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Reality from fantasy.
Our relationship was similar to the characters we were playing, which was one reason we were nailing every scene on only a few takes. Samual professing his love to Quinn for the first time after all these years was weighing heavy in the distance between us.
The crew began changing scenes while B. Night watched the playback on his camera. Although chaos broke around us, it didn’t change the connection between Bailey and me.
The truth was our relationship had always been this way.
Where the world kept spinning as we stood still, trying to hang on for as long as we could.
chapternineteen
Bailey
Usingthe back of my arm, I wiped the sweat off my forehead and made my way into the kitchen before reaching for the remote off the counter to turn the TV on in the living room. I had just finished working out. We were due on set in an hour, and I wanted to relax for a few minutes.
The day ahead was filled with us filming the first lovemaking scene in the ocean, where I was going topless for the first time as well. To say I was nervous would be an understatement. Even with that anxiousness, I never expected what was about to unravel in the span of a few minutes.
Within seconds, my focus shifted from the thought of being topless in front of the world to the familiar voice of the reporter announcing, “And if the weather isn’t catching your attention this chilly morning, then this breaking news definitely will. Hollywood’s sweetheart Bailey Pierce-McGraw is back in the spotlight this week and not just for her phenomenal talent.”
The mere sound of my name stirred an adrenaline rush to course through my veins at the speed of lightning. I stood there frozen in a state of shock with my heart in my stomach, hoping this wasn’t what I thought it was.
Maybe it was my intuition, but something told me my life was going to change in a direction I wasn’t prepared for.
“Fuck,” I exclaimed, immediately recognizing the video in front of me.
“TMI has the exclusive breaking news of walk of fame’s good girl not being such a good girl.” A clip of us with the bag of pills in my hand from the night Aires got arrested was quickly shown on the screen. “Bailey was allegedly partying with bad boy co-star Nicholas Aires the night he was arrested for possession of illegal narcotics.”
My hand flew to my hair, seeing this all play out before my eyes.
“The twenty-five-year-old renowned Oscar-winning actress has more than made a name for herself in the industry for over a decade. Since her breakthrough role onThe Kids Clubto her current movie,Say You Love Me, directed by legendary producer B. Night. From the beginning of her career, she’s gone on to make several movies that have been smashed box office hits, making her the top-grossing actress in the business.”
I shook my head, adding my own commentary. “For fuck’s sake.”
I hated this reporter. He was a snake and the worst of the worst. He had no decency or moral code and was constantly painting celebrities in the worst light because he was on a power trip for no reason at all.
I waited on pins and needles for whatever footage he had at his disposal.
“Bailey has been honored with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and no one deserves the recognition more than her, but now… now she’s been caught red-handed with her hand in the cookie jar!”
I sat down, resting my elbows on my knees, unable to hold myself up any longer. My legs shook. Clip after clip took over the screen as the son of a bitch continued with more of the developing story. A few clips of us talking from that night, along with us dancing and appearing obviously royally fucked up in the recordings, were displayed for all to see.
I was mortified.
I could hear the headlines now.
I couldn’t breathe.
It felt like I couldn’t fucking breathe.
“We all know this young superstar is a workaholic and hasn’t taken time for herself in who knows how long. Bailey is known for putting her career before anything else, including her personal life, so to see her with a bad-boy heartthrob in such compromising positions isn’t going to sit well with her fanbase.”
This was the exact reason I stayed away from everything concerning this breaking news bullshit and let my team handle it, but it was never close to this.
This was bad.
Really fucking bad.
“Now, of course.” The asshole appeared back up on the TV screen. “We have yet to confirm any allegations.”
