"Teagan!" Aria, her oldest sister, wrapped her arms around Teagan's neck and crushed her into a bear hug. "I've missed you!"

She laughed, hugging her sister back. "It's only been a week since you saw me."

"More like a month." Aria scoffed and let go of her. "You haven't been home to see the folks in a while either. Dad's asking about you and your big movie."

"It's not my big movie. I'm just working on it."

Aria shrugged, then reached down and lifted the small young girl who was pulling on her skirt. Cradling her on her hip, she kissed her daughter's forehead. "Tillie, did you say hi to Auntie Teagan?"

Teagan made a silly face at her niece and then gave her a loud, squeaky kissy on her pudgy two-year old cheek. "Hi, baby girl. I missed you!"

"Hi, Tee," Tillie said with a lopsided smile, putting her arms up to be held.

Teagan obliged and swung her young niece into her arms, bouncing her on her hip and singing a nursery rhyme to her.

"Are you sure you don't mind watching her tonight?" Aria asked again, now standing in front of Teagan's mirror and surveying her reflection. She was clearly dressed for a party in a sparkling black cocktail gown and soft white pearls. "I couldn't believe our sitter canceled on us at the last minute. It's not like I can just reschedule Ben's movie premiere. 'Sorry, can't find a sitter, let's do the red carpet another Saturday night?'"

Teagan laughed at her sister's sarcastic tone. "I really don't mind at all. I didn't have any other plans, and I love spending time with Tillie."

"She's my angel." Aria beamed and kissed her daughter's head again. They moved over to Teagan's living room and set Tillie up with a box of toys that Teagan always kept there for her. Of course, Tillie ignored the toys and decided to yank Benson's tail instead—causing him to screech and run out of the room.

Teagan tried not to laugh. "Tillie, be nice to Benson! He's old."

"I literally just called you an angel, babe." Aria collapsed on the couch beside her with a laugh. "Well, I've got a good ten minutes until Ben gets here, so catch me up on your life. I want to know every detail of my baby sister's existence."

Teagan briefly considered lying about her current…situation, but there was no point. Aria was one of the biggest actresses in Hollywood these days, and Ben's reach as a high-level producer was even further. Hell, his company was funding their movie, along with dozens of others. He rarely got down in the day-to-day details, but if they didn't know she was working with Reed by now, they would very soon.

"Um, it's actually a little complicated." Teagan fidgeted with her fingers in her lap.

Aria wiggled her eyebrows. "Those are the best kinds of stories. Spill."

Teagan hesitated for a minute then sighed. "I'm training the lead actor on Break Down, choreographing his set list with his costar."

Aria nodded. "The dance film, I know. It's supposed to be huge, I heard! Ben was already telling me about the promotions they've got lined up for the release. It sounds like it's going to be a big hit."

"Did you also hear it's starring Reed Scott?" Teagan glanced up at her sister to gauge her reaction. "As in…Reed Scott."

Aria stared at her for a moment, then recognition hit her eyes and they widened as her mouth fell open. "Reed Scott…like your Reed? I mean, I knew he was an actor, but I didn't know he was on your film. He's…wait, what? This is crazy. So, you're working with that asswipe?"

"Yeah…" Teagan chewed on the edge of her lip, still unsure how she felt about it all herself. She'd definitely hated him the moment she saw him, and had completely freaked out over the idea of having to train him. But since then…well, a lot had happened. And tomorrow, they were having lunch. Catching up. Whatever that means.

She'd also been watching him filming, and his acting was some of the best she'd seen. He was nothing but a professional on set, even when he was at practice with her and Elena. It was a stark contrast to the Reed Scott she'd seen disgracing the tabloids over the last few years. Her stomach turned at the memory of all the photos of him with other women. She couldn't even go to a damn grocery store without seeing the man she'd almost married taking jello shots off of a stripper's stomach.

But that Reed wasn't the man she'd seen on set the last two weeks, and she hoped to God it wasn't him at all. But, in the same moment, she was frustrated she even cared.

"And you are the one who has to train him? They can't have another choreographer do it?"

Teagan shook her head adamantly. Hell no. "I don't want anyone else to do it. This is my career—and this job is huge for me. You know how hard I've worked to get back to my career, work my way back up the ladder. I can't throw that away because my ex-fiancé walks in the door."

Aria reached her hand over and squeezed Teagan's. "He isn't just your ex-fiancé, Teag. He left you at the altar. He didn't visit you once in the hospital—a hospital you wouldn't have even been in if you'd been happily married and on your honeymoon." Aria let out a deep breath, leaning back into the couch cushions and closing her eyes. "God, I could just kill him."

"Believe me, so could I." Teagan chuckled lightly, though none of this felt particularly funny. "I'm not going easy on him. I'm not letting him back in. He knows very clearly that I…I hate him."

"Oh, crap." Aria released a dramatic sigh. "You don't hate him. Shit. I can't believe you don't hate him."

"What are you talking about?" Teagan furrowed her brows. "I literally just said I did."

"Yeah, you said it, but your face didn't." Aria pointed at Teagan's face and waved her hand around. "The rest of you probably didn't either. You're going to get suckered back in by his charm and fall head over heels again. He's your kryptonite—always was."

Teagan shook her head. "I can promise you a thousand percent that me falling in love with Reed Scott for a second time is absolutely not ever, ever, ever going to happen."

Aria looked at her for a minute then rolled her eyes. "Good lord. Just don't tell Mom and Dad."

A knock on her front door interrupted the snappy response Teagan was about to deliver back to her sister.

Aria jumped up to answer it and then greeted her husband, Ben Lawson, with a giant hug and kiss. "Ben, did you know who was starring in Break Down?"

Ben wrapped his arm around his wife's waist, pressing a kiss below her ear. "Reed Scott. Why?"

Aria pointed at Teagan. "Did you also know that Reed Scott left Teagan at the altar eight years ago?"

Ben's eyes flamed and he looked between them. "What? That's Reed? The actor Reed Scott?" Ben pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and began dialing. "I'll have him removed from the project immediately."

"No!" Teagan put her hands up. "Are you two crazy? I am an adult and perfectly capable of taking care of myself. I do not need my big sister and brother-in-law coming to my rescue."

Aria frowned. "Okay, but if I see him, am I allowed to punch him one time? Just once. I swear, it won't even be that hard. I'm not that strong."

"My punch will be hard," Ben clarified, flexing his bicep and showing off. "Like, knock him to the ground and stomp on him strong."

Teagan couldn't stop the laughter from bubbling up at the absurd images they were creating. She knew they'd never actually do anything aggressive, but she also knew Aria and Ben would do anything for her. They were her family and she loved them with everything in her. "You guys realize your daughter can hear your violent rampage, right?"

Ben smiled and walked over to Tillie, lifting her up with a big, silly roar. "My girl's going to be a badass, right, Til? You going to punch all those boys in the face and never, ever, ever, ever date anyone?"

Tillie squealed and kicked her legs, laughing and falling into her father's arms. "Never!"

Aria kissed Ben's cheek. "You're impossible. Come on, we're going to be late."

Ben handed Tillie to Teagan, and she cuddled right into her side, laying her head on Teagan's shoulder. "Be good to my girl, Teag. And Til? Don't terrorize your auntie."

"No!" Tillie clapped her hands as she shouted her favorite word.

Ben headed for the door, but Aria lagged behind for a moment. Leaning in closer to Teagan, Aria lowered her voice. "Just be careful, Teagan. No matter who he is now, or what's left between you—don't forget what he cost you."

Teagan nodded, because despite what had happened between her and Reed, her sister was right. And even more so, she wasn't sure it mattered anymore.