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His arm was wrapped too tight around her and Val really was doing her best to keep a smile on her face at that moment. There were too many people looking at them already and it wasn’t helping that Leo had been drinking too much and was making a scene. “Leo please stop.” She kept her voice low as she looked up at him trying her best to keep their conversation between the two of them but it was clear people were looking after how loud he had been. “Can we go home? You’re making things worse.” This hadn’t been something she wanted to do in the first place but both of their teams had said it would be good to go out and make a public appearance together to show that the leak hadn’t damaged their relationship. 

It was after work, and Madeleine needed to make a trip to the grocery store for just a few things. She was on a mission to make this a quick trip. No wandering off for other snacks because she suddenly had a craving. No, this time, she would get in there and only get what she needed, and then promptly exit with only the necessary items. This was the mantra she kept going in her mind as she walked through the aisles.

Glancing down at her basket, she was missing only one more thing, and she made her way to the aisle, walking around a man who had stopped in front of a different section of the shelves. Madeleine paused in front of the spices, biting her lip as she surveyed all the names trying to find the one she needed. The man from a little up the aisle had now stopped next to her, and at that moment she saw what she needed. The last one. Reaching forward Madeleine found her hand bumping into the stranger’s as they apparently needed the very same thing. Pulling her hand back, her eyes lifted to look at the man. “Oh, I’m so sorry...” A blush immediately coloring her cheeks. “Did you need that one?”

“This may sound like it is coming out of nowhere, and I do hope you’ll excuse me for abrupt.” Zelos murmured, letting his book fall to the floor and glancing over at Leo. “But on a scale of 1 to ‘absolutely’, what’re my chances of getting you inside of me?”

sVal had been over the moon when she’d found out she’d gotten the part. Sure it was supporting but she was still in a movie with adult themes and geared towards an audience over the age of thirteen so she was excited to start the project. Until news broke that she wasn’t the only one that was going to be in it. Leo was a big name and she should have expected that eventually they’d put the two of them in something together. Drama sold tickets just like it sold magazines. But Val couldn’t help but hope that their scenes together would be limited so she didn’t have to see much of him. It was bad enough that he was splashed over most tabloids with his flavor of the week while she’d still been absent from socials since their breakup. It kept her out of the spotlight and made it easier to ignore things which she liked. 

But she couldn’t ignore that his trailer was right next to hers and she was going to be seeing quite a bit of him. Sitting back on the couch she opened the script and went over the scenes she’d be shooting that day. It was the first day of shooting for her. and she didn’t want to screw anything up. Not when it was her first role since leaving Disney. Flipping to the right page she stated to read through things but paused at the knock on her door. “Come in.” She called out as she sat up a little straighter with a smile on her face. Only for it to slip when she saw Leo come into the trailer. “Do you need something?”