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other's company! You can be sure that our viewing audiences across Europe will be enjoying their time with you!”
After that, the shooting was done for the night, allowing them to rest until the show began in earnest the next morning. An overawed intern showed them to their luxurious suite, and after the door closed behind them, Apolo sighed, rubbing his forehead with one weary hand.
“Well, that wasn't disastrous,” he said.
“I have to agree,” she said, flopping down on their elegant chaise longue. “I'm pleased that we're being cast as the grownups, I think.”
He frowned at her. “What do you mean by that?”
“Oh, you didn't notice?” Well, he was new to entertainment. “Jozef and Serafina are going to be the villains, the ones who hate each other so much that they're going to make us hate them too. Antonio and Carolina are going to be the impassioned young lovers, who will do anything for love and might also make us hate them. You and I, because we didn't come in cursing or nearly making love in front of the camera, are likely going to be the adults.”
“Is…that a good thing to be?”
She shot him an amused look. “Well, would you rather I take a swing at you over breakfast? I'm sure that our host would adore that.”
He smiled a little wryly. “Please don't. I still have very little idea what is going on, so I'm prepared to bow to your superior experience. If we've been cast as the sane couple, I'm going to run with that. Any other good advice you can give me?”
She thought for a moment, mentally reviewing what they had done together that day.
“You're doing well right now,” Trinity said thoughtfully. “At the moment, you are coming across as a man who's not quite sure why he's there, half-convinced it's a waste of time and good-humored in spite of it. That's a good place to be. That's safe.”
Apolo raised an eyebrow. “And you?”
“Well, for me, it's a little different. Men get a lot more leeway to be grouchy and suspicious about things than women. If I tried that, most people would start to whisper that I was a spoilsport or a shrew. As it is, I'm pushing the fact that I think that this is all darling and that everything is delightful. I'm touching you a great deal, so I probably look a little more into you than you’re into me.”
To her surprise, Apolo frowned.
“I don't like that,” he said. When he caught her puzzled look, he quickly amended it. “I mean that I don't think that an unequal partnership is something that we want people to see, that's all. I want to make it very clear that we have a real chemistry, a real romance.”
Trinity nodded briskly. “That makes sense. It will certainly reflect well on you as a modern and equality-driven royal…”
He looked a little uncertain about that, but he nodded. “So what do I do to make it look as if I am madly in love with you?”
For some reason, she hesitated. It felt strange to tell a man how he should treat her if he was in love with her, but if she were honest, that was exactly what her job was here.
“Well, start with touching me, and not just romantically. People who are into each other touch a great deal, just as a matter of default. We can be a casual-kiss couple if you want to be, or we can just lightly touch each other throughout the day. Basically, the more casual about it we are, the more natural it will look.”
“And is that something we should rehearse as well?”
She looked up at him warily. after their night of passion in Spain, they had hurried to get on the plane to London. Since then, they hadn’t had the chance to touch base at all about what had happened. If she were being purely professional and mercenary about it, she would have been pleased that she had such good chemistry with her co-star. If she wasn't…her heart beat faster when she looked at him. Sometimes, when she glanced at him, she could feel his hands moving over her pale body and waking up every single nerve in her.
“I
After that, the shooting was done for the night, allowing them to rest until the show began in earnest the next morning. An overawed intern showed them to their luxurious suite, and after the door closed behind them, Apolo sighed, rubbing his forehead with one weary hand.
“Well, that wasn't disastrous,” he said.
“I have to agree,” she said, flopping down on their elegant chaise longue. “I'm pleased that we're being cast as the grownups, I think.”
He frowned at her. “What do you mean by that?”
“Oh, you didn't notice?” Well, he was new to entertainment. “Jozef and Serafina are going to be the villains, the ones who hate each other so much that they're going to make us hate them too. Antonio and Carolina are going to be the impassioned young lovers, who will do anything for love and might also make us hate them. You and I, because we didn't come in cursing or nearly making love in front of the camera, are likely going to be the adults.”
“Is…that a good thing to be?”
She shot him an amused look. “Well, would you rather I take a swing at you over breakfast? I'm sure that our host would adore that.”
He smiled a little wryly. “Please don't. I still have very little idea what is going on, so I'm prepared to bow to your superior experience. If we've been cast as the sane couple, I'm going to run with that. Any other good advice you can give me?”
She thought for a moment, mentally reviewing what they had done together that day.
“You're doing well right now,” Trinity said thoughtfully. “At the moment, you are coming across as a man who's not quite sure why he's there, half-convinced it's a waste of time and good-humored in spite of it. That's a good place to be. That's safe.”
Apolo raised an eyebrow. “And you?”
“Well, for me, it's a little different. Men get a lot more leeway to be grouchy and suspicious about things than women. If I tried that, most people would start to whisper that I was a spoilsport or a shrew. As it is, I'm pushing the fact that I think that this is all darling and that everything is delightful. I'm touching you a great deal, so I probably look a little more into you than you’re into me.”
To her surprise, Apolo frowned.
“I don't like that,” he said. When he caught her puzzled look, he quickly amended it. “I mean that I don't think that an unequal partnership is something that we want people to see, that's all. I want to make it very clear that we have a real chemistry, a real romance.”
Trinity nodded briskly. “That makes sense. It will certainly reflect well on you as a modern and equality-driven royal…”
He looked a little uncertain about that, but he nodded. “So what do I do to make it look as if I am madly in love with you?”
For some reason, she hesitated. It felt strange to tell a man how he should treat her if he was in love with her, but if she were honest, that was exactly what her job was here.
“Well, start with touching me, and not just romantically. People who are into each other touch a great deal, just as a matter of default. We can be a casual-kiss couple if you want to be, or we can just lightly touch each other throughout the day. Basically, the more casual about it we are, the more natural it will look.”
“And is that something we should rehearse as well?”
She looked up at him warily. after their night of passion in Spain, they had hurried to get on the plane to London. Since then, they hadn’t had the chance to touch base at all about what had happened. If she were being purely professional and mercenary about it, she would have been pleased that she had such good chemistry with her co-star. If she wasn't…her heart beat faster when she looked at him. Sometimes, when she glanced at him, she could feel his hands moving over her pale body and waking up every single nerve in her.
“I
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