H&J Lockdown

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I consider chasing him out of the house and explaining like I would have done months earlier but then I hear soft cries coming from the baby monitor sitting on the counter and know that chasing him isn't a option anymore.

I gather the script and place it back in its original package and take it with me, hiding it under my clothes in my dresser before attending to Baby J. When I finally get to her she is full on crying and squirming in her bed. She calms down when I pick her up but she starts sucking on her hand so I know she is hungry. 

 Because I drank tonight I can't feed her like I normally would and have to use one of the bottles of milk I pumped earlier. I try to sooth her, talking to her calmly as we leave the bedroom to heat a bottle when Hero meets us in the hallway, bottle in hand. He hands it to me without saying anything so I say a small thanks and take her into her room to rock her while I feed her.

He follows us, coming over and kissing the top of her half bald head after I sit down then leaves just as quickly, obviously still mad.

I burp her when shes done eating and switch her bottle for binky trying to get her to go back to sleep. It works almost instantly and once I'm sure shes fully asleep I place her in her crib so that I don't wake her when I yell at her daddy when I leave her room.

Closing her door, I go in search of Hero. I find him laying on top of our bed, still fully clothed.

"So are you going to let me explain or are you just going to throw a fit every time I get a new job offer?" I ask him, as I change out of my clothes.

"I didn't throw a fit because you got a new job offer. I threw a fit because of the details of the job." He answers coldly.

"But your allowed to do whatever movies you want or modeling jobs with other women and I can't say anything." I fire back.

"Because I always make sure they are professional and clean." He says to me sitting up.

"And how do you know I am not doing the same thing?" I ask him.

"Because I read the script for this, remember?" He challenges.

Forever ago I was offered the lead role for a action, romance film. The sex scenes that were written were pretty over the top so once we read the script I turned it down for that reason. Then the pandemic happened and the project was put on hold until last week. They made changes to make me more comfortable and were asking that I read the script again.

"This was a new script... They cleaned it up a little so I would consider taking the job. I was only reading it."

"A little isn't going to change how sexual that script was.  I have had to be okay with seeing you kiss other guys in front of me because that was in my contract and I get its part of our jobs but I cannot take much more then that." He tells me honestly.

"So are you going to give me the same respect when a movie like this comes around for you or are you going to want me to be understanding like usual?" I ask him. "Because I'm only reading it right now. I haven't even took the job."

He doesn't answer me, so I open my drawer and pull out the script, leaving the room.