Angel. I’d do it tomorrow if I could.’
‘There’s just one small problem,’ she said quietly, ‘I’m still married.’
‘Oh, yeah, to the English soccer player, Cal Bailey,’ Mimi replied. Then added to Todd, ‘We could do a cutaway here to him.’
‘And how do you feel about that, Ethan? Must be tough when the woman you love is still married to some other guy?’ she asked, aiming as always for the jugular.
Ethan shrugged. ‘What do you think? But Angel’s her own person, and I respect her decision to have a two-year separation followed by divorce, or whatever they do in England.’ He didn’t sound like he was too happy about it, though.
‘Actually it’s just a year and a half now,’ Angel said quietly.
But Ethan had temporarily lost his charming, everything’s great persona. He just shrugged and said, ‘Whatever.’
Later that night, when the crew and Benny had finally gone, he confronted Angel about it as she tried to soak away the stresses of the day in a hot bath. ‘I just don’t get why you don’t divorce him,’ Ethan said, sitting on the edge of the huge porcelain bath and instantly making her feel claustrophobic. After a day of filming, she needed some space. ‘Doesn’t it feel weird, knowing that he is still legally your husband?’
Angel shook her head. ‘Not really. To be honest, I don’t think about it.’ A lie. ‘And I just want things toend quietly; you’ve no idea how vicious the English tabloids can be. I don’t want the affair plastered all over them again, not because of me but because of Honey. When she’s older, I don’t want her to think that her parents’ marriage ended in bitterness and hatred.’ That was true.
‘But what if he won’t give you a divorce at the end of the two years? I’ve read cases where that happens, and it drags on and on.’
Angel shook her head. ‘Cal would never do that to me. He promised me a divorce after two years, and he would never go back on his word.’ As soon as she said it, she thought what a foolish thing that was to say as Cal had gone back on his vows to be faithful. But fortunately Ethan didn’t pick her up on it.
‘So it’s not because you still love him?’ he replied, gazing intently at her. ‘Benny thinks you must still love him.’
What? Ethan had been discussing her with that wanker? Angel struggled to contain her emotions. ‘No, I don’t. I’m with you, Ethan. I love you.’
‘Promise?’ he demanded.
‘I promise,’ she replied, longing for this conversation to be over. ‘Come here,’ she added, and when Ethan came closer she raised herself out of the bath and kissed him. ‘Now why don’t you go into the bedroom and get ready for me, and I’ll show you how much?’ she said huskily, running her hands lingeringly over his body and caressing him through his jeans. That was one sure-fire way of ending the unwelcome conversation. Ethan didn’t mention Cal after the make-up sex, but Angel felt as if he was just biding his time before he brought it up again. It wouldn’t be long before Cal Bailey was once more a source of conflict between the two of them.
‘
My
saviour
Cal
,
I’ll
never
forget
what
he
did
for
me
’. Angel stared at the headline on the
News
of
the
World
website that dominated her laptop screen. Since moving to LA she regularly read the British tabloids online; it was one of her evening rituals after putting Honey to bed. She would sit at her dressing table and go through all the stories. She liked to keep up with the celeb gossip, and it would often make her smile. But not this story.
Simone had ‘intimately’ and ‘exclusively’ revealed how Cal Bailey had ‘saved her’ from her life as a high-class escort and drug addict. Angel feverishly scrolled through the article. She’d had no idea that Cal had become so involved in Simone’s life again. Certainly he hadn’t mentioned it in any of his daily phone calls to speak to Honey, but judging from this article he had
‘There’s just one small problem,’ she said quietly, ‘I’m still married.’
‘Oh, yeah, to the English soccer player, Cal Bailey,’ Mimi replied. Then added to Todd, ‘We could do a cutaway here to him.’
‘And how do you feel about that, Ethan? Must be tough when the woman you love is still married to some other guy?’ she asked, aiming as always for the jugular.
Ethan shrugged. ‘What do you think? But Angel’s her own person, and I respect her decision to have a two-year separation followed by divorce, or whatever they do in England.’ He didn’t sound like he was too happy about it, though.
‘Actually it’s just a year and a half now,’ Angel said quietly.
But Ethan had temporarily lost his charming, everything’s great persona. He just shrugged and said, ‘Whatever.’
Later that night, when the crew and Benny had finally gone, he confronted Angel about it as she tried to soak away the stresses of the day in a hot bath. ‘I just don’t get why you don’t divorce him,’ Ethan said, sitting on the edge of the huge porcelain bath and instantly making her feel claustrophobic. After a day of filming, she needed some space. ‘Doesn’t it feel weird, knowing that he is still legally your husband?’
Angel shook her head. ‘Not really. To be honest, I don’t think about it.’ A lie. ‘And I just want things toend quietly; you’ve no idea how vicious the English tabloids can be. I don’t want the affair plastered all over them again, not because of me but because of Honey. When she’s older, I don’t want her to think that her parents’ marriage ended in bitterness and hatred.’ That was true.
‘But what if he won’t give you a divorce at the end of the two years? I’ve read cases where that happens, and it drags on and on.’
Angel shook her head. ‘Cal would never do that to me. He promised me a divorce after two years, and he would never go back on his word.’ As soon as she said it, she thought what a foolish thing that was to say as Cal had gone back on his vows to be faithful. But fortunately Ethan didn’t pick her up on it.
‘So it’s not because you still love him?’ he replied, gazing intently at her. ‘Benny thinks you must still love him.’
What? Ethan had been discussing her with that wanker? Angel struggled to contain her emotions. ‘No, I don’t. I’m with you, Ethan. I love you.’
‘Promise?’ he demanded.
‘I promise,’ she replied, longing for this conversation to be over. ‘Come here,’ she added, and when Ethan came closer she raised herself out of the bath and kissed him. ‘Now why don’t you go into the bedroom and get ready for me, and I’ll show you how much?’ she said huskily, running her hands lingeringly over his body and caressing him through his jeans. That was one sure-fire way of ending the unwelcome conversation. Ethan didn’t mention Cal after the make-up sex, but Angel felt as if he was just biding his time before he brought it up again. It wouldn’t be long before Cal Bailey was once more a source of conflict between the two of them.
‘
My
saviour
Cal
,
I’ll
never
forget
what
he
did
for
me
’. Angel stared at the headline on the
News
of
the
World
website that dominated her laptop screen. Since moving to LA she regularly read the British tabloids online; it was one of her evening rituals after putting Honey to bed. She would sit at her dressing table and go through all the stories. She liked to keep up with the celeb gossip, and it would often make her smile. But not this story.
Simone had ‘intimately’ and ‘exclusively’ revealed how Cal Bailey had ‘saved her’ from her life as a high-class escort and drug addict. Angel feverishly scrolled through the article. She’d had no idea that Cal had become so involved in Simone’s life again. Certainly he hadn’t mentioned it in any of his daily phone calls to speak to Honey, but judging from this article he had
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