was a totally different view.
“Yeah, its pretty cool,” Jake said, guiding me through a ton of people and ov er to a row of chairs. “Yo u can sit right here, when I’m filming. No one will mind.”
“Morning, Jake.”
We turned around and I almost gasped in excitement.
“Oh, hey Cam,” Jake said, smiling.
Cam smiled and I felt my heart slam in my chest. The guy was old enough to be my father but he was sexy in a refined, old-fashioned way, not the metrosexual way of the recent times. He was the only celebrity I could get speechless in front of, except Ben Wright.
“Who is this?” Cam asked, nodding in my direction.
Despite my awe, I sighed impatiently. Someone eventually was going to address me directly, I was sure of it.
“Cam, this is McKinley Evans. McKinley, you know who Cam is.”
I smiled shyly and stuck out my hand. “Hi.”
“Hi,” Cam said and I felt a slight thrill as Cam shook my hand. “You an extra?”
“Oh, G od no.” I laughed. “I’m here with Jake.”
Cam looked at Jake, his eyebrow raised. His sexy eyebrow. “Does Andrea know about your new girlfriend?”
“I am not his girlfriend,” I said, pointedly at the same time as Jake said, “No.”
Cam looked at me. “Oh, man, Andrea is not going to be happy about you.” He took a sip from his bottled water and walked away, shaking his head.
“Okay, what is the deal with your ex-girlfriend?” I asked Jake, sitting in the chair.
Jake looked uncomfortable. “Nothing. Just sit here, okay?”
I paused, wanting to push the issue further, but instead, I just nodded. “Okay.”
Jake smiled. “Ready to watch a master at work?”
“Sure,” I said, smirking. Someone called Jake’s name and he walked away to the set. One thing I had to admit, he looked really good from behind.
Watching Jake and Cam film an interrogation scene with some unknown actress was really interesting at first. Then it got really boring. Then it became extremely painful.
Jake was so dramatic, overly so, as if he had never acted a day in his life. His enunciation was over the top, his movements erratic and he was entirely too sure of himself, conveying absolutely no emotion. Next to Cam, he looked like a fool.
The director announced a break and suddenly the set was a blur of movement. Jake came back over to me, taking a water bottle from someone on the way.
“So,” Jake started to say but he was immediately interrupted by a voice saying,” hello Jake.”
Jake and I both looked behind us. I immediately turned back around and rolled my eyes. Beside me, I felt Jake tense up. Don’t answer, don’t answer, don’t answer , I said silently to myself.
“Hi Andrea,” he said and I sighed.
“You were doing really great on the scene,” she said, taking a seat and crossing her extremely long legs.
“Thank you,” Jake said. His face betrayed no emotion but his voice said it all; he still cared way too much. “Are you on next?”
“Yeah, we’re doing scene nine, me and you,” she said, leaning forward, leaving a great view of her ample chest.
Jake nodded but didn’t respond. He was too mesmerized. For someone who was so confident-too confident-when talking to me, he was acting pretty damn stupid with her. I cleared my throat, loudly, staring in the opposite direction of the two of them.
I felt Andrea’s gaze move toward me and I was almost sure that she was glaring at me. “And what is this ?”
Inside, anger burned. I had a flaming temper but I had learned to control it over the years. A remark like that in high school would’ve earned a quick punch to the face. I merely yawned.
Jake turned to me as if just remembering that I was there. I turned my gaze on him and flashed him a smile that I saved for when I wanted things to go my way. Jake bit his lip but inevitably smiled back.
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