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Chapter Thirteen
“What happened to you and River?” Anton asked as we drove to see Kells on-set for The Cold Conflict music video.
It had been two days since we had seen each other. Yesterday was filled with sleep and much-needed rest from my overexerted night with River. It had been ages since someone really fucked me. Fucked me so deeply that I could still feel him throbbing, pounding inside my walls. I knew I wasn’t hallucinating, but good grief, the frustration at night was unbearable. I longed for him. But what he lacked in presence, River called and texted whenever he had free time.
It was dangerous that we were reverting back to our old ways after I had reinstated time and time again that I wasn’t interested in rekindling our relationship. However, the man was unyielding.
I glanced toward one of my best friends and considered his question. “What do you mean by that?” Everyone witnessed I disappeared with him in his bedroom, but I wanted to pick Anton’s brain before stating anything. Discussing my love life wasn’t one of my strongest fortes.
“Have you seen the way he looks at you, sprinkles? His eyes were on you every time I looked at him. Like Christ, I’ve never seen anyone like that. He’s not one of your, like, secret stalkers, is he?”
I had stalkers, let alone secret ones? Ha.
“Well you see; River’s sort of like … you know … my first love, my first boyfriend.” Damn, that was hard to say out loud.
“I don’t know if he got the memo ’cause there’s no mistaking how much he still wants you. We all have eyes, and we all agree that he is crazy for you.”
“Yeah, but I’m not treading back to memory lane. Not like that, anyway. We’re just friends now.” Hearing that made it all the hollower. Did I really believe that? Fuck, River was trouble.
Anton almost hit the brakes as he stared at me, askance. “Friends? Youjustwant to be friends with River Ellis? Not only is he one of the biggest stars today, but shit, Cara, have you seen how perfectly perfect of a specimen he is? How can you resist when he looks like he’s about to devour your sexy, beautiful pussy on the spot?”
“No, he doesn’t!” I exclaimed, aghast. River was always going to be that kid I grew up with and no some mega star that people saw him as. Besides, nothing could change the past, even though I wanted to erase all the bad memories when I was with him. “He betrayed me, Anton. That’s why it’s never going to work.”
“He cheated?”
And that was where the argument lied.
“He says he didn’t, but there were just too many women. And when Hailey Mavis came into the picture, I just couldn’t handle it.” To this day, that woman could rile me up like no other. My stomach coiled at the memory of her all over him, kissing his cheek and what of it.
“Oh, her. Yeah, she’s so cunty.” Anton threw me an apologetic look. “I’m sorry, baby cakes. I’m sure that must’ve been hard to witness.”
He had no idea.
“I’m over it. I mean, I moved on from all that.” Lies. Lies. Lies. Hearing that wretched woman’s name made me want to gouge my eyes out.
“Don’t you want to give him a second chance, though? I’m sure this time will be different.”
“No, I don’t believe in second chances, Anton. River had one, and he royally blew it. I have nothing left to give him.”
“But that’s really extreme.” My friend gazed at me as though I had just announced I was the man behind Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
“River’s lifeisextreme. I can’t compete with it. Do you know how many women they try to pair him with? You know how it is here. Everyone’s a model or tries to look like one. I can’t put myself through all that bullshit. I’ve been there, done that. No more.” Or the insecurity and the uncertainty that came along with it. It took quite a lot for a woman to put up a lot of the twisted upheaval and mind fuckery. I had retired from that. My life was peaceful these days.
“Well, that’s a shame.” He sighed. “I really was hoping to see you get married and shit.”
I stared at him in horror. “Let’s not ruin the morning, okay? I need coffee before you can continue grilling me in the hot seat.”
“You’ve got yourself a deal, babe.” He tapped on the steering wheel before glancing toward his navigation. “We’re almost there. I’m actually excited about this.”
“So am I.” I beamed as my thought drifted toward how the day would unfold. This was an exciting experience, and I was ecstatic that our friend decided to let us in on it.
The set was in one of the Malibu’s caves. With the sun barely just out in the horizon, the beautiful set was breathtaking. The place was lined with trailers, tents, and a lot of lighting. While the sound check crew busied themselves, we scoured for our friend, who just happened to be in the finishing touches of the lead in the band, Will.
From a few feet away, my eyes were glued to his side profile. The British rock star didn’t disappoint. He was gorgeous, tatted up, and had danger written all over him.
“I like to stare at him and all, but how about we check out the food? I need coffee and a few muffins to stop scaring people away with the roaring riot inside my stomach?” Anton grumbled as I heard the loud angry sound from his belly.
“Jesus, let’s go before you pass out.” I giggled as I grabbed his arm.
