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Seaside Pictures Chapter 98
AngelicaI finally understood what prison would be like.By way of my agent.After his pep talk where I imagined kissing him about a million times before he gave me a pat on my shoulder and helped me to my feet, he walked me back to set and watched each scene.When I was done and Lincoln asked if I wanted to go out with the rest of the cast for drinks, Will stepped in. "She can't."Did I call him a babysitter earlier?The man was like a parent.A prison guard.A hot one.One that oozed sexuality with a swagger that refused to go away every time he walked in any direction. Hell, the guy was going to be eighty years old and still turning heads when he walked into restaurants."I should have gone," I said once Lincoln walked off with Dani and Jay. "It's good for the cast to bond.""He's your brother. You've had your time." Will shrugged.I clenched my teeth and followed him to the parking lot, but instead of going to his shiny car, he walked right past it.Shit, he was goin
Seaside Pictures Chapter 99
AngelicaI stormed out of the restaurant, blindly walked down the boardwalk, and ignored Will's yells.Cameras flashing.Whispering.Pointing.I tripped on my flip flop again.And ran like hell.I ran until my legs burned.Until the threat of people taking pictures of me faded as my legs created distance between me and them.The minute my feet hit the sand, I grabbed my sandals and ran harder.The salty ocean air hit me in the face, mixing with the mist from the waves. Two years ago, my only goal had been to reinvent myself and ruin friends in the process. I was willing to do anything to be on top again.Two years ago, I wouldn't have just kissed Will I would have seduced him for the cameras.I would have taken body shots and laughed while he licked tequila and salt off my stomach.Now the idea of doing any of that for anyone other than myself, made me sick.My toes squished into the white sand.I was finally able to breathe. Finally able to think.I fell to my knees.
Seaside Pictures Chapter 100
WillI was lounging on the couch when my phone started vibrating against the coffee table like it was possessed. I was almost afraid to look and when I did, my irritation only grew.Demetri: You suck as a human being.I glanced at the screen and rolled my eyes.Zane: Did you really kiss her for the press? What insane mean-spirited Oregon tree-hugging lunatic possessed your body and took over? #getbehindmesatanAnother text popped up.Alec: Today my daughter was constipated, I showed her your picture, she shit all over it. Thanks man...Yeah, message received loud and clear, I was just about to chuck my phone against the wall when another message popped up.Jay: We actually put you in a group messenger now so that we can all join in your shame, I added the girls, you're welcome. So, gang, let's talk this through. What exactly did Will do wrong today?Alyssa: Raises handJay: Alyssa, yes you may have the group texting floor.Hell, I needed new friends. Ones t
Seaside Pictures Chapter 101
AngelicaIt was absolute mayhem.Zane was running around shirtless while Demetri chased him through the house, Alec and Nat were making out on the balcony, where I'm assuming they thought they were hidden, clothes were coming off faster than I could blink.My own brother was in the corner with Dani while Jay and Pris talked loudly about safe sex.And I was in the middle of it all, grinning, trying to keep track of all of the different conversations, the yelling, the buzz of being around people - nice people.I had never fit in.Not with anyone.And it's not like I suddenly did.But, for the first time, I wasn't sticking out, I was just... part of the gang. And it actually felt really good.Better than I could have ever imagined.Even though I was tired.And dreaming about my pillow."Question," Lincoln pried himself away from Dani and pointed down the hall. "Why doesn't this room have a door?"I felt myself tense. "That's a fantastic question, you should ask Will."Linc
Seaside Pictures Chapter 102
WillSleep had always been difficult for me. I wasn't one of those guys who could just crash after a concert or a signing, I had to decompress, my mind was so aware of the constant conversations the chatter, the music, the noise - I had to just let my brain soak it all in, and sort it into the right places.Some nights it took hours.Other nights it took minutes.Lucky me, that after one brief conversation with Ang - and I was leaning toward hour two. One conversation that no matter how many times I twisted it around, tried to make it fit, it just didn't.I was in a weird place.A place where I wanted to hate her.And a place where I was suddenly just exhausted from all the hate.Keeping every single part of myself indifferent wasn't something I was practiced in when it came to women.I'd never been good at it.Until she'd forced me to be.Until I saw the way he looked at her and knew - the more I attached myself the more he would wonder what was so great about her - the m
Seaside Pictures Chapter 103
AngelicaI panickedAnyone would panic after that scene.In bed together.Comfortable.Sexy.Hot.Sweating.I gripped the front of my baseball cap and tugged it harder onto my head as the Uber pulled up to set.Had someone said "Hey Ang you look a bit hot, need something?" I would probably ask for a cold slap to the face. This wasn't... real. He was helping me because he had no choice.There was a nothing there.There never would be again.No matter how treacherous my legs were as they wrapped around his body like they belonged together - like we still fit.But Will had changed.Everything about him was different, from the way he carried himself to the way his language had shifted from this playboy to some psycho adult who should have five kids and a mortgage.Tremors wracked my body, maybe I was getting sick, maybe it was him. It wasn't the type of physical response that happens after trying to get clean. A sick metallic taste filled my mouth.I needed a minute.One
Seaside Pictures Chapter 104
WillI couldn't look away from her.And I'd bet my entire fortune that nobody else on set could either. The sheer agony on her face was reason enough to be transfixed, but what followed was such raw, gut-wrenching emotion that it hurt to breathe, and it only got worse as she fell against the sand.I flinched and dug my fingers into my palms, ready to spring into action to save her from the stares - from the world.It went against every fiber of my being to watch her hurt in that way, to see the real Angelica - the one I had fallen for - expose herself to all of these strangers - the world - to the very people who stoned her when she came clean about who she really was.When she came clean about our breakup.The drugs.Everything.She didn't owe them shit.She didn't owe me either.And yet she was giving us everything.My heart of stone began to beat in those few minutes when I fought with the desire to catch every last one of those tears with my lips and promise they'd nev
Seaside Pictures Chapter 105
AngelicaThe restaurant was closed off to everyone but the cast and crew, I was thankful for the break - and the food.Zane: Hey man, you got your own trailer too? Sweet, I bet it's kick ass, hey side note, does it have mallows? Cuz I can provide the goods. Should we have a trailer party?I glanced down at Will's phone and smiled, a girl could get used to Zane's quirky sense of humor. In a lot of ways he reminded me of Demetri.It had been a hellish day on set.And to thank Will for not suing him, or beating the shit out of him when he strongly suggested Will act in the movie, Jay was taking everyone out to dinner.I wasn't holding out hope that someone wouldn't leave with a black eye or missing tooth, that's just how it was between everyone.Nat was there with Ella. Alec was in the corner cooing in her face like, like a dad. It was the most surreal thing I'd ever seen, rock star Alec Daniels, holding a baby girl's hand and ignoring the rest of the world as if it didn't ex
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