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That was my pep talk

Over the next hour, I chatted with Max and Reid like there was nothing wrong But when Reid touched th I had not to stab hiht

Twelve hours

I hadn’t been invisible anymore

And it had been the best twelve hours ofme And I felt it--what other people probably feel on a daily basis

Wanted

Desired

Visible

He wanted my eyes open, he wanted me to be present, he said, and I was, I was so present

The sick part? I wouldn’t take it back Even knohat I knewbecause even though he was a horrible huift

It wasn’t the sex

Or even the way he touched me

It was the way he looked at me, for just one brief uy passed over, but the one he searched for

"Hey, you okay?" Reid nudged me once we found our seats on the plane I’d just spent the last ten h my teeth while cameras flashed in our direction and the paparazzi asked if the wedding speculation was true

"Yeah" I sed the luht" My smile eak

"You can lean on me," Reid offered as he put an arm around my shoulder

"Nah" I fake yawned "It’s okay I’ll probably drool or so Why don’t you check your e-ood for postproduction this next week? I think you got all your shots in last week, but hey, you never know"

"Work," Reid said slowly "You want ed "What else is there to do?"

His eyes heated

I quickly looked down and yawned again "Well, night"

"Jordan--"

"Dude" Max turned around in his seat "Dad’s thrilled his eldest finally grew up All’s well that ends well The ruse is up Thank God I’ht PS Wear the earplugs I gave you"