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this no big deal for her? Had she not felt what I had during that kiss? I was used to a different reaction from women than the one I was getting from her.
    She turned toward me and raised her eyebrows and nodded again. She seemed completely unfazed by our encounter. Maybe it was guilt that was generating her response. She hadn’t mentioned a boyfriend, but she might have one. Something deep in my belly exploded. I wasn’t sure I liked that idea.
    Haven was tapping away on her laptop. I couldn’t understand what she had to write about.
    I heard Sandy before I saw her. She came bouncing over.
    “Harry!” she said, throwing her arms around my neck and pulling me into a hug. I turned to Haven, checking for her reaction. She shrugged. What was with her? I’d never seen her this relaxed before. Well, apart from dressed in pyjamas in the street, drunk off her ass.
    “Hi, Sandy,” Haven said.
    Sandy, her arms still around my neck, turned to Haven and said, “Hey. Nice to see you. Let’s chat later.”
    “So, what’s going on?” I asked. “Things seemed a little tense up there?”
    “I think the director is going through the menopause,” she replied. “He’ll be fine now. Those last scenes went well, don’t you think?”
    How was I supposed to know? I just nodded.
    “That’s a beautiful dress,” Haven said, smiling at Sandy.
    “Thanks! They literally had to pour me into it, it’s so tight,” she said as her eyes darted to mine and her hands skirted her silhouette. I forced a smile as Phil came up behind her and pulled her away.
    “See you later,” she said, following Phil and leaving us behind.
    I turned to Haven to find her smiling and waving at Sandy. She went back to her laptop.
    A little later on, the mumbling from the crew increased and everyone seemed to relax a little. Sandy was still on stage with Bobby, the male lead. They were talking to the director and some other guy.
    “What are you thinking about?” I asked Haven.
    She turned to me and narrowed her eyes. “I’m trying to find an interesting angle to this piece. I’m worried about it. I haven’t spent much time with her and I’ve got nothing to say. I think Jenny’s wrong about Phil—there’s no way Sandy’s banging him.”
    “Right.”
    “I think I might ask if you and I can have lunch with her. It’s just, she’s so distracted around you,” she said.
    “I think that’s how she is,” I said.
    “Distracted?”
    I nodded. “I mean, I don’t think it’s personal toward me.”
    “I don’t know. I think she’s pretty available to you.”
    Was she trying to gauge whether I was interested in her? “Again, I don’t think it’s personal,” I replied.
    “Harry!” She opened her eyes and mouth wide in mock shock. “Are you saying our star is a slut?”
    I laughed. “No, and don’t quote me on that.”
    She smiled at me and went back to her laptop.
    “So you weren’t thinking about earlier?” I asked.
    “Earlier?” she asked as if she was genuinely unclear what I meant.
    “In the parking lot earlier,” I said.
    “Oh, you mean, am I worried about the chlamydia thing? Don’t worry, I’ll get tested and get antibiotics if I need to.” She grinned at me.
    “Haven?” She was funny, but it was killing me. I wanted to know what she was feeling. Her reaction, or lack thereof, to our kiss had been completely unexpected and it bothered me. I wanted her to tell me that she wanted it to happen again.
    “What?” She sounded exasperated.
    “Should we talk about it?”
    “What, that you can’t keep your hands off me? No, we should not talk about it.”
    I tried to think of a witty comeback but I couldn’t. So I didn’t say anything.
    Haven managed to secure lunch in Sandy’s trailer with her manager. Hopefully, it would give her the time with her that she needed.
    “So, it’s so exciting to be on a movie set,” Haven said, smiling at Sandy. “Are you enjoying it?”
    “Yes, I’m having such a great time. I’ve