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My eyes tightly shut, and I tried like hell not to let my emotions get the best of me, which threw me right back into that night when his lips were rough but smooth against mine.
My heart beat so fast, I could feel it pounding in my skull, in my bones, in my soul. My thoughts never stopped racing as I desperately tried to gather the memory of him.
He seemed so honest, so real, especially when he let his guard down with me.
The way he looked at me.
Spoke to me.
Listened.
Every smile.
Every laugh.
Every word that fell from his lips felt like it meant something.
It didn’t matter how big or small.
I felt like I mattered to him.
Besides, I owed him.
I opened my eyes and saw familiarity staring right back at me. It was as if she knew what I was thinking, what I was feeling, like she had been in the same complicated spot I was currently in. It was the first time I felt like we were on the same playing field.
“Please,” I pleaded, aware I was getting through to her. “Do this for me.”
I held my breath until she finally replied with…
“Okay.”
chapterseven
Aires
Since I expectedit to come down to this, I was prepared. We sat in Bailey’s management team’s office. I was at one end of the table with my team surrounding me while hers was on the other side. It looked and felt very much like an ambush.
I nodded to her agent. “It’s good to see you again, Robert.”
“Wish I could say the same.”
Biting my tongue, I responded, “I understand that you’re wary of me, but I can guarantee you that I will give 110 percent to this movie.”
Her manager got right down to business. “There’s not a chance in hell Bailey is doing this movie with you.”
Before I let my short fuse get the best of me, B. Night chimed in, “Now let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Bailey would kill in this role, and you know it.”
“We have no problem with Bailey playing the role of Quinn,” Robert announced. “Just as long as he’s not playing the role of Samuel.”
What could I say?
Where I could I even start?
If I spoke up, it was going to be out of anger, and that was never a good thing. I didn’t have to worry for long. One of my favorite things about Thomas was his power to command a room, and he proved his worth to me within seconds.
As soon as he declared, “Aires has every intention of doing whatever he needs to do to make this happen. On top of the fact that we’re talking about Bailey Pierce-McGraw and Nicholas Aires III, let me pitch it for you… America’s Sweetheart and the bad boy of Hollywood filming a movie together, can we say tabloid gold? Bailey is known to the world as the girl next door, but let’s not mistake her fandom. It won’t be long until they outgrow her. She needs a new edge. She needs a new following. Something relatable, something real.” He paused for effect.
“Aires’s fans love that he gives no fucks, and they will devour this match made in heaven. Women love the good girl who can change the bad boy… People want to see love flourish. They want to believe that it exists. That if it’s possible to tame Aires, the eternal bachelor, then it’s possible to tame any man. Women want the hope, the excuses to keep screwing the guy who won’t ever settle down with them. The one who plays the game, the man who fucks them over time and time again. They want to believe that love can conquer all. It’s truly that simple.”
