Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 34

UHM...

...JOSHUA?

...?

I SMELL FOOD.

JOSHUA....

AH, CHASE!

YOU'RE AWAKE.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

I'M FINE.... WHAT WERE YOU UP TO?

YOU WERE ASLEEP, SO I DECIDED TO MAKE THIS IN THE MEANTIME.

I THOUGHT YOU'D BE HUNGRY.

YOU WERE GONE. I THOUGHT YOU LEFT...

AS IF. DO YOU EAT PEANUTS?

MHM.

JOSHUA, WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MANY SCARS?

AH, I GOT HURT A BIT WHEN I WAS IN THE MILITARY.

I'VE GOTTEN INJURIES FROM DOING BODYGUARD WORK, TOO.

THEN, WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?

AH, THAT...

I HAD SURGERY FOR APPENDICITIS.

I ACTUALLY GOT THIS SCAR FROM WHEN I GAVE BIRTH TO PETE...

BUT I CAN NEVER TELL HIM THAT.

ANYWAY, I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD DIE.

I MADE IT, SO IT'S SAFE TO EAT.

DID YOU REALLY MAKE ALL THIS YOURSELF?

YEP, AND I DIDN'T ADD ANY POISON TO IT.

...I KNOW.

IF YOU'RE SO WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FOOD BEING POISONED, WHY DON'T YOU ACT IN A WAY THAT MAKES IT SO PEOPLE WOULDN'T WANT TO POISON YOU?

I TOLD YOU, I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD.

WANNA GO FOR ANOTHER ROUND?

YOU KEEP STARING.

...I WAS JUST LOOKING.

WE GOT PRETTY WILD YESTERDAY, DIDN'T WE?

I DON'T WANT HIM TO GO...

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FILMING CREW, I'D KEEP HIM LOCKED UP IN THIS TRAILER.

...KEEP HIM?

...NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO US ONCE FILMING ENDS?

AFTER THE SECURITY CONTRACT ENDS, WILL JOSHUA STAY BY MY SIDE?

IF HE'S JUST CHALKING THIS UP TO SOME KIND OF WORK- RELATED FLING...

THEN, I SHOULD GET GOING NOW.

...DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW?

IT'S SHIFT CHANGE. I NEED TO GET BACK TO MY QUARTERS BEFORE I'M LATE.

NO.

DON'T GO. STAY HERE.

WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I SAID, DON'T GO.

WHETHER IT'S YOU OR SOME OTHER GUY, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT ME AT ALL TIMES, RIGHT?

CHASE, DON'T BE DIFFICULT.

IF I STAYED HERE ANY LONGER, IT WOULDN'T LOOK GOOD FOR YOU, EITHER.

PEOPLE WOULD START TO QUESTION OUR RELATIONSHIP.

WHAT, ARE YOU ASHAMED OF SLEEPING WITH ME?

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING!

WHO I CHOOSE TO SLEEP WITH IS A PRIVATE MATTER,

AND I HAVE NO INTENTION OF ADVERTISING IT TO ANYONE.

BESIDES, IF THIS WERE TO GET OUT, IT WOULD BE A HASSLE FOR BOTH OF US.

DO YOU WANT ME TO BE TERRORIZED BY YOUR CRAZY FANS

AND CHASED AROUND BY PAPARAZZI LIKE YOU?

...I CAN PROTECT YOU.

NO. I'M THE ONE WHO PROTECTS YOU.

CHANGE THE DUTY ROSTER, THEN.

WHAT?

IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO YOUR JOB AND GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY, RIGHT?

HAH...!

WHY IS HE SUDDENLY ACTING SO CHILDISH?

IF I WERE TO CHANGE THE SCHEDULE JUST BECAUSE I FELT LIKE IT...

...YOU CAN’T?

AH...

HAAH...

DAMN IT, I'M SO WEAK AGAINST THAT FACE!

WHY DOES HE HAVE TO RESEMBLE PETE IN THESE SITUATIONS?!

Daddy! Can't you sleep with me tonight?!?

HAAH, FINE. I'LL MEET WITH MARK AND TALK TO HIM.

MHM...

HE'S JUST LIKE PETE.

...CHASE?

WHY DO I SMELL AN OMEGA SCENT ON YOU?

JOSHUA...