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“Mia?”
“Fine,” she replies, but I don't believe her. At all. “What about the wedding?”
“What about it?”
“Liam and Cerys's wedding is next week. Who are you taking?”
“Not you.” Mia's face falls and I temper my tone. “I just told you why. I don't want the world thinking we're together.”
“I can tell people we're not. Please! I'd literallydieto go to the wedding.”
“It's not upmarket, Mia. Very understated.”
She wrinkles her nose. “I guess their wedding would be. I mean, they're not very ... you know.”
“No. Enlighten me.”
“Like...” I watch as Mia attempts to find words that won't sound insulting. “They're not very star-like.”
I shake my head in disbelief. “The wedding will not be your thing.”
Mia pulls a tissue from a nearby box and continues to wipe at her streaked face. “I just thought... if the girl from Austria isn't going with you...”
“Australia. And there's no girl, please keep out of my business, Mia,” I say tersely.
“You should find yourself a girl.”
“Like I said, that girl won't be you and keep out of my business.”
Pissed off she's dragged the spectre of Hannah up after three weeks trying to push her away in my mind, I stand and head to the kitchen. Grabbing a carton of orange juice from the fridge, I rest against the counter and drink without pouring into a glass.
I'm damn happy for Liam and Cerys, but I'm not looking forward to the wedding. They're perfect for each other and Liam's a different guy around her—relaxed, happy, like he's found what was missing in his life. Dylan and Sky, they're happy too—engaged and marrying soon I'll bet. Fuck knows what's going on with Jem and Ruby and their on/off whatever the hell they call it, but they’re solid.
Everything's changing and I'm still here waiting for my past to catch up, investing my time in other people so I don't have to confront my own emotions. Look at Liam and Cerys, kept apart for years and they weren't even as close as me and Hannah.
I'd kill to have Hannah with me, and take her to the wedding. When I last visited her in Australia, I was going to suggest to Hannah she should come. I intended to ask Hannah to step into my life, so I could show how Cerys and Liam aren't pursued with the same rabid fervour as Jem and Dylan, and she’d be safe with me. Hannah could sneak into the Blue Phoenix world while the spotlight was on others.
Instead, we're over and I'm best man at a wedding I know will depress me.
Not that anybody will notice.
Mia. Hannah. What the hell am I doing? I’m pining over Hannah who doesn't care; she fucked with my head and I need her out of my system. Mia’s taking advantage of me being such a soft touch and I need her out of my house.
No more girls walking over Bryn Hughes. Next girl I meet, I use the fame to my advantage because it’s about time a chick fell at my rock star feet. Then the girl after that. And the next.
Fuck being the nice guy.
