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Episode 705: I Only WantedDustin shook his head as he watched one of his lead actors walk out of the rehearsal space, cutting things short. Yeah, he’d promised earlier that the actor could take off at this specific hour, but that was before time had flown by so fast with so little done. The worst part was that Dustin knew the lack of progress was mostly his fault; he was too much of a perfectionist. The trait was a curse and a blessing.He turned to Adria. Her hair pulled back in a sloppy ponytail, her body hidden beneath baggy sweats, and not a trace of makeup on her face. Dustin was sure this was her deliberate attempt to look unattractive, only that wasn’t possible at her level of attractiveness. "So," he said, "looks like it’s just you and me." Panic filled her eyes. "I’m going to go now, too." She grabbed her purse off the floor and held it in front of her like she needed a shield to protect her from him. Dustin frowned. "You need to clear that kind of thing ahead of time, it’s common courtesy, this is a job, you wouldn’t just walk out on any other kind of boss without advance notice. I thought you were the one person as serious about this as I am." "I am serious about this," Adria’s eyes darted around the big empty space, her hands still clutching that purse for dear life. "I just-" "We need to work some more on these scenes." "I know, but I don’t think that’s a good idea right now," she said. "Because we’re alone?" Adria nodded. Exasperation clawed at his skin. "I’m not going to do anything to you!" "I should go." Adria moved to walk by him. He grabbed her arm. "Let go!" "You’re the one who needs to let go," Dustin insisted. "Stop being so full of yourself. I. Don’t. Want. You." It wasn’t entirely true, but he definitely didn’t want her to the degree where he’d risk his career to pursue her. "So it’s all in my imagination?" She scowled. "Maybe you’re seeing what you want to see from me. You chose to come back to the play." "Because I want to act." "You’re not here for anything else?" "I’m married." "Maybe you’ve been married for too long?" Dustin hadn’t intended to say that, it just flew out, as did, "or maybe it happened when you were too young?" Considering he didn’t want anything, including his attraction to his leading lady to get in the way of work, it was a curious couple of questions to pose. Apparently Adria’s husband thought so, too, as he stepped out of the darkness. "Answer him, Addie."
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