Free A Look Into Reel Love by Alexis Ryan Page B

her and decided she had more than enough time later on to read the lines for the first, few scenes.
     
    “Hey, take a seat,” she said to Nina, who remained standing by the trailer door. “Excited to work on the movie?”
     
    “I think I should be asking you that,” was the reply. “And I just have to say…I really love your work!” she then gushed, clasping her hands together and pulling them up onto her chest. “And I love you all the more now since you’re doing a romcom!”
     
    At that, Cassie let out a laugh, her soft voice reverberating through the trailer.
     
    “Thanks,” she then said, laughing shyly. She knew romantic comedies weren’t her forte, so she was scared to disappoint Nina and the other people watching out for the film. “Wish me luck though. Romcoms aren’t really my strongpoints.”
     
    Nina’s eyes widened to the size of saucers as if Cassie had just said a fallacy. Then, Nina took one of the few seats closer to Cassie and expressed her incredulity.
     
    “Are you being serious?” she asked in disbelief. “You’re Cassie- fucking- Summers!”
     
    Again, she found herself laughing at Nina’s hyper-activeness and decided Nina was the best assistant she ever had. The remaining hour in the trailer was spent with the two of them trying to get to know one another better. Cassie learned that Nina was a fresh graduate who was hoping that the assistantship would get her more gigs in the film industry, while Nina learned that the Oscar-nominated actress was friendly and approachable despite her introverted nature. When lunch rolled around, Nina received a call from another crew member informing them that the buffet was ready. That was their cue to leave the trailer and head over to where the rest of the film members were.
     
    “No salad for you?” the figure beside Cassie asked as she fell in line for the buffet. When she turned her head upwards, she came face-to-face with Dylan McKinsey. His ice-blue eyes looked at her with a hint of amusement, and just above his angular jawbones, his full lips had tipped up into a small smirk. “Dylan McKinsey, by the way. Nice to meet you, Cassie.”
     
    When he stretched his hand out, she accepted it and shook his hand. When Cassie put two chicken legs onto her plate, she sent Dylan a cheeky smile.
     
    “Nope,” she said. “Ben said we need all the energy we have for filming.”
     
    “On our first day?!” he exclaimed incredulously, and she couldn’t help but let out a soft chuckle at that.
     
    When they had filled their plates up with food, they walked over to one of the unoccupied picnic tables and took their seats across from one another. Cassie could look at the man in front of her all day and all night. He was anything but an eyesore, and seeing him up close, it wasn’t surprising why he was named last year’s ‘Most Eligible Bachelor’. Even though she had worked with some of the industry’s most attractive actors, teeny-boppers and DILFs included, Dylan McKinsey easily made it to her top five.
     
    “So are you excited?” he asked her, popping a strip of chicken into his mouth. “This isn’t like your usual films.”
     
    “You’re not the first to say that,” she replied, the weight on her shoulders disappearing. She had no idea why she had been scared to meet Dylan for the first time. The guy could easily make friends with anyone and everyone. Cassie usually felt wary and anxious with meeting people for the first time. Her walls didn’t easily crumble when it came to meeting strangers, but Dylan’s exuberant aura was infectious.
     
    “I can learn the ropes from you then,” Cassie said, sending a small grin Dylan’s way.
     
    “I think I’ll be learning from you,” Dylan added, matching her grin with one of his own. “Do you think we can get an Oscar nomination with this movie?”
     
    Cassie chuckled lightly at that and knew Dylan was only teasing. They had both read the scripts and knew the movie was meant