I was surprised at how hard it was for me to actually stay in place and not go to her side to make sure she was okay.
“He left a bruise?” I asked, or more like growled. My words were barely audible.
She shrugged like it wasn’t a big deal, her expression closing up. “I’m fine.” She looked over her shoulder, toward Jason’s place.
“Did you tell them?” I asked, almost certain she hadn’t.
“Not yet.” She lifted her chin, standing strong. “And you won’t either.”
“Only if you take Dan with you. Believe me, he’ll help.”
“They’ll take me more seriously, you mean.”
I didn’t reply, but she already knew the answer anyway.
She seemed to think about it for a minute then let out a long sigh, averting her eyes from mine. “Fine.”
The New Post-Divorce Adam Connor
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you must’ve already seen the pictures of Jake Callum with a broken, bloody nose making the rounds all over the Internet. Now, don’t get us wrong, even though he is new in the industry, we welcomed him with open arms and promptly fell in love with his charming smile. Even so, we have to admit, a broken nose is not a good look for the new actor. Granted, he wasn’t aware he was being photographed as the shots show him speeding away from the studio lot where he was supposed to start filming this week, but still…
Now let’s get to the juicy stuff. At the time the candid shots had gone viral, no one knew how he happened to sport a broken nose, but after a little diggin’ we found out that the new actor had a violent altercation with none other than the newly divorced Adam Connor.
Unfortunately, at this moment we have no idea how or why the fight started between the actors in the first place. What we do know is that Adam Connor is filming the last scenes of his movie at the same lot as Jake Callum.
To say that we are shocked would be an understatement at this point. Adam Connor grew up in front of the cameras, and as far as we know has never been involved in an altercation like this before. If it had happened, trust us, we’d know.
An eyewitness that happened to be near Jake’s trailer claimed Adam was already livid when he approached the actor. “There wasn’t even enough time for the fight to accelerate. Jake was just coming back from a table read, and Adam stopped him before he could go into his trailer. I couldn’t hear their exchange, but as soon as Adam was close enough, he threw the first punch, which must’ve broken Jake’s nose. The next thing I knew, Adam had Jake up against the trailer door. After they exchanged heated words, Adam let him go and just left. It was the weirdest thing.”
The rumor out there is that Adam’s ex-wife, Adeline, was having a fling with Jake, and Adam snapped when he heard about it. You should also know that Adam was photographed having a heated conversation with Adeline at the premiere of Soul Ache just the day before. While this sounds believable and it wouldn’t be the first time it had ever happened, we’re not so sure that was the case here. First of all, ever since the divorce, Adam has stayed away from everything involving Adeline. No press conferences, no interviews, no photo ops. Plus, there were rumors circulating about Adeline and her involvement with the celebrity trainer Mike Trevor, and Adam’s only comment has been “I wish her the best.” Now, does that sound like someone who is pining after his ex-wife to you? For all we know, he is quite happy about the divorce.
No, we think something else was going on with these hot hunks, and we’ll try our best to find out more for you.
Chapter Eleven
Lucy
As I expected, the cops couldn’t do much about my little altercation with Jake Callum. Truth be told, I went there already knowing that, but, hell, I wasn’t expecting them to suggest that maybe I’d had too much to drink and wasn’t remembering everything that had happened.
You’d know if you gave some sleazeball who thought he was the king of the world permission to put his tongue in your mouth after you hadn’t kissed someone for weeks, wouldn’t you? According to them, I wouldn’t.
As if that wasn’t enough, they said sometimes “parties like that” could get out of hand.
That was when Dan the Man stepped forward and took over. In the end, they promised they’d follow up and would talk to Adam and Jake, but couldn’t make any promises that something would come out of it.
While it wasn’t the best outcome, at least they’d have a police report on Jake Callum and if he ever crossed that line with someone else—though I hoped he wouldn’t—they could come back to the police report and know it wasn’t his first rodeo.
And you know what? Dan the Man wasn’t the worst human being after all. He even laughed at my jokes a few times, and by laugh I mean his lips twitched and he shook his head. In my book, that counted as a laugh.
“What are you thinking?” Olive asked, bringing me out of my thoughts.
“Nothing important.” I swirled my wine glass and watched the red liquid spin around. “I’m not sure if I’m a huge fan of wine.”
She looked at me over her laptop. “That is your second glass; you are a huge fan of it.”
It was a Friday night, and we were working on Olive’s next novel, plotting and taking notes. It was a glamorous night for us. It reminded me of old times, like our second year in college, the first time she had sent me a chapter and had me begging for the next one.
“That’s it though. I had two, but I’m not convinced yet. I mean, it’s classy, but is it me? And sure it’s giving me a buzz, but the taste? Not sure about that either. I don’t think I’m feeling all that great.”
