Page 28 of Guarding the Singer

Cooper continued to talk. "You're all getting copies of the police report and the pictures. If youwant to see the images, I can have the electronic files available for you."

Alex spoke up. "We're going to need those."

Cooper smiled. "Not a problem. I just want to make sure that we protect Selene during the rest of the shoot. She's already nervous about the movie and she was shaken when she saw what happened to her trailer."

"If you have pictures of any other damage from events before this. We'll need to see that as well."

William's heart was in his throat, and he didn't bother looking down at the packet of paper that Badger had handed him. He didn't want to see the images while he was in the room with others. He had a good hold on his actions.

Normally.

Selene was a weak spot for him in the same way that his sister was.

No.

Selene wasn't anything like his sister.

His thoughts about the singer had NOTHING to do with those kinds of affectionate thoughts.

He wanted to protect Selene. Needed to.

"We have two weeks left in filming and it's imperative that we keep the public's knowledge about this to a minimum. We've been concerned with keeping the whole shoot quiet as a favor to Selene."

Sadie moved and William turned to look at her.

"Selene wasn't sure she wanted to do this movie,"Sadie explained. "She wasn't sure she wanted to branch out from singing. She's done videos and the like, but it's normally based on performing her songs for the camera. This movie is about a singer, so she is singing, but there is a lot of acting for her to do. And the production company that Cooper founded is using this as their first movie to be released. A flagship production."

Badger and Flash nodded. William turned his gaze toward Sadie and then met Alex's normally calmly elegant demeanor.

Cooper continued. "I'm up to my eyeballs in funding this picture."

William bristled at his words.

"But my first concern is Selene. And making sure that she feels safe to work. Keeping things quiet is at a premium." His gaze dipped down a little. "The people who say no press is bad press wasn't around during social media. Now, all it takes to tank a film is for a hint of scandal to pop up."

William's left hand fisted at his side. He managed to keep his right hand on the armrest, relaxed. As much as he could feign the emotion.

"So, if we could keep any more negative aspects of this quiet. That would be ideal."

William lifted the packet and looked at the first page. "Vandalism?"

"Huh?" Cooper's head popped up and he frowned. "What-"

"The police are classifying the incident as vandalism."

Cooper nodded. “As far as we know, it is."

"You're talking about Selene specifically. But you're dismissing this, at least publicly as simple vandalism?"

"Gunny-"

William turned his head toward Alex and with a look, he turned back to the producer. "You're not telling us everything you're worried about."

He saw Sadie's expression across the way in his peripheral vision. She raised a brow at his comments, but her face didn't show any anger or other emotion like it.

"You're worried about Selene specifically. So these other incidents must have been targeted at her."

Cooper lowered his leg to the ground and sat forward, bracing his elbows on his knees.

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