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Raquel

Walking the SAG Awards red carpet next to Ben Huddleson is a little bit like trying to run a marathon with a pebble in your shoe

Sure, gest heartthrobs—but for o fish in a shallow puddle of h that I can breathe but comes to an abrupt and uncomfortable end every time I try to swish my fishy tale and escape

The roar of questions from paparazzi and reporters is louder than it’s ever been—even louder than it was at the Golden Globes—with every second question being about the tiistics of our “hot and heavy” relationship I thought the intensity of their scrutiny would have toned down by now Obviously, I thought wrong

My s under the surface ofdown into a bottomless abyss

“Ben, I kno seriously you took your role in Galileo earlier this year, but I think I speak for everyone when I say the role we’re dying to hear about nohat it’s like to be the one to land Raquel Weaver,” Hank Billits, one of True Hollywood’s ly ale of his brows “Does she live up to the fantasy we’ve all been playing on repeat from the inside of our bedrooms?”

Ben leans into the microphone dramatically, even opens hisa word

I wish I could say that meant he didn’t answer the question, but his wink said a htforward, classy answer never could

There’s no regard for the consequences on e, and he is more than happy to fill the time with a performance

He’s enjoying the role, downright dawdling in the areas I h At least if I were on my own, I’d be able to steer the conversation where I wanted andprecision But Ben is too busy yukking it up to help me with my plan

He is the pebble, and I can’t get him out of this damn shoe

I glance to lih for ht At six foot three, Harrison is just tall enough to tower over the other lackeys and assistants Not to mention, with his sculpted jaw, perfectly coiffed hair, and bright-green eyes, he’s got undeniably large star quality for so in It’s not his fault, though He’s dutifully stayed in the back of the group for the entirety of the night, but his good looks are overpowering