“Yep.”
We kept watching until our story featured.
One of the guys kicked his feet up on the desk. “Yeah, I saw some juicy action in paradise. Barely flew back in time for this show.”
The others laughed.
“Well, it appears our billionaire, Marcus Taylor, is in love. We captured him making out with some chick in St. Thomas.”
The girl on the show laughed. “She’s a little tropical side action?”
“Nah, I don’t think so. He seemed like he was genuinely in love. You should’ve seen the two of them together. It looked like the real deal.”
“It won’t last. It never does.”
“I don’t know. They looked really cute together, and he seemed smitten.”
“So did Cupid shoot him with an arrow or something?”
“I think so. The dude is seriously in love.”
“Well, maybe he’ll grow up.”
“The two showed off some killer dance moves aboard a luxury yacht.”
“So we heard you got some pictures of them making out on the beach,” the girl said.
“Yep.”
They flashed pictures of us, and I blushed.
“These two definitely have the hots for one another,” he said.
The scene went to a commercial and Marcus turned off the television. He then brought me a drink. “They bought it hook, line, and sinker.”
I sipped my wine. “See? I’m a very good actress.”
He sat next to me on the couch and held my hand. “Was that all really acting?”
“I told you I was going to give you an Oscar-worthy performance. Looks like I did just that. Did I earn my paycheck?”
“Man, that kiss. It was amazing. You really got into character,” he said.
“And so did you.”
“When a pretty woman mauls me on the beach, I just go with it.”
I laughed. “It’s called acting. All screen stars do it. Just look at the in-the-pouring-rain passionate kiss in The Notebook.”
“Do movie stars ever fall in love on set?”
“Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall did. But that’s not going to happen to us. This is an acting gig, Marcus, and nothing more.”
He winked. “I would like to do some more acting tomorrow if you don’t mind. Just so we can practice getting into character. I don’t think we perfected it just quite yet. We need much more practice.”
I sighed. “I just hope that won’t be my only television appearance.”
“You’re a wonderful actress. You even fooled me. If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you were completely in love with me.”