“I gotta say I’m pretty private about that stuff. About many aspects of my personal life, but I know how this goes. I know how people like to guess, and guessing never works out for anyone.”

At this point Sam smiles and gives Majesty a loving pat, and I know my husband would understand if I asked for a divorce on the spot.

“I am single at the moment. I got out of a relationship right before I booked this project and decided to focus on work for a while.” And as for the future? “I want what my grandparents had, what my parents have. I was lucky to be raised by people who love each other very much. I was lucky to be raised in a very loving home. I want to keep that going. Not that I’m looking now.” He laughs again and I find my finger hovering over my husband’s number. “But one day I will be looking for someone who wants to fill a home with laughter and sick dance moves.”

The article went on to talk about Sam’s older brother trying to out–Milly Rock him and the sight of his then eighty-two-year-old grandmother, two-time Oscar winner Leona Lovell, demonstrating her version of the Harlem Shake. The real one, not that weird viral video thing. The words started to run together and Amanda found herself going back and looking at the photos. When the sound of his laugh echoing in her ear brought everything back to the surface, she knew she had to make a decision.

She loved Helene dearly, and cherished their friendship, but maybe after the wedding she should pull back from trying to engage with her so much socially. They were in two different worlds, not that Amanda thought Helene’s A-list status made her unworthy of Helene’s friendship, but things had run smoothly between them when their friendship involved Amanda slipping over to Helene’s house for a quiet night in with her girlfriends. Oscar night had been the first time she’d really stepped out with Helene and now there was her wedding, which Amanda knew would be something close to magical. But it wasn’t Amanda’s reality. Not to mention, Dru would absolutely freak out or try to take advantage if she found out Helene even knew Amanda’s name.

And Amanda knew if she kept playing with the type of carefree fire that had landed her in Sam’s hotel room, she would find herself worse than alone. She’d find herself with a broken heart.

Chapter 4

Chapter 4