went over to her phone, scrolled through the notifications and groaned. Her assistant Virginia had called five times during the night.
“Power Play magazine says it’s publishing an expose on Pinnacle. They have an anonymous source that’s supposedly spilling all kinds of beans about you.”
“What!”
“From what I gleaned from the news segment, they aren’t saying anything original.”
“Like what?” Kate swallowed hard. Speculation had been relentless about her ownership of Pinnacle and how she came into power so quickly.
“You’re unqualified and slept your way to ownership. Chris is a hack actor who’s riding your coat tails to his success. You and Chris are having some wicked threeways with Chris’s friend Travis Barnes. Jack is using his relationship with you to get what he wants.”
Chris peeked in from the bathroom. “Same old news.” He had a towel wrapped around his waist and his toothbrush dangling from his mouth.
“And there’s the old favorite of you bartering favors to get Chris lead roles.”
“I wish. But alas I married someone with integrity.” Chriswinked at her
She caressed him. “I can’t think of a better way to start the day.”
Their bedroom door opened. It was Scar carrying a bowl of cereal.
“Good morning, Scar. We were just talking about you.” Kate shook her head. “We had a conversation about boundaries. Apparently I was the only one listening.”
“So Jack’s scared of me, huh?” She ploppeddown on the bed next to Chris.
“He said you gave him the creeps,” Chris said.
“Please.” Scar crunched on her cereal. “If he’s so scared of me, why did he give me a small part in your next movie?”
“I think it was to avoid getting sued,” Kate quipped. The head stunt guy had been illustrating a fighting scene to Chris for the movie when Scar, who had been casing the set, happenedupon them when he was lunging at Chris. She subdued him in two moves.
She huffed. “Jack needs to vet his employees better. A real ex-Marine would have been able to get out of a choke hold before passing out.”
“Be that as it may, we’re going to give Chris a break today.”
“But we’re still on for training when you get back?”
“Yes, I already have the post-training ice packsready in the freezer." Chris crawled over Kate to get out of the bed, then kissed her on the nose.
Scar raised an eyebrow. “Chris, your morning wood is quite impressive.”
“No sock stuffers for me on the movie set. It’s the real deal.” Chris winked and went into the bathroom.
“You know, there was a time when all of this would have been super weird. Now it’s just another day inmy life.” Kate rubbed her eyes and groaned. “My moral code is going down the tubes.”
“There are stranger things than this going around in Hollywood,” Scar mumbled with a bunch of cereal in her mouth.
“So what are you going to do since you have the morning off?”
“I can hang out with you. What’s on your agenda?”
“You’d be bored.”
“You haven’t said what you’re doing.”
“OK. I have a meeting with Harvey Kurtz. I’ve been putting it off for months. I think I’ll finally have that sit down he’s been asking for about Marvin’s estate.”
“You know, Marvin’s estate is now your estate.”
“Don’t remind me.” She sighed. Every time she turned around she was learning something new about her deceased friend. Some good. Some not so good.
“I’ll go with you.”
“You can go on one condition. Promise me you won’t hurt anyone today.”
“Who would I hurt?”
“I don’t know. But if anyone can find a reason—” Kate headed over to the walk-in closet and sifted through her wardrobe. “Still no word from Billie?”
“No. She’s out of the country again.”
“Doing what?”
“Research.” Scar shrugged. “Did you see the news this morning? Pinnacleis in the hot seat again. I’m surprised no one called you.”
“What happened?” Kate went over to her phone, scrolled through the notifications and groaned. Her assistant Virginia had called five times during the night.
“Power Play magazine says it’s publishing an expose on Pinnacle. They have an anonymous source that’s supposedly spilling all kinds of beans about you.”
“What!”
“From what I gleaned from the news segment, they aren’t saying anything original.”
“Like what?” Kate swallowed hard. Speculation had been relentless about her ownership of Pinnacle and how she came into power so quickly.
“You’re unqualified and slept your way to ownership. Chris is a hack actor who’s riding your coat tails to his success. You and Chris are having some wicked threeways with Chris’s friend Travis Barnes. Jack is using his relationship with you to get what he wants.”
Chris peeked in from the bathroom. “Same old news.” He had a towel wrapped around his waist and his toothbrush dangling from his mouth.
“And there’s the old favorite of you bartering favors to get Chris lead roles.”
“I wish. But alas I married someone with integrity.” Chriswinked at her
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