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My heart pounded in my chest with heavy thumps. “I hate that you went through that. Why didn’t you ever tell me?”
“You come from a perfect family, Bay. You wouldn’t understand.”
I shook my head. “That’s certainly not true.”
“They’re all faithful to their wives,” he simply stated.
He got me there. “It doesn’t mean they didn’t fuck up in other ways.”
“Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, right?”
“Yes. That was my father’s motto for a long time.”
“Your dad is a legend. He’d never fuck over your stepmom. Family means everything to him.”
“Your family cares about you.”
“My family cares about appearances. Going home to me means I’m in a suit the entire time because that’s how the Aires men are made.”
My heart broke for him. “Your mom… she doesn’t know?”
“I’m not sure. It’s not something we discuss when the family gets together for holidays, summers, funerals… things like that.”
“Is that why you’ve always thrown yourself into acting? You work as much as I do.”
“Idle hands are never good for anyone.”
“Well, what about your dad? Does he know that you do?”
“Do you think it’d make a difference if he did?”
“I’d hope so.”
“Here’s one thing you need to know about my father, Bailey. He doesn’t give a shit about anyone but himself and his legacy.”
“I guess that’s why you rebelled?”
“Nah.” That was all it took for him to lean in and claim my mouth once again, and I knew it was his way of changing the subject.
But that didn’t stop my desire to know more about him.
Even if it’d continue to break my heart for him.
This was the perfect moment to show him how much he meant to me. I turned around, placing my back to his chest, and grabbed my cell phone. He wrapped his arms around my neck while looking up at the camera with his signature smile that made me weak in the knees.
I snapped a quick picture of us and instantly uploaded it onto my social media with the caption…
Hard launch.
chaptertwenty-four
Aires
“Hello.”I answered my mother’s call, leaning against the balcony railing in the house we’d been staying at.
We only had two weeks left for the movie to wrap up, so Bailey and I tried to spend every second we could together when we weren’t on set. We didn’t have to hide our relationship and were making up for lost time. I guess you could say we’d been playing house this whole time, and it would soon end.
It was easy to pretend this wouldn’t affect us when we weren’t in the States and away from everything right now since we were on a remote location shooting. Soon, reality would set in and make its voice heard, but I wasn’t looking forward to it.
