The Actress' Husband

Episode 45: Helplessly

Episode 45: Helplessly

"I think Nicholas is still mad at me."

"Mad? And what do you mean by 'still'? What happened between you two?"

Emily bit down onto the edge of her fingernails as she stared straight ahead from the seat of the trailer van.

She could see the supposed root of their problems outside, his sunshine smile lighting up the atmosphere. That amicable aura of his caused everyone around to absolutely adore him. Even the director treated him like his own flesh and blood. There wasn't anyone who didn't like a guy like Taylor McNabb.

Except Nicholas, her subconscious corrected her swiftly.

Talia didn't miss the pout on her lips as she gazed out the fairly dark windows.

It didn't bring her any comfort to see that the line of vision ended up at her younger male co-star.

"Don't tell me..."

She sighed deeply.

"He's feeling threatened by Taylor for some reason."

"What?!"

Talia couldn't imagine someone like Nicholas King, the youngest billionaire in the entertainment business and most influential person of 2019 (possibly the new year too) to be threatened by a boy like him.

It looked ridiculous to even compare both of them much less comprehend in which aspects Nicholas could've felt he fell short.

Then a sudden assumption was built as she racked her brain for answers.

Talia's dark eyes settled onto the small woman before her.

"It's because of you, isn't it? You're the one making Nicholas feel as if Taylor has a chance with you."

She hated how her manager made the latter part of that a statement instead of a question like it should've been.

Giving her the stink eye, Emily shifted in her seat.

Her lips trembled continuously before the words came out.

"I am not."

"Then why does he feel threatened? Don't tell me it's because he's paranoid because yes, successful men like him can be. But after meeting him and knowing his personality well enough, I can figure out that's really not the case."

"And it's not."

"Then what is it?"

"He says what you did earlier, okay? That I'm giving Taylor chances to get me. We went to the park the other day when his parents came to visit and we bumped into him there. Nicholas wasn't letting me off with hiding our relationship even though he clearly said he would and told Taylor we were married."

With her mouth hanging on the floor, Talia stared at her wide eyed. "He did what?! Is Nicholas crazy? How could he do that without us releasing some kind of article to break the news? Wait. Without your consent. He can't just go around telling people who you work with about your personal life. What if Taylor goes and runs his mouth to the rest of the cast? Worse, to the press? This is completely different than telling your family members. Even they haven't been interested enough to want to share it with anybody on the outside mainly because of jealousy. Something this big happened and you decide to tell me almost a week later?"

"I didn't tell you because I knew you'd react like this! As you've said, it's been almost a week since it happened and luckily there's been no release of the news of our marriage. I guess Taylor respects my personal life enough not to do that."