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Prologue

~Christian~

“DO YOU HAVE YOUR shit figured out?”

Luke Willia across from me in a restaurant in don Seattle, where he su, on his private jet, to meet with him I cleared my full schedule for this

No one in Hollywood says no to Luke Williams Not if you want to succeed, that is It seems Luke has the Midas touch when it comes to blockbuster movies, and I admit that I want to ith hi thiswas a no-brainer

“What shit would that be?” I sit back, lasses still on my face, and take a sip of my room-temperature water with a squeeze of lemon His blue eyes narrow as he watches me intently

“I live in Seattle, not on Mars, Christian People talk in our little world I know you’ve had soes in the past few years”

Try since I was six

Being a child-actor-turned-adult-super-celebrity isn’t without its challenges I’ve been ss, and most of the women Hell, I’ve been Hollywood’s clean-cut e has done well forin this world means that you choose distance Loneliness And it suddenly occurs to ht be one of the only people in the world ould understand that

He starred in soo, and despite the e and a career that the rest of us envy

“I’ht I won an Oscar last year”

“Congratulations on that, by the way You also got yourself a DUI and had a very public breakup with your girlfriend”

He’s not s facts that anyone who reads a tabloid would know

“I’ thee of ht rill me about my very public private life? You could have just called”

I expect hiers over his lips before sitting forward “You know, Christian, if you ever want to talk about anything, any of it, I’m here I know you don’t knoell, but you can trust me”

I believe hi I were to say to him would remain between us I could let my walls doith him, but I’m not sure that we’re there yet

“Thanks for the offer,” I reply sincerely and push s out”

He’s quiet for a moment, then nods once

“There’s a et, and I think it could snag you another Oscar”