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his eyes off you,” Ni hissed, staring at Chloe with a whole new look of appreciation.
    Chloe shrugged. “Maybe I look like someone he knows?”
    Ni and Jenny still looked bug-eyed, but finally became engrossed in their own conversation.
    A few minutes later, Edward jumped up on the stage and began welcoming everyone to the Booth. He made a big deal of welcoming Finn, which seemed to embarrass Finn immensely. Edward called the rest of the cast down to the first row near Finn, and Chloe forced herself to move down. She, Jenny and Ni sat in the row behind Finn, and once more, Finn turned to look at her. This time, he turned completely around to stare at her.
    “ I’m Finn,” he said to Chloe, extending his hand.
    As if Chloe didn’t know who he was!
    “ Chloe,” she said quietly, shaking his hand. His hands were large and his grip was firm. Chloe imagined what those hands would feel like against her body and then she internally admonished herself for such thoughts.
    But she had to admit that Finn Harrison was even more handsome up close. Chloe guessed that Finn was in his early forties, but he easily could pass for thirty-five. If he had abused his body with drugs and alcohol, it was impossible to tell. Whatever he was doing now was working, because he looked fantastic.
    When Finn turned back around, Jenny was staring at her flabbergasted and Ni was shaking her head in amazement.
    Chloe shrugged.
    Edward then called the cast onstage, but let Finn stay in his seat. The cast was going to go through the show onstage, but Finn could stay in his seat and read his lines.
    “ I have a lot of them memorized already,” Finn offered.
    Edward beamed as if Finn had just announced that he had created the earth.
    “ Wonderful! Wonderful! The others are nearly off book, so that will be marvelous!”
    Ryan and Andre rolled their eyes and Chloe stifled a giggle. The sooner Edward stopped kissing Finn’s ass, the sooner everyone could relax.
    They began rehearing and Chloe was caught off guard by the intensity behind Finn’s voice. With Edward reading the part, she had never realized how much significance was behind some of the professor’s lines, and Finn gave the lines much more meaning.
    The banter between Chloe and Finn’s characters felt real and when it came to the part where they were supposed to make out, Finn stopped.
    “ Is something wrong?” Edward asked.
    Chloe blushed. Clearly, Finn realized that she was the one he would be kissing. He was probably sorry that it wasn’t Jenny or Ni.
    Finn didn’t respond, his eyes boring into Chloe. Feeling exposed, she ducked her head and took a step to the side.
    “ No. No, problem,” Finn said hoarsely.
    Chloe felt her face flame even brighter and she wanted to sink through the floor. She could not remember ever being more embarrassed. Clearly, Finn did not want to kiss her, and now she was even more nervous and anxious over it.  She wished desperately that she had been cast in Jenny or Ni’s part instead.
    The rest of the rehearsal went by painlessly but Chloe was self-conscious the entire time. When they were given a break, Chloe hurried off the stage and all but ran out of the theatre. As soon as she burst outside into the busy New York street, she speed-dialed Jae-Jae.
    “ Hey, Chlo. Can I just say how freaking jealous I am of you! I can’t believe Finn-’’
    “ Finn Harrison is the biggest ass!” Chloe burst out, cutting Jae-Jae off.
    “ What?”
    “ You would not believe what he just did?”
    “ Ohh – celebrities behaving badly! Tell me!”
    “ It’s not funny. First, when I walked in, he turned around and stared at me like I was some kind of freak show. Then when I had to sit near him, he stared at me again and introduced himself. And then when it came to the part where we are supposed to kiss, he just froze! He froze! He didn’t say anything! Didn’t say his lines! And the director had to ask him what the problem was! He just sat there, staring like he