Chapter 28: Kevin Talks Hailey off a Ledge

Kevin paused, but not for long. He whipped open the door for Hailey. "It's none of my business, Miss Johnson, but you look upset."

"I am, Kevin, but I don't want to talk about it."

She shouldn't feel this jealous of the situation she walked in on. What she and Noah had was a business arrangement. It was mutually beneficial. There should have been no emotion involved, but then shy did she feel betrayed.

Kevin closed the door and then walked around the car. He started it and drove out of the parking lot. Hailey couldn't have been more thankful for the ability to escape. Her reaction was that of a girlfriend, so outwardly it was okay that she ran away. Cassandra and the rest of the cast would expect that.

Why had the reaction been so natural for her? She hadn't had to think about what the right thing to do was. She'd just done it. She'd reacted to the situation like a girlfriend.

That puzzled her. She wasn't Noah's girlfriend and somehow she'd acted like she was. It had been a genuine