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“Then the guy is probably not known for screwing up when it comes to his creative film choices.”
“Including his casting choices,” I finish his thought, the anxiety starting to melt away.
“Yes, exactly.” He squeezes me around the shoulders. “You being here on his film set proves he wants you in the lead role, not this other actor. You have nothing to worry about as long as you stay away from Stelios.”
I laugh. “And who’s going to give me trouble if I hang out with Stelios?”
He tips me back on the couch, covering me. My laughter dies away as the feeling of his rock-solid body distracts me.
“If you even think about doing your own stunts, I’ll know.” He taps my head, reminding me he can read my thoughts. “You’ll find yourself locked in this trailer for the duration of filming and Stelios will find himself on the business end of my wolf.”
“Your ass?” I ask him, grinning.
“My teeth.” He lowers his head to mine.
I hold my breath as his lips make contact. He barely touches me, but sparks ignite and zings of pleasure race through me.
He lifts his head, his golden eyes taking on a smoky hue. “I want to take this further, but you have a busy day.”
I nod, feeling shy. He takes my breath away and makes me feel things I’ve never felt. I want his touch more than I want my next breath. As confused as I am about our relationship, no part of me is confused by the lust coursing through my veins.
He helps me up, his lips quirking in a knowing smile.
“You can stay here while I go to costume. Make yourself at home, check out the fruit basket.”
He makes a face at the basket. “Not happening. Where you go, I go.”
“Keenan, I have a job to do.” It’s time to take a stand with this wolf and set my boundaries. When it comes to work, I make the decisions. “I need you to back off while we’re on set, let me call the shots.”
“You can call all the shots you want, but you’re doing it with me by your side.”
I huff and glance at the time. I’m now fifty minutes late for my costume appointment. “You aren’t really my bodyguard, so there’s no need to follow me everywhere. You’ll be bored.” And argue with anyone who touches me or talks to me in a way he doesn’t like.
“Only if they’re rude or aggressive,” he answers my unspoken thought. “I’m better than a bodyguard, I’m your mate.”
“Which we’re trying to keep under wraps until we sort this relationship out. We don’t want the whole world getting in our business, Keenan.”
“I don’t care about the whole world.” He steps closer, crowding me. “Just you.”
“I do care what the world thinks. Keenan, we’re in a unique situation that can easily explode into a scandal that buries us both.” I try to calm my libido enough to convince him to give me some breathing space. Not an easy prospect considering my girl parts are telling me to jump the man while my brain is urging me to think of my career.
He grips my shoulders and the calming sensation I’d felt earlier trickles through me.
A suspicion takes root and I jerk away from him, breaking contact. I glare at him. “Don’t you dare try to calm me down, wolfman. I’m in charge of my own feelings and if I want to worry, I’ll worry.” I glance at my phone again, growling. I’m an hour late now. “Fine, you can come, but I swear, if you threaten one single person in that costume department, I will have you skinned and made into a rug.”
He grins, throwing the door open and gesturing outside. “Only if you’re the one doing the skinning.”
An image of me running a knife gently over his skin while we lay naked on a furry white rug in front of a roaring fireplace invades my mind. He did that. He can put entire images in my brain. “Oh my,” I whisper, slipping past him, my face on fire.
Chapter 12
Red Riding Hood
VANESSA
“Oh my, what a day,” I mumble as Keenan pulls his Jeep up to our new home for the next eight weeks. It’s a bungalow in a gated community where several other cast members are temporarily residing with their families.
We climb out of the Jeep and I shade my eyes from the dying sun as I look over the white, red-shuttered one-story ranch style home. It’s bigger than anything I’ve lived in before. I grab Keenan’s hand and pull him to the front door. “C’mon, let’s check it out!”
