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life had been the happiest of her life. He
always got her so thoroughly, understood so instinctively what she was trying
to say. And he always found more in her scripts than she’d intended to put
there, drawing out nuances of thought and emotion she hadn’t been consciously
aware of.
    When they’d worked together, they’d been more than just the
sum of their parts.
    How had such a partnership been destroyed? How had the two
of them been blown so far apart that they hadn’t spoken in ten years?
    Because romance had come into the picture. It had been one
variable too many in their fragile human equation, and it had wrecked the
balance between them.
    They should have stuck to work and friendship. If they had,
they might have found ways to collaborate over the years. Projects they could
have worked on together. Or, if Luke’s Hollywood career didn’t leave time for
that, they could have at least stayed in touch. She could have sent him her
scripts to get his feedback, and he could have talked to her about his movie choices.
Maybe she could have convinced him to do a few indie films in the midst of all
his blockbusters.
    But what good was it to think about what might have been?
    The reality was, they wouldn’t be working together on
Ghosts
.
She’d be the biggest fool in the world if she believed that Luke would abandon
his movie career to come to New York and act in her little show.
    And nothing would happen between them romantically. The game
they’d been playing was just that—a game. It didn’t mean anything. A little
leftover tension from high school, that was all.
    She’d been frowning down at the table, and now she looked up
to meet Luke’s blue eyes.
    A sudden shiver went through her.
    Whatever their game had turned into, it had to end now.
Because while she was sure it didn’t mean anything to him, there was a chance…a
small chance…that it was starting to mean something to her.
    “That was incredible,” the show’s production designer said.
Now that the silence was broken, other voices echoed the praise with excited
enthusiasm.
    Kali recognized the look in her colleagues’ eyes, and her
heart sank. They wanted him on the show. He’d brought magic into the room, and
they wanted more.
    She felt exhausted at the prospect of trying to rein in
their enthusiasm. She couldn’t deal with this right now; she just couldn’t.
    “What did you think, Kali?” Luke asked quietly. “Could you
see me playing James on the show?”
    Yes, she could. After today, she’d never be able to see
anyone else in the role.
    That was problem. She could see him on the show, and she
could see him in her life—and neither of those things would ever really happen.
    The lump was back in her throat, and she rose hastily to her
feet. “That was a great reading, Luke. Thank you. Unfortunately, I need
to—I—I’m feeling a little under the weather. Maria, I wonder if you wouldn’t
mind taking over this meeting? And if someone would take notes for me, that
would be very helpful.”
    Without waiting for a response, she hurried from the room.
    * * *
    She’d run away. Again.
    He knew they had some baggage to deal with, but he was
starting to get tired of Kali’s disappearing act every time things got a little
intense between them.
    Enough was enough. Reading her words out loud today had
reminded him of the connection they’d once shared…a connection he still felt.
    He’d bet everything he owned that Kali felt it, too. And
tonight they were going to talk about it.
    He stopped at her room before dinner, but either she’d gone
down already or she wasn’t answering his knock. Either way, the only thing he
could do was go down alone.
    When he snapped at an autograph-seeker in the elevator, he
knew he wouldn’t be good for a damn thing until he confronted Kali. Until he
made her admit that there was something between them. Something real.
    He spotted her in the dining room almost immediately. She
was sitting at a table with