A Humble Heart (Hollywood Hearts #1)(66)

“Sit down, Edward, she’s saving your career as well as hers. Just chill, he’s not going to touch her,” Eric said.

“Son of a bitch!” He kicked a chair across the room. They weren’t moving out of his way.

“Holy shit!” they heard Nick say from the next room. That was it. Edward jumped over the table and tried to make his way to the door. Eric and Rick tackled him to the ground.

“He’s just f**king with you. Don’t worry, Dana is great girl. She wouldn’t let him do anything!” Rick said.

He was still on the ground when Dana walked in shaking her head while she grinned hugely. That pissed Edward off more. Nick walked into the room with his hand over his heart. “That was a mean thing to do! I can’t believe you would do that to me!” Nick bitched.

Dana shrugged indifferently and inspected her fingernails like she couldn’t be bothered. All three men looked up at her. She looked at them “What? You didn’t really think I was going to let him see me naked, did you? Come on guys you know me better than that.”

They turned in unison to look at Nick. “She….,” He gestured wildly to the next room. “She got me in there and did…she….then she…..you’re such a tease, Dana!”

She smiled sweetly at Nick. “I told you payback’s a bitch, Nick. Don’t taunt my guy again or I’ll do something worse next time.” She walked past the three men on the floor and sat in her seat like nothing happened.

Nick thrust his hands in his hair, frustrated. “Damn it, woman, if you think what you did would stop me you must be out of your mind you just kicked this into a higher gear. Oh, now that I know you can dish it out like that…” He shook his head back and forth in a menacing manor. “Sweetheart, I look forward to seeing what it will take to make you blush.” He chuckled, making Dana laugh too.

“I missed you, Dana. No one else takes my shit like you do and puts me in my place.” He grinned hugely at her.

“It’s good to be useful,” she said dryly. She watched the men on the floor slowly stand up.

Eric and Rick looked at her expectantly. “So?”

She sighed. “This is easily proved without shredding my clothes for the office pervert.” She stood up and pulled down her tee shirt baring the skin above her bra where the tattoo would be if she was the woman in the video.

“Thank god,” Rick and Eric said at the same time.

Nick looked at Edward as he sat down. “You are an unbelievably lucky man. Just know if you hurt her I will personally kick your ass, no hard feelings.”

Edward nodded. “I understand.”

Dana rolled her eyes. “Can we please get on with it? What’s going on, Eric?”

“First to cover this little incident I’m going to need you to do another photo shoot. I’ll set something up that’s tasteful with the two of you,” Rick said.

They both nodded before looking at Eric.

“I have a film on hold, a very good film. The lead male just dropped and the woman who was casted isn't working out. It’s scheduled to start filming in four days. I want the two of you to do it. It’s perfect for you, a romantic-adventure with a touch of comedy.” Eric pushed a script towards each of them. “Read it over and let me know. We're offering you each fifteen million.”

"I'm not sure I can do this right now," Dana said as she opened the script and skimmed over it.

“What will it take to get you to agree to this, Dana?” Eric asked.

“Hmm, for starters I want to make sure I can make it to my doctor’s appointments. That’s nonnegotiable.”

“Done,” Eric said. “I’ll hire an OBGYN to come to the set if needed. What else?”

“Edward gets top billing. This isn’t my main thing, it’s his. He’s the pro, I’m not. His name should come first.”

Eric seemed to mull it over for a moment. “Okay fine.” Edward looked at her overwhelmed by her selflessness. Truth be told, he could care less whose name went first, he just wanted an opportunity to work with her. From what he heard from friends in the industry she was a natural.

“Also, Edward needs to be allowed to come to any doctor’s appointments he wants. It’s not necessary for him to come to all of them, but there are some that he’ll want to make.”

“That’s fine,” Eric said, nodding slowly.

“I want healthy food available for her on set,” Edward added. “Plenty of fruits and whatever else the doctor says she needs to eat.”

“I think we can manage that,” Eric said, grinning. As far as demands went, these two were easy. Most celebrities tried using demands as power plays. Some actually demanded ridiculous things like separating all the colors of their M & M’s, a hundred percent Egyptian cotton or silk on everything in their trailers from sheets to the goddamn couch. That’s one of the reasons the studio was pushing to work with Edward and Dana. They were professional, down to earth, no nonsense actors. He also already had these things set up that they were asking for and more.

Hell, he had about a dozen more things set up just to accommodate her and the kids. Normally he hated when actors brought their kids to work, but he was such a sucker for her kids. He was hoping she’d let him put them in a few films. The kids were too damn cute.