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“I imagined you would. We were front-page news, but that wasn’t the true story. Julian being Julian, spun it to his advantage.”
“What do you mean?”
“It’s a long story, but the cliff notes version is he didn’t know we had a daughter after he’d left town.”
I jolted back, not expecting her to say that.
“You have your reasons as to why you didn’t tell Jax, and I respect that. He doesn’t have the best reputation with women, and there’s probably a woman every other month claiming she’s pregnant with his kid, but I can assure you you’re the only baby mama he has.”
I scoffed out a chuckle despite still wanting to wring his neck.
“I know how hard it is to feel backed into a corner, and I promise I’ll be on your side the entire time, Sophie. Whatever you need or want, I’ll make it happen, but you have to do this for him.” She shrugged. “You owe him, don’t you think?”
“There’s more to it than just Ben, Autumn. I have a career—”
“I know.”
“What do you mean, you know?”
“I know who you are.”
“And here I thought Jax was the one with all the surprises.”
“I’m a publicist, Sophie. It’s my job to know everything.”
“How long have you known?”
“A couple of days. I found out after I found you.”
“You found me?”
“Yeah. After your night with Jax, Caleb spent the next month trying to find you for him.”
My mouth dropped open. “You’re lying.”
“Go ask him yourself.”
It was like one blow after the other. My head was spinning with the overload of information she was sharing.
“Caleb didn’t find you, but I did. I understand why you were hiding your identity. You had a son to think about. From one mother to another, I know how important it is to keep him out of the limelight. This industry can eat you up and spit you out. It’s the risk you take by being in the public eye. Jax is by far one of the most famous athletes of our time. He’s going to go down in history as the greatest of all time, and that’s a lot for a child to take on. The press hounds his every move, but you know at the end of the day, drama sells. Most of the stories you read about him are false. I know you know that.”
“I don’t know anything. Least of all, what’s the truth or lies when it comes to Jax. I thought I knew who he was, I hoped I did, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. I didn’t know him at all.”
“What happened between you two?”
“I don’t want to talk about it. It doesn’t matter. I’m not that girl anymore, and Jax is sadly mistaken if he thinks I’m going to be.”
“I understand.”
“I don’t think you do. I can’t do this. I can’t be his wife, even if it is fake.”
“Why do you think that is, Sophie?”
“What are you getting at, Autumn?”
“Maybe the fact that you don’t want to do this for him is because you’re scared that you’ll fall in love with him again?”
I shook my head. “That’s not it.”
