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“Exactly He already watched the playback on a ht read differently on a big screen”

“If the director was satisfied with one take, I don’t think you have anything to worry about”

“I’ain In that moment, it just really felt like Alex and Liam were in that kitchen, and I’m not sure we could have replicated it”

He asked, “Did it feel strange taking your clothes off in front of the crew? I know you orried about that”

“I forgot they were there That’s how deeply I got into this character Ithere in those ridiculous cock socks with a bunch of people staring at us, and it should have been the , all I could think about was Alex, and how he loved Liaet from him were those few stolen minutes Liam didn’t even hold hiuilty and just left Alex there, hurting and ashamed and alone Is it weird that my heart totally broke for a fictional character?”

Lorenzo caressed my cheek and said, “Not at all It just shows you have an extraordinary amount of empathy”

“I love the way you always rinned at that, and I said, “Let’s get out of here and enjoy this unexpected afternoon off”

While the cat pretended to be boneless as I tried to load her back into her harness and leash, Lorenzo received a text, then sent one in return When his phone beeped again, he glanced at the screen and grinned, and I asked, “What are you up to?”

“Nothing”

“Uh huh Whenever that Cheshire Cat smile appears, italong those lines”

“No co

We stepped outside, and I shifted the cat intoward us while typing on his phone, and when Lorenzo received a text a second later, I said, “So, you’ve dragged my PA into your schemes”

“If I was trying to pull off a surprise, you’d better believe I’d involve Phoenix That guy’s a ”

Phoenix also refused to tellenough to take a shoe got back to the rental Once I’d washed off the ot dressed in my version of casual, which was a white button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled back, pale gray jeans, and gray loafers Then I took the tihten my hair, because I was sick to death of the curls I would have loved to shave too, but as long as I was playing Alex, the stubble stayed