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I’m thankful Heidi hasn’t shuffled his of the Shrine Auditoriulimpse of his face every once in a while Probably because every tiifts me with a smile of comfort Apparently, unlike everyone else, he can sense my irritation

He’s almost intrinsically in tune withto do with the scientific fact that I’ with half of his DNA inside me I doubt the baby, like, shoots its father’s pheromones into my bloodstream or whatever, but it feels like it’s connected somehow

Whatever the case, I’lad he vocalized a suggestion that made it happen I know I probably should have done itHeidi take the reins and getting the results I want It seee that But for this—for both Harrison’s and ed my backbone

Regardless, I’rateful he did it for me

I step and repeat in front of the o for the Screen Actors Guild and push ue to the roof of ht-skinned as possible I cock own Gallevero custom made for me and turn to the side to show off my bump when prompted

I get lost in the excitenancy and allowit’s all far less complicated Like it isn’t Ben on my arm, but Harrison And we’re the couple Hollywood is crazy for I let ht in New York, but instead, the culrandkids and they’ll pass down for generations

I sentle hand and freeze as what feels like a o off Ben takes notice of the flurry and steps in to get his piece of the moment

Of course, the feel of his body fitting to mine as his hands find my stomach ruins it all for me

Just like that Fantasy revoked

An unexpected swing in hors tears toThe very last thing I need is to fall apart on the red carpet—not with this y pointed at me

I turn rowing co to find it in Harrison’s plush green eyes He holds h the chaos of way too s me back from the brink of disaster

It’s alrounds me in my life He was around before any of this existed Before s and alcohol, and before he finally hit rock bottom and took off for the middle of God knohere Harrison was around before I was Raquel Weaver, fain turned publicly deflowered—before all the bullshit and

Harrison Hughes saw me before anyone else did, and somehohen he looks at irl he used to know underneath all the layers and layers of Hollywood

Unfortunately, I’ry Heidi steps between us pointedly and grinds a heated jaw I can’t bla her job a whole lot harder But I don’t have the horht now If I did, I wouldn’t have eaten a full bag of Cheetos in my closet before we left to come here and stuffed the evidence in the slouchy pocket of a 4,500 white blazer I’ll probably never get the neon dust off of it, and a whole sector ofwould be horrified if they ever found out, but ood

Turning my attention back to the wall of reporters in front of us, I scan their faces for shreds of hue part of my job—but I’m not in the mood to end up face-to-face with the snakes of the h onbitten these days

Down the line, an excited young woet ulars, and I take that as a good sign Beth is sort of known for pulling ordinary people fro the-filled wheel