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good. What’s next? Or are we done for
    today?” She kind of hoped they were done for the day. Her
    lips were hurting, and she didn’t know how many more
    guys she could handle sucking face with.
    This was her first ever breakout romance movie, and
    the studio was determined to pair her up with someone
    who she shared chemistry with. They believed in the script
    and that, with the right casting, the movie could be a
    success. At size sixteen, Sarah had been prepared to slim
    down, but Dean told her not to. The studio wanted to do
    something radical, and that meant casting a larger woman
    in the main role as the love interest.
    Sarah was used to having a lot of scathing reports
    about her weight. She’d struggled with it all of her life, but it didn’t stop her from being hired.
    “You’ve got one more guy this afternoon. He’ll be
    arriving in ten minutes, knowing the actor, make it half an hour.”
    “Who’s the guy?”
    “Adam Feltworth.”
    “The action guy?” Great, her day was getting worse
    with him being next in line to do a make out scene.
    “Rumor has it that he’s hoping to change his image,
    and he wants this role.”
    “I doubt that.” She heard he was difficult to work with,
    and now no one wanted anything to do with him. Sarah had
    watched many of his movies, and after the third one she’d
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    grown bored. The same movie, the same storyline, and the
    same actions. Sarah grew bored, and she hadn’t watched an
    Adam Feltworth movie in over five years.
    “Look, they want you, Sarah. It doesn’t matter what
    Adam wants. He either abides by their rules, or he’s out.”
    Dean’s pep talk didn’t make her feel any better.
    Taking her seat once again, she glanced at her watch
    to see that Adam was in fact late. Ten minutes went by,
    and as she looked at the director, producer, writer, and
    several members from the studio paying for the movie to
    be made, she saw they were all angry.
    Half an hour later Adam walked into the room as if he
    owned the place. Sarah averted her gaze, not liking his
    attitude as he walked up to the director and producer.
    Flicking through the script, she listened to their
    conversation.
    “You’re late. We will not deal with tardiness. We’re
    on a deadline, you miss that deadline twice in a row, you’re out,” the director said.
    That surprised her, and when she looked up, she saw
    the surprise on Adam’s face. Niles, his agent, started
    making excuses.
    “I don’t care for excuses. The rules are the rules, and if
    you have a problem, take it up with the boss,” the director said, speaking up. Mitch wasn’t in a good mood.
    “I’ve never been forced to have time constraints,”
    Adam said.
    “You want in on my movie, you will.” Mitch moved
    toward her. “Now, this is Sarah Leigh, she’ll be playing the main love interest, Piper Salt. The scene we will be testing today is the first kiss. Take a seat, Adam.”
    Sarah forced herself to watch as Adam approached. He
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    took a seat, and she was shocked by how childish he was
    being. At thirty-five years old, shouldn’t he be able to
    handle himself a lot better?
    “Your character is David, and you’ve just realized that
    you’ve fallen in love with the girl everyone overlooks.
    Now, are you familiar with the scene?” Mitch asked.
    “I’ve read over it, yes.”
    “Good. Let’s go in three, two, one.”
    Sarah had already placed her script down on the table,
    and she didn’t need to look at it. Smiling at Adam, who
    was in fact David, she chuckled. “What is your problem? It
    was one date, and it wasn’t exactly a good date.” She
    reached out to take her imaginary coffee cup and took a
    sip. Adam sighed, rubbing at his temple, and turning
    toward her. He leaned his elbows on the table, and lifted
    his gaze to hers. For once, she actually believed that Adam was staring at her. “You shouldn’t go out with guys that
    are coded or designed to be compatible. It’s a