Madly Yours (Nora Reed) novel Chapter 380

"What are you doing here? I thought I told you not to pick me up today?"

Hudson reached out, gripping her waist and pulling her flush against his solid chest. "I had to come make sure none of these pretty boys stole my wife."

Nora laughed, shaking her head. "None of them are nearly as handsome as you."

Hudson's eyes darkened instantly. "Is that so?"

Realizing exactly what she had just said, the tips of Nora's ears burned bright red. She quickly turned her head away.

Hudson gently pinched her chin, tilting her face back up, and crashed his lips down onto hers.

The kiss was intoxicating, draining all the strength from her legs. Her mind went completely blank, spinning in a dizzying haze of pure heat...

She was violently dragged back to reality by a frantic, heavy knocking at the door. By then, her lips were swollen from the bruising kiss, and she couldn't even remember when the top few buttons of her blouse had been undone.

Standing out in the hallway, Arthur knew exactly how dangerous it was to interrupt his boss right now, but he had no choice. He kept knocking.

A moment later, the door swung open. Hudson stood there, his face thunderously dark, a light sheen of sweat on his neck, practically radiating lethal sexual frustration.

Arthur felt a chill rip down his spine. "Boss... Leo is outside getting into a massive fight..."

Nora hastily buttoned her blouse, frantically touched up her smeared lipstick, shot Hudson a warning glare, and bolted out the door.

...

In the side corridor off the main studio, Leo was locked in a vicious standoff with Nadine Yates.

"Who the hell are you calling a diva?" Leo's voice was dangerously low, vibrating with absolute fury.

Nadine's eyes were red and brimming with tears. "I just wanted to run through the blocking with you! You called me annoying and then you shoved me..."

"When the hell did I touch you?!" Leo roared.

A crowd of crew members had already gathered, whispering frantically.

Nadine's assistant had her phone raised high, the camera lens locked onto Leo, streaming the entire meltdown live.

The internet was already having a meltdown of its own.

[Did Leo Hamilton just assault a woman?!]

[No way! I know he has a bad temper, but he'd never hit anyone!]

[It's literally on video, how can you defend him?!]

Nora pushed through the crowd. She took one look at Nadine, then shifted her gaze to Leo.

"Maybe... maybe I misremembered," Nadine stammered, frantically wiping her tears, her voice suddenly trembling. "It was really chaotic a second ago. I think I just lost my footing..."

[So she completely made it up?!]

[She lost her footing and immediately accused him of assault? That's insane!]

[This chick is toxic. She totally did that on purpose.]

Seeing the internet turn viciously against her, the assistant finally panicked and killed the stream.

Without sparing Nadine another glance, Nora turned to Leo. "Let's go."

Leo followed her down the hall, his face still dark with rage. Once they were out of earshot, he lowered his voice. "Nora, can we blacklist her? That bitch actually tried to ruin my career to get famous. She's got a death wish."

Nora couldn't help but laugh. "Blacklist her? Since when does Star Entertainment have the absolute power to just erase people from the industry?"

Leo looked at her like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Star Entertainment might not. But the Hamilton family does."

"..."

Right. She had almost forgotten. He wasn't just a pop star; he was the heir to a billionaire dynasty.