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"Hi everyone," she said in an easy voice "Sorry about the delay, I had so"

She didn’t bother to take stock of everyone’s response, not when she was veryas she remembered the details of the very "important business"

The passion Marcus had shared with her siotten to be wary about trusting him He had a key to her hotel roos to his heart’s content if he wanted to But even though she’d vowed never to trust a ain, knew there was the potential that ain, she just couldn’t see Marcus rifling through her things

In any case, she wouldn’t have the head space to process what she was doing with Marcus until the video was in the bag, so she forcefully pushed hi she still felt the i hands, his !"

Lori’s enthusiastic greeting yanked Nicola out of her forbidden thoughts "I’m really sorry I’m so late," she said in a quiet voice rapher

Marcus’s sister waved away her apology "Everyone had so much to set up, I swear they just finished As soon as you’re done ardrobe and makeup, we’ll war deal out of things So many people she’d worked with over the years would have held this over her head, would have tried to insinuate that she was a total flake and that they expected nothing less

"Sounds great Thanks"

She was turning away to go check in with the director, when she felt Lori’s hand on her arm "I knoe’re in a hurry here, but real quick, I want to apologize for running out on dinner with you and Marcus last night"

Nicola didn’t want to adht after she’d left Feeling terrible about that, she asked, "Is everything okay?"

Lori shrugged "It’ll all work out one way or another, I suppose," was her cryptic response "I wouldn’t have left if I didn’t know you were in totally safe hands with et you back to your hotel all right?"

Nicola had never had to work quite so hard to school her face into a coht in her throat as she opened her mouth to try, and she needed to clear her throat a couple of tireat"

So ridiculously, stupendously great that she had alether just for the chance to spend the entire day in his arms