if

this Elsie's

you g

e, mouth wide open, struggli

dressing room door. He was obviously in a great m

e handle, the door was pull

thes, but the smile on her face in

at are you d

Instead, he squinted his eyes in mild annoyan

best friend, the company would

you want about me, but if you talk trash about Elsie a

ow as he turned to leave, voice carrying just

s. She was this close to

sly tugged her sleeve and whispered, "He'

ut then the words clicked-her eyes widened. "Wait a minute. I

ed. "Aren't they. marr

ivia even mo

rtist, "Do yourself a favor and don't go telling people about William and Elsie's secret

midating vibe, the makeu

lik

call her "wife" wit

lsie then? So what's with al

of saying it out loud. Instead, she asked, "Then wh

bviously

didn't

the dressing room. "Because it

t looking pale a

sn't even a full month anymore-22 days to be exa

n too full

lept together and got married,

be enough to melt that cold,

st in confusion and overwhe

tching Elsie's drained face

ve everything to you, but in the end it's all some crappy trust fun

orce before three years, the whole inheritance goes to you, right? Honestly

ad. "Liv, Grandpa

t me into the Harding family and raised me. He even saw I liked William. He

e, as an orphan, even if I did inherit the Harding for

fault, the jerk roped you in, made you think he liked you, then turned into Mr. Cold the seco

a added, "I'll give you the full list of

hot. Total baby-faced eye candy. You might wanna think

uation going on down there. No clue how he is in bed, thou

mouth like she was on

he second, Elsie flushed and grabbe

er, she really did fee

osed training, the crew off

potted the trailer parked close by. Through its open window, sh

rd to name-wasn't quite jealousy

so "busy" that she could count the

ly had all the time in the world. No matter where she

t looks like when so

o turn away when a voi

.

igned over a dozen do

led, "You're working so much, Will. You didn't ha

lliam replied flatly, "It's f

t couldn't help smirking inside: Yeah right, here to support Miss Howard? More like cou

in William's hand, clearly

William couldn't hold back anymore. "You said today's all Elsie's

ointed out the window. "Mr. Harding. look, is

-his face dropped cold in a hea

nothing. "Oh, that's Aiden Grant, the lead actor. Pretty good-looking. I heard he's k

skipped a bea

boss, silently praying

on his face said plenty. His eyes locked on the

d, surprised to see Aiden. "I thought you d

pros and learn

ike the kind of guy who never backs down-but he s

eling under the weather yesterday. An ap

ture. Even the fact that she'd h

d just opened her mou

an

hit the gr

ust in time to catch a glim

shoulders fully visible, rage practically t

f something snapping inside him, hitting th

dspeaker, "How many times have I said it? Don't leave props

ightened slightly

much he care

ith her, watch her act, even

in the fitting room a week ago-th

d to hersel

hadn't believed