Behind the Scenes
Carmen did her best to keep skin-to-skin contact with Lucas to a minimum. It was difficult, but for the most part she managed to make sure it was only the tools of her trade that touched him; makeup sponge, brush, eyebrow comb, and so on. Thank f**k male actors didn’t (usually) go in for eyeshadow and mascara. She’d have to touch him then—hold his chiselled chin as she swept colour over his eyelids…
She gulped. He was right f*****g next to her. If she lost concentration, brushed her skin against his for more than a millisecond, she was done for. She’d spontaneously combust, she just knew it.
She’d considered asking the head makeup artist if she could work with someone else—perhaps claim he made her uncomfortable, or something. But nobody would believe that. Every strai
