‘Mac’ was his shield now—because on his own, he was everything Cheryl Anne had accused him of being. Insecure, cold, shallow, arrogant. Even Kayla could see it, despite her blinding hero worship. He was surprised just how deeply that stung.
For one brief moment, Kayla thought she’d alienated him past repair. Good God, what had she been thinking? The one thing you didn’t do, under any circumstance, was insult an actor! Their egos were so damned fragile!
Things had been going so well until today, and now she might have jeopardized the entire filming with one thoughtless, exasperated remark!
She was just on the point of apologizing when Alex released a heavy sigh, and nodded. “All right. The truth, then.” He rubbed a hand across his eyes, as if trying to wipe out some hateful memory, and t
