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“I need to get revenge on him. We need to fuck his life up and make him pay for what he did to you. The thought of him being out there…”
Worry begins to race through me and my anxiety about the consequences of Landon getting revenge terrifies me. My hands tense into fists against his top and my breathing begins to accelerate before he softly brushes his lips against mine, calming and soothing me with soft touches.
“No baby. You can’t hurt him. He’s too well connected, and he could ruin you and I can’t lose you. Not again, please?”
Landon sighs and I begin to relax but I know this isn’t the end. I just hope he can let it go. I have him back and I can’t let him go. Not ever again.He settles back against the bed and holds me against his chest, pressing soft kisses to my hair as we let the subject drop for now.
The next few days pass quickly with me being monitored and I’m only allowed to go back to filming as long as I return in one week for bloods.
Maggie appears when I’m finally discharged fussing and asking everyone to sign NDA’s about us and my treatment. I don’t give a shit if it gets out anymore. I’m so tired of hiding, so over not being with my person in public because of someone else’s homophobic ass opinion.
I’m still low, and scared that I’ll hurt myself again, but Landon rarely leaves me alone as we settle back into the hotel for a few days before filming begins. He doesn’t mention revenge on Xander again, doesn’t tell me what, if anything, he’s planning but I know he is. I know him and I know he’s thinking of what he can do to punish Xander and make sure he doesn’t hurt anyone else like he’s hurt us, but I’ll just need to stop whatever he’s planning because I’m not losing him again because of Xander.
The few days at the hotel pass quickly and luckily my bloodwork seems to be okay. I’m lucky that there was no lasting damage to any of my organs, but it still feels like something is going to go wrong.
“Baby, you ready to get out of here?” Landon’s soft voice breaks into my thoughts as he comes back into our room after taking our bags down to the cars. His smile is muted and I know something is bothering him.
“Yeah, sure.”
I want to ask what’s wrong as we move silently through the hotel but Landon’s stiff posture and the small space between us feels like a mountain I can’t breach.
“Babe, is everything okay?”
My voice is weak, soft and quivers as I speak, but Landon only shrugs. His whole posture screams get away from me, so I bite my tongue until we’re in the car with Vikki and Greg. No one speaks and the silence is tense, filled with unspoken words.
It’s a three hour drive to our location and we’re going to be staying in little huts in the desert while filming is going on. I’m supposed to be rooming with Vikki and I wonder if that is what’s still happening when Greg speaks.
“Have you spoke about it yet?”
Landon growls low in his throat and glowers at Greg as my eyes shift to watch him. His posture is stiff, and his face is tight with fury evident on his features. He won’t meet my eyes, even though I’m sure whatever’s going on involves me too.
“Vikki, what’s going on?”
Landon looks at me, pleading with his eyes for me to stop but I need to know. I gave a subtle shake of my head, and his eyes drop to his hands. He clenches and unclenches his fists as Vikki speaks in a short whisper.
“H, someone outed you both. There are pictures on the internet of you both kissing at a party a few years ago. Only VIP’s were allowed so it was someone who…”
“Why? Why would anyone do that?”
I’m not annoyed to be out. I’m fuming that I didn’t get to decide when to come out and that someone outed Landon.
“Because the news broke that we were in a movie together and what better way to fuck with us while filming that to out us. Plus, it must have been someone who knew exactly what happened a year ago, because they told everyone that we broke up due to infidelity. The internet is going wild…”
His voice is bitter, and he still keeps his gaze locked on his fists.
“Are you angry that we were outed?”
His eyes lift and I see the fear, the betrayal and the hurt in his tight eyes, thin lips and lined forehead.
“No. I’m not. Are you?”
There’s a challenge in his tone, like he wants me to fight him on it, but I can’t. I won’t.
“I’m pissed that someone out you without your consent and I’m worried a little at how my label will react, but no. I’m not angry to be out, more that we didn’t get a chance to do it like we wanted. I’m relieved I guess, maybe.”
His gaze finally lifts and his eyes stare into mine again before he surges across the small space between us and wraps his arms around me. For a few minutes there’s complete silence in the car as I snuggle into Landon’s neck. His scent, his touch and his warmth is home to me. I’m finally home and I don’t ever want to let this feeling go.
“Are you sure?” Landon’s voice breaks into my thoughts and I smile, nodding softly against his skin before pressing a soft kiss to his neck.
