Her Redemption

16. The question

I pulled into the parking lot on Monday morning, ready for the day.

Melissa wanted to speak to me about something important in regards to my scenes with Bryan. I don't know why, the other day she said it but couldn't because something came up.

As I walk through the security and through the entrance, my hands feel a bit clammy—sliding them down my jeans. What if she tells me the people don't like it? That because I'm a mom now, no one sees me the same anymore?

I enter her office to see her sitting there with her AirPods in and a coffee in one hand while watching something on her laptop. Maybe editing a few scenes?

I don't know how she does it.

"Good morning." Announcing that I'm here and taking a seat in one of the purple chairs at her desk.

She lifts her head smiling and taking out the AirPods from her ear and putting them away—pausing whatever was on the screen.

"Good morning hun."

I smile sweetly back in return and shift my body around the seat to get comfortable.

"How are you?" She asks sitting up fixing her posture. And before I can answer someone walks in the room, the presence of this someone immediately makes me straighten my spine, my senses on high alert. I don't bother turning around as I feel him close the door to the office and sit down in the vacant seat next to me.

His cologne envelopes my senses—making me take a deep breath in and close my eyes. Last nights events run through my mind making my pulse begin thumping rapidly. The way he caressed my skin, his soft sweet lips kissing me everywhere and anywhere he can find. The way he wrapped me in his arms and let me fall asleep on his chest—listening to the beautiful beat of his heart.

A clearing of a throat rips me out of my thoughts, and suddenly I feel like I'm suffocating. I open my eyes, my vision blurs a bit because I haven't had food this morning.

"You okay hun?" Melissa asks with worry in her eyes, placing her coffee on her desk.

I exhale slowly and nod my head— sweat rolling down my temples. "Just" I clear my throat "haven't had breakfast yet." I answer breathlessly. I mean it's 8 in the morning. I only had time to feed Tommy before hurrying out of the house to get here on time.

"Hi love." Bryan says putting his hand on my shoulder rubbing his thumb back and forth.

Melissa follows his hand on my shoulder lifting her brow and then looks at me questingly. I turn my head and peer up smiling at Bryan as a welcome and he leans in kissing me on the cheek. "Good morning." He says gruffly in my ear making my face heat up and my neck warm up.

"Morning." I say swallowing my saliva before I salivate.

"Yes it is a lovely morning." Melissa says grasping our attention again. Bryan sits back against the chair but doesn't remove his hand from my shoulder, his fingers gliding up and down on the back of my neck. He knows exactly what he's doing. Even if he thinks it soothes me down, which it does—just not in the way he thinks it does.

Just way way way down

"So I asked you two to be here this morning because we have to talk about what's been going on." She vaguely says and blows out a long breath. "Okay the first scene you did together was amazing. The second even better. You have people begging and willing to bend down at your feet just to watch you two together. Your chemistry is indescribable." She points to Bryan's hand on my neck "obviously."

If I wasn't red before, I don't want to know what color I am now.

"The public wants you together. My question here is if you're both willing to only do scenes together?"