“Honey, don’t let that hideous flower get under your flawless skin.”
I turned my face toward his. “She’s beautiful.”
“Ish, but she’s certainly not you.”
“God, I wish she’d stop acting like such an asshole.” Emotion moved into the back of my throat, and I hated that it was there. “Because she should be here with us, sharing this love seat, celebrating that I start shooting tomorrow.”
He clasped his fingers around mine. “You have me, and I’m going to glam you up, so when you go to that pool party tomorrow, you’re going to look and feel fabulous.”
Each deep breath caused my chest to tighten, but I fought through it, not letting a single tear fall. “I adore you. Hard.”
“You know I feel the same.”
His phone chimed, and he picked it up off the table, his jaw dropping while he read the scr
