I grabbed Mia by the arm impatiently and yanked her in front of me. “What are you playing at now?”

Startled by my sudden fury, she shrank back, her voice trembling as she explained carefully, “Avery, Joe is trying to force me to shoot an explicit film.”

Joe sauntered over with a grin. “Mia, you can’t just make things up like that. You were the one begging me to introduce you to film resources. You said as long as you could break into the entertainment industry, even shooting a taboo film would be fine. That’s why I agreed to help you.”

“I didn’t!”

“Avery, we’ve been brothers for over twenty...