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“Yeah, maybe… but look at the size of this belt.” Danny held it up. “This looks like a grown man’s belt to me. And I don’t think a grown man would do that kind of thing. If there’s an adult out there sneaking onto the property and taking his belt off, that sayscreepto me.”
“Yeah,” I agreed uneasily, not sure I was going to be able to dissuade Danny from that perspective. “Well, it sounds like you’ve got the right idea with that doorbell camera.”
It wouldn’t hurt to have it. It would just mean that I couldn’t fuck Olivia out in front of the house anymore. That was okay. There were plenty of other places we could go. Likeherapartment, for instance. I knew she had a roommate, but the roommate wouldn’t have a personal stake in this whole thing the way Danny did. She wouldn’t care.
My phone rang.
“Is that Olivia?” Danny asked.
Hearing him inquire about her made me nervous all over again. Itfeltlike he knew something, even though there was no way he could have. “Yeah,” I said, looking at the phone. “She probably wants to let me know when she’ll be picking me up.”
“You two have to work on the movie today?”
I nodded. It was the second day of shooting, and we were going to be working on a briefing scene between the two male leads and the actor playing their commanding officer. It was something I’d been looking forward to because I was sure my input would be considered highly relevant on this one.
I picked up the phone. “Hey, Olivia. Are you going to be here soon?”
“No,” she said, her voice curt.
I frowned. “Was filming canceled today?”
“Filming’s still on,” she said. “But our deal is off.”
Suddenly, I got the feeling this wasn’t a conversation I wanted to have with Danny sitting there watching me.
I got to my feet and went down the hall to my bedroom, trying to look as if nothing urgent was going on. I waited until the door was closed behind me before I spoke again.
“What’s going on?” I asked Olivia. “Is everything okay?”
She snorted. “Now you’re worried about that. Now that I’m taking away what you want.”
“Olivia, tell me what this is all about.”
“Everything’s fine,” she said. “But I don’t need you to work on the movie with me anymore. That’s over.”
“What do you mean? You have to have a military husband, or they’re going to let you go.”
“I don’t think they will,” she said. “And I’m ready to take the chance, frankly.”
“You want to get rid of me so badly that you’re willing to risk losing your dream job?”
“I’m not willing to let you push me around anymore.”
“Olivia, if this is about us fucking—”
“It’s about the fact thatyou don’t listen to me,” she said fiercely. “I told you I didn’t want you pushing Branches on Michael or the movie stars, and you totally blew me off about that.”
“This is aboutBranches?”
“Look, I don’t blame you for us fucking. I was a part of that too. I think it was a big mistake, but it was a mistake I made. That’s not your fault. But I don’t think it’s a good idea to be around you anymore becauseclearly,I can’t control myself.”
I couldn’t help it—even now, a part of me thrilled at her saying she couldn’t control herself with me.
“You’re saying you want me so badly that the only way you can cope with it is tonever see me.”
“You don’t need to be so dramatic,” she said. “You live with my brother. We’re still going to see each other. But I don’t think it’s a good idea for me to be around you in a professional setting, no.”
“I think you’re being ridiculous.”
