Forbidden Sins

Our Little Secret

Brian walked on set the next morning and did his usual routine. They shot for about 4 hours before they decided to break for lunch. It was a rare day that they had the shoot catered so everyone was excited to enjoy lunch. Brian grabbed a plate and made his way over to a table with the other Jokers and a few other crew members.

Skylar was sitting next to Joe as he was showing her the latest pictures of the kids. "I have to get over there and see them soon." She said.

"Absolutely, Bessy is getting worried you're running yourself into the ground."

Skylar shrugged it off. Last night was definitely a good night money wise. She made enough to pay off her rent for the next month so she could take some time and breathe for a bit. She noticed Q take a seat at the table. Granted she didn't know him that well and the only interaction she had with him so far was that cold introduction yesterday, but she couldn't help get the feeling he was acting strange. The way he had been looking at her all morning certainly differed from the way he looked at anyone today.

"So where did you all end up last night?" Sal asked. Q had called him to come hang with him and his friends but he was tired and decided to have an early night at home.

Q smirked and decided this was the perfect opportunity to drop a hint to Skylar. "Oh ya know few places downtown. Nothing crazy." He answered. He then continued but this time making direct eye contact with Skylar, "Then we headed uptown to that place Sapphire."

Skylar was taking a sip of her Diet Coke when Q mentioned Sapphire and spit her drink out all over the place. She was choking on the carbonation and let out a huge cough to clear her throat. Joe started patting her back immediately, "You okay?" He asked as she took a couple deep breaths.

"Yeah..."she answered still coughing a little bit, "I Umm..saw a bug on my soda can. Sorry!" She laughed uncomfortably, "I'm fine though." Only she wasn't fine. Everyone resumed their prior conversations while Skylar was panicking on the inside. With everyone talking around them, she made direct eye contact with Q and noticed a smirk on his face like he was trying to hide in a laugh.
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Skylar did the best she could the rest of the day with production but it was so difficult when she was trying to control a panic attack every time she looked at Q. He must have seen her last night, that would explain why he had been acting different towards her all day. When they finally wrapped, Skylar was busy wrapping up some cords and packing equipment away when she felt a hand on her lower back. The rest of the Jokers had already headed home but Q held back purposely for this moment, "It's always the quiet ones." He whispered in her ear causing her to jump out of her skin.

She whipped around and was startled at how close their faces were to one another's. He smiled at her in a way that suddenly made her whole body go hot with desire. She had never noticed before how sexy he was. His eyes were the darkest brown she had ever seen, and even though his hair was shorter nowadays you could see hints of grey running through it that for some reason Skylar found really hot. But she had to shake all these thoughts from her head, if he opened his mouth about where she worked she would be humiliated.

"Listen you can't say anything do you hear me!?" She said in a whisper but with a tone so serious. "No one knows I work there but the money is good. Wait a minute?" She paused. "Why am I explaining myself to you?!" She snapped.

"Woah woah...relax Lacey." He said sarcastically using her stage name. "You don't have to explain anything to me and don't worry, you're secret is safe with me." He said.

Skylar breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you." She said and continued packing up the equipment so she could get to her night class.

Q went to walk away and then turned around again, "I just gotta say, you are a very very bad girl. Really enjoyed watching you last night."