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"So noto know more, he still hasn’t told me what he does

"I didn’t say that"

Oh "Okay"

"I produce now, help et made I’m not an actor any periods of time?" I keep the panic out of one most of the time!

"No, I do o to LA or New York for a few days here and there, but that’s it I also ith other producers who are able to do most of the hands on work"

"Oh" Wow, he really does live in a completely different world from mine

"I have a question"

"Shoot"

"Jules said yesterday that she’d heard that sooes pale and his eyes suddenly look bleak

"Yeah I was in New York doing publicity for the last irl, a fan, broke into od"

"That would have been bad enough, but she did a really bad job of it and got caught in the house, and ended up dying in there"

"Holy shit, Luke"

"That’s when I kneas done It’s too crazy, and I’e okay in that world, but it’s not worth people’s lives to irl, honey"

His eyes dart toother than

"Yeah, she was ht"

"Do youis fun, and I like to think I was good at it Being on set was a lot of fun, and I learned a lot

But I don’t miss the rest of it"

"Okay, so here’s the million dollar question Why didn’t you just tell me?"

"At first I didn’t believe you when you said you didn’t knoho I am"

He smiles sadly at me "That rarely happens And then when it became obvious that it was true, it was just such a breath of fresh air to be norood way"

He smirks "You knohat I mean

You didn’t become a fifteen year old like Jules did yesterday You seemed to like me, not a character in a movie"

"I’ve never seen your movies," I state matter of factly

"I love that" His voice is co to tellto find out sooner or later

That’s what I’ with, Luke

That’s why I freaked out on you yesterday I confided things in you that I just don’t share with anyone Even Jules doesn’t know about my tattoos"

His eyes smolder at the mention of my tattoos, but I press on

"Clearly after our conversation in the car you should know that I have trust issues withthat’s about to change,"

he whispers

"This wasn’t a great start to convince es"

"Natalie, think about the rest of the tiether I’m still the sa I still like to cook, I think your work is sexy, I can’t keep my hands off you I’m just a man"

"I know"