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“Josh, you have to talk to her about this. There might be a reason she didn’t tell you.”
I roll my eyes because every excuse that comes to mind isn’t good enough. This is something that directly affects me and my career, it also makes me shake with rage that someone violated Harper like that. I can’t imagine what she felt when she saw those photos for the first time and for some reason, that right there is the reason I’m so mad.
“Will, I should have protected her from this shit. If I knew about it, I might have been able to make it go away, I might have been able to figure out who sent them and who took them.”
“You’re pissed because she took away your protective instincts.”
I nod my head just as I lower my face into the palms of my hands.
“She didn’t give me the chance to protect her, to protect us.”
Will leans back as his head tilts to look my way.
“Did you think that maybe she didn’t tell you because she was trying to protect you? Because if you think about it from her perspective, your career is affected more than hers. So those photos getting out mean more for you than for her.”
I know he’s right. It doesn’t take away the fact that I’m still pissed as hell that she lied to me over and over when I asked if she was okay. I knew something was bothering her, yet she just kept it all from me. How can I be with someone that keeps something like that from me?
“What are you going to do?” Will asks quietly.
“Well, right now I can’t do shit.”
“What about Harper?”
It’s a fair question. Yet when I think about talking to her, all I want to do is yell obscenities.
“Right now, I want to send these emails, eat the shitty ass food they give us, land and get to our hotel room. After that I’ll figure it out. But to be honest? Right now, I don’t want to talk about Harper, okay?”
Will’s eyes go wide as he nods his head ever so slightly. “Yeah man, I get it. Let me know what you need and I’ll help.”
This is why he’s my best friend. Right now, I need to concentrate on who the fuck is following us, and then I can try to figure out what’s going to happen between Harper and me.
19
Harper
“Please tell me you told him about the pictures,” Mel says the second I walk into the office.
Shit.
“I haven’t.” I’ve spent the past two hours searching every gossip site imaginable, trying to see if there was even a whisper of the pictures, but nothing so far.
“Seriously, Harper?”
I cringe, knowing what’s coming.
“I hate to break it to you, but soon he’s going to find out on his own and then it will be too late,” she mutters, handing me my coffee and sitting down on the couch next to my desk.
“What do you mean?”
“Babe, there’s been too much time between when you got them and when you eventually tell him—if you ever do. If he finds out you kept something like this from him, I will guarantee that he won’t be happy.”
Fuck, I’m screwed.
“Harper,” she says curtly, my eyes flicking up to meet hers. “You need to tell him before it’s too late.”
She gets up and walks out of my office and I know she’s right. I sit back at my desk, looking at the clock and wondering if I should bother Josh now. Should I just wait until he’s back from his trip? Should I even contemplate doing this over the phone. I shake all the doubt out of my head and pull out my phone, bringing up Josh’s number and texting him that I need to talk to him.
Mel’s right.
