Rafi Reyes figures going along with a fake-dating stunt is only fair after Julian Gault saves his life. The young actor is famously cold and snotty, and Rafi's rock band is falling apart in the wake of betrayal. A shiny new romance might be just what both their reputations need. It's too bad they don't actually like each other, but they'll both benefit -- a softer public image for Julian, revenge against his ex for Rafi.<br><br>But as they navigate public events, attend red-carpet premieres, and play cat-and-mouse with paparazzi together, Rafi gets to know a different Julian than he expected -- one who defends horses, takes care of his troubled cousin, and has Rafi's back against his dysfunctional family. Rafi starts to hope he and Julian have something real together.<br><br>But Julian has secrets more painful than Rafi can imagine. With Julian's powerful and controlling uncle scheming to turn them against each other, their relationship must become something much deeper if it -- and possibly either of them -- are to survive.

Star Bright

Considering what some of Carlos’s departing girlfriends had written on the mirror or carved into the side of his car, Rafi theorized that his brother had never quite gotten the knack of that ‘partner satisfaction’ thing.


It didn’t matter, Rafi told himself. The heart wanted what it wanted and all that. He didn’t have to understand why Bo had chosen Carlos, or why Carlos had chosen Bo over his brother. Rafi just had to…deal with it anyway, somehow. It didn’t have to make sense.


And it didn’tmake sense, because when he first saw the picture of Bo’s pregnant belly, his heart had tried to leap into the clouds. Some part of him still expected to start a family with Bo, have a future with Bo. Some part of him saw that Bo was having a baby and thought, We’re having a baby!


And even now, knowing that trying to co-parent with Bo and Carlos would be messy and painful and terrible, he wanted that baby to be his.


Chapter 26