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don’t want to blow it.”
    He reached over and touched her leg. “You’re going to be fine. The whole world thinks we’re a couple.”
    She rubbed her sweaty palms together. “Maybe I’m just nervous about meeting your parents.” It was so much more than that.
    He squeezed her leg until she glanced up at him. “They’re going to ask you about your parents.”
    That thought left her cold. “I’ll tell them what I tell everyone. They’re gone and my aunt raised me.”
    Michael knew there was more to it, but even he didn’t have the whole story.
    Michael returned his hand to the steering wheel. “My father won’t probe, but my mom might.”
    “I’ve had a whole year of passing off half truths about us. I’ve spent over a decade pretending they’re dead. If I didn’t know me, I’d think I was a pathological liar.”
    “Or a better actress than any I’ve been on screen with.”
    She laughed at that and used the mention of his work to switch the subject. “So when will you know about the final contracts for
Blue Street
?”
Blue Street
was the feature film he was signing on for the following year, which would line him up for production for the next two years. He didn’t think the contracts would be drawn up until fall. With the push forward on contracts, it appeared thattheir marriage contract was ending faster than they expected, not that they had to divorce right away, but the option would be there.
    “It could be a few months.”
    “Hmm.”
    “Are you thinking about the divorce?”
    She shrugged. “Yeah, I guess. It was easy showing the world we were into each other. The breakup worries me.”
    He nodded. “How did you deal with breakups in the past?”
    “I didn’t. I was to the point and moved on.
Hey, dude, it’s not working for me.
What about you?”
    He tapped a finger on the steering wheel. “
Hey, dude, it’s not working for me.
”
    Laughter shook both of them. “We’re both gonna suck at the breakup.”
    “We’ll be all right. We don’t need to think about that today. Might be different if either of us were into
someone
.”
    Just the mention of
a someone
brought her thoughts to Zach.
    Inside, the car grew silent. She glanced over and saw Michael looking at her. “You need to tell me if there’s someone.”
    “Oh, good Lord, Michael, the only men I’ve been around since we’ve gotten married are your costars, producers, and your management team. And most of them are either married or gay.”
    He grinned.
    “Except that Philippe guy last Christmas.” She shivered. “The creep.”
    “It felt good to put a fist through that guy’s nose. Can’t believe he propositioned you in my own house.”
    She fanned herself and offered a fake smile. “My hero.”
    “Damn right,” he said with a quick nod.
    “I might not say no to Ben Affleck, however. Or Bradley Cooper.”
Yum!
    “Ben, really? I can see Bradley…” He lifted his eyebrows a few times showing his mutual admiration for the man.
    They were sizing up the attributes of both men as Michael pulled off the highway. The sign said, H ILTON, 4 MILES . “I’d drive you around and point out the sights, but you’ll see all five of them fifty times while we’re here.”
    “It can’t be that bad.”
    She noticed the smile on his face as they drove down what must have been a familiar road.
    “Excited?” she asked.
    He gave a slow nod. “Yeah, I am. It’s been a long time.”
    “What time are your parents expecting us?”
    “Three.”
    The time on the clock radio said three fifteen.
    The two-lane road housed farmland on both sides. The occasional cow glanced up from her afternoon grazing to watch as they drove by. Hilton itself was at the base of two mountain ranges. According to Michael, his family owned a cabin in one of them that the family visited and played in during the summer.
    They turned left after the stop sign, and houses started slowly dotting the landscape. “There’s another town eight miles behind us.