𝓛𝓪𝓫𝔂𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓱

Chapter Three

They continued to talk on the hood of her car, learning more about each other and quickly bonding.

Paige laid down and Rudy laid beside her, making her smile and look over at him, quickly getting lost in his eyes.

But fear crept in and she forced herself to look away- she couldn't fall for him, no scratch that she wouldn't fall for him.

He hesitantly grabbed her hand but she pulled away, " it um it was nice meeting you.. I'm sorry but I have to go.." she said and stood up, watching as he did the same, towering over her.

" can I at least have your number? I mean we are working together now" he said and smile found it's way onto her lips, damn he was smooth, " fine. Only and I mean only for work" she said and gave him a playful glare before typing her number into his phone.

She gazed up at him as she handed his phone back, " I'll uh, I'll see you around" he said and she nodded, watching as he walked away.

That night she talked to her aunt on the phone, gushing about her day and Rudy as she paced around her hotel room.

" I mean how can a guy be gorgeous? Wait is that weird? I think it is" Paige said as she poured herself a glass of wine, " no I don't think so" her aunt responded and Paige paused as she began to cough- not a normal one.

" are you okay?" Paige asked, " yeah honey I'm fine. I'm gonna head off to bed, night sweetheart" Her aunt said and hung up.

Worry started to creep into Paige's mind, was she being selfish? Her aunt was dying and here she was, sipping white wine and gushing about a guy she barley even knew.

She sighed and perched on the counter, getting lost in her thoughts as her phone pinged.

A small smile graced her lips as she saw a text from Rudy, maybe this could actually turn out good.

She could use the money from the show to pay her aunts medical bills and get them out of that rundown apartment in Vegas.

She thought everything over, weighing all the pros and cons, this was definitely better than working at a diner- but she could be cut from acting at any given time.

Paige took a deep breath and nodded, knowing what she had to do, with that she texted Rudy back, ready to begin.