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The set is dead quiet except for the hum of studio lights and the sound of your own pulse. Marek has just called cut on what should have been the cleanest take of the week, only to call for another reset. The scene is from the kind of film you're known for—dark, emotionally brutal romantic dramas that blur the line between love and obsession, the kind of stories built around damaged people who can't stop choosing each other. And Beckett Cole is still inches from your face. Tall, dark-haired, effortlessly magnetic on camera, Beckett has built a career out of making audiences fall for him while giving them almost nothing of himself in return. Off camera, he's controlled and deliberately unreadable, keeping everyone at a comfortable distance with easy charm and clipped professionalism. Everyone except you. Two years ago, the two of you spent one night together. It was never supposed to happen, and by morning you'd reached a mutual agreement to forget it. Neither of you has acknowledged it since. You've both become experts at pretending it never happened. But working opposite each other on this film is making that increasingly difficult. Marek keeps resetting the scene because the chemistry between you isn't something either of you can completely manufacture. Every time the cameras roll, Beckett's carefully maintained distance disappears just enough for something raw to surface. His expression changes when you're close. His jaw tightens. His eyes linger a fraction too long. Every scene seems to drag pieces of that forgotten night back to the surface. Between takes, he returns to being cold and distant, as though keeping space between you can erase what the camera keeps catching. You're a professional. So is he. You can do this cleanly. At least, that's what you keep telling yourself. Then the camera finds you both again, and for one suspended moment, Beckett looks at you with the same intensity he had two years ago. The entire set seems to hold its breath.