He glanced at her. “It’s okay.”
“It feels like you hate it.”
“That’s not true.” He was excited about...
About...
Uh.
There must be something about this show that excited him? He’d been excited to get the role, right?
Or you’d just been excited about getting a fresh start.No, it had been more than that. Being a crossover star was something anyone would want. “I haven’t been in this role long enough to love it or hate it,” he finished. “I played Raj Kumar for eleven years. It was different.” And exciting. There had always been some wacky twist, some grand adventure, some epic love story.
This show was muted, but that was what received awardsand got attention, especially in America. Realistic, relatable drama.
He set the drink in front of her. “See how it is.”
Luna took a sip and made a face. “It needs more sugar.”
Dev was trying to limit their added sugar, but he wanted her to drink something before she went to school, so he pulled the honey out and drizzled some in, giving it another good blend. “There you go.”
She pulled it closer and took a draw. “Better.”
His phone buzzed and he pulled it out.How’s Luna feeling today?
“See.”
He glanced up with a vague sense of inexplicable guilt. “Huh?”
“You looked more excited about that text than you did about the show.”
Luna in a teasing mood was a nice thing to see, but not when she was teasing him about this. “Drink your drink. We need to leave in five minutes.” He quickly typed back a response to Jia. He’d updated her the next day, but he’d been a little cautious, given his worry about Luna.Much better. It seems like it was a twenty-four-hour bug.
Phew. Glad to hear it.
He leaned against the counter. Truth be told, he’d never been very good at texting. If he could, he’d borrow from his own show and scripts as well, but he didn’t know what lines Arjun and Rohan had lifted, and he couldn’t very well plagiarize himself plagiarizing himself.How is your week looking?
Pretty good. Dropping some stuff off with a friend, then heading to work. Have to film some spon con today.
It took him a second to translatespon conintosponsored content.Perhaps we could try for dinner again tonight?
He held his breath, but it didn’t take long for a response to come.I’m actually busy tonight.
Ah. Of course, that made sense. She was, no doubt, in high demand.
Three bubbles popped up at the bottom of the screen.That’s the spon con. I have to go to an art show and take some photos. Do you want to come with me? It’ll be public, but if you wear a hat or something, we should be able to skate by. Dress casual. No one will be looking for celebs there.
He quickly typed back.Yes, I would like that.
Cool, I’ll pick you up at 7.
He raised a brow. Jia had dropped him off the other night, but he was unaccustomed to a woman picking him up.You’ll pick me up?
I’m sure your masculinity will survive, no worries.
He bit the inside of his cheek to hide his silly smile.
“Who are you talking to?”
