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“Maybe after some time, yes, but you also need to apologize to Damian.”
“I know.” He nods. “Hopefully he doesn’t beat the shit out of me, that would be a bitch to explain to Lucas.” He chuckles.
By the time we’re done filming for the day, I’m practically climbing the walls to get to Damian. We’d texted a few times throughout the day and we FaceTimed over lunch but I was ready to see him. There’s a knock on my dressing room door and then Veronica is coming in with her bag slung over her shoulder. “Hey, are you coming to Nigel’s party tonight?” Nigel is another actor on the show who is known to throw absolute ragers once a month at his house.
“No, I’m going home,” I tell her as I slide on the blazer I’d worn to set and pick up my purse. “I want to see my man.” I smile at her and she groans.
“Shaaaaay, come on.”
“He just got out of the hospital, what do you want from me, V?”
“Ummm to come hang out with your best friend? Don’t tell me you’re on lockdown until he’s better.” She folds her arms across her chest and gives me a look.
“No! No. And I’m going to Erin’s premiere at the end of the week. So, I’ll be out then. I just don’t feel up to it tonight. You know I won’t be able to have fun if I’m just worried about Damian.”
“But he’s going to be fine.”
I shrug. “Still.”
“Lay off, V,” Jeremy says from the door as he leans against the frame, his eyes surprisingly sincere. “Nigel will have a hundred parties before the year is over; she can miss one.”
“Fine.” Veronica pouts. “You better not bail tomorrow.” She points at me. “I didn’t sign up to lose my best friend just because she got a boyfriend. Don’t be one of those women.”
“I’m not!” Irritation washes over me thinking that maybe I have become one of those women and Damian being obsessed with keeping me safe certainly doesn’t make it easier. I wrap my arms around her and kiss her cheek. “See you tomorrow.”
That night, I walk into my bedroom to find Damian sitting on my bed with his laptop in his lap staring pensively at the screen. He notices me instantly and the smile that finds his face is so sexy that there’s a flutter in my stomach.
“Come here, baby.” He closes his laptop and shoves it to the side.
I shed my jacket and make my way to the bed and sit next to him, careful not to jostle him but I think not seeing me all day has made him on edge so he pulls me into his lap with more force than he probably should have. He doesn’t wince but I see him shift and I wonder if he hurt himself in his haste to get closer to me.
“Damian…” I try to move and he grabs my hip with his good arm and holds me in place.
“You aregoingto put your pussy on my face tonight.” His voice rumbles in his chest as he lifts the sundress I’m wearing to reveal my lace underwear. He drags his finger over my slit, pushing his finger against my clit through the fabric. He licks his lips and pushes my panties to the side and strokes me lightly and I sigh in response. “It’s been over a week since I’ve made you come and I can’t go another day.” He pulls his hand out from between my legs and pulls me closer so he can wrap his good arm around me. I’m against his chest but holding myself up to not put any weight on him. “How was your day?” he asks me before he presses a kiss to my forehead.
I move off of his lap and sit next to him but am still pressed up against him. “Good.”
“Nothing out of the ordinary?”
“Nope,” I tell him, wondering if I should tell him about Jeremy.Maybe I should as a segue into attending the premiere.“Jeremy apologized.”
He gives me a pointed look and raises an eyebrow. “Did he now?”
“Yes, and before you say anything, I am wary too, but I want to finish out the season strong. I’m nominated for an Emmy this year, but sometimes politics won’t let you win if they know you’re coming up on a final season and I’m in such a tough category. So, they may hold it to give it to me next year which means every scene has to be perfect now and it can’t be perfect if Jeremy and I are in a weird space when we’ve been so close for five seasons. The chemistry won’t be there and the scenes will feel forced. Die-hard fans of the show will be able to spot that a mile away.” He gives me a look I don’t understand, like he doesn’t believe what I’m saying. “What?”
He closes his eyes slowly and when he opens them, they look defeated, like he knows this isn’t an argument he’ll win. “I just don’t trust him.”
“But, don’t you trust me?”
“Of course, I do.”
“Then nothing else matters. Do you think I’ll…leave you for him? Because that’s not going to happen. Or cheat on you?” I shake my head. “Is that what you think this is about?”
“No. I know how you feel about me.”
I nod because I don’t want to argue about Jeremy. As shitty a friend as he’s been, I don’t think he had anything to do with Damian’s accident and I don’t think he would do anything to hurt me. I just wish he wasn’t feeling insecure about him. “There’s a premiere I have to go to at the end of the week,” I tell him, trying to change the subject, though I know this isn’t necessarily a better one.
He tenses and looks down at me before letting out a sigh. “There’s no point in trying to talk you out of it, is there?”
