Chapter 30: A Little Phone Action

That isn't the last time Orlando and I speak on the phone. He starts calling me every night after filming wraps up for the day. We talk about everything - our favorite books, favorite foods, favorite music. I learn that Orlando is a surprisingly good swimmer, and that he takes camping trips up in Northern California a few times a year. I tell him about my acting debut in Peter Pan and confess that I don't know how to ride a bicycle.

More than once, I find myself thinking about what Christian said about Orlando being two different people. He laughs so often during our calls that I'm beginning to wonder how he could ever turn off that humor, even at work. His intensity is still there, though. Every so often he'll say something that launches a surge of heat through me, and my body sends me constant reminders of how much I want him. I start having some pretty wild dreams about him after those calls - dreams that leave me panting and dizzy when I wake in the morning.

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