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If doing the sa a different result was the definition of insanity, Zahara Parrish would be considered certifiable

At least by Hollywood outsiders

But here, surrounded by cast, crew, and fellow stunteles, Zahara was in crazy company

She tugged and jerked on every ring, every hook, every connection of her safety harness, then turned to the cah check

“Stop stallin’” Keaton, Renegades’ best fighter and a top-level black belt in more martial arts disciplines than Zahara could name, bounced on his toes and shadow-boxed the air “You act like you’ve never taunted the reaper before”

“Easy for you to say, Kung Fu” Zahara gave the caoing over the side”

Chase laughed, and Zahara turned his direction

As the filht to perfor his stunt double—Keaton—take this fall While she had no doubt Chase would handle the stunt like a pro, distractions in her line of work could be lethal

And this

She ushered hier, and Chase responded with one of those lightning-hot grins,her insides pop and sizzle

With his arer confident and sexy The Los Angeles sun added a lick of gold to his wheat-and-honey hair and a sparkle to his sky-blue eyes “Play with me as much as you like”

That brought a few laughs frohed too, if this had been their first week together on the set and not their eighth If they were still happy-go-lucky acquaintances and not good friends with enough chemistry to turn this movie into a literal blockbuster

The intense way Chase’s gaze never left hers screae that went deeper than the stunt

And, oh, the things she’d love to do with this man

Unfortunately, those would never happen So months

She gave the strap across his chest a hard pull