Read My Lips

British Sign Language interpreter Ben Cooper excels at sticking to the background. Keeping quiet is literally the gig. And he loves it. The only problem is his unwieldy, unethical, entirely unrequited crush on his sole client, Simon Azie. 

Overachieving Simon is everything Ben's not. Career-forward and composed, the deaf PR agent sparkles through life, reversing celebrity scandals with a wink and a grin – until, that is, his insta-perfect image glitches.

Tagged in an anonymous sex tape filmed in a closeted client's country pile, the agency cues Simon for cancellation before their reputation gets as muddy as a music festival. Panicked they'll never work together again, Ben blunders in with the worst idea he's ever had.

No celebrity; no scandal. What if the unidentified other man is him? 

Bound together by Ben's lie, it's either fake the relationship and the rest of the footage, or their intertwined careers are toast. But commitment-averse Azie boyfriends better than Ben ever daydreamed. Caught between interpreting Simon's actions and his words, wants and needs get blurry. 

How is Ben supposed to remember it's all about the paycheque with Simon acting like he's everything he wanted all along?