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He shoved what looked like a folder into Caleb’s hand.
“Explain this to me. Now!”
I jolted out of my skin while Caleb read the file. Abruptly he seethed, “Fuck!”
“What?!” I shouted, nervous and overwhelmed.
“The story is going to leak unless I pay them ten million dollars.”
“Story? What story?”
“I’m being extorted for your fucking lies!”
“Jax, I’ll pay it.”
“Fuck you, man! You think that’s what matters to me?! They’re labeling her as a homewrecker, you son of a bitch!”
“Whoa! Time out! Someone explain to me what the hell is going on?”
Jax nodded to Caleb. “Go ahead, Caleb. You tell her.”
His eyes went back and forth between us until he stated, “I swear I thought we were being careful.”
“Careful?” Jax intervened. “What part of fucking my sister on the deck of a boat is careful?”
I loudly gasped. “Oh my God!” I grabbed the papers from Caleb’s hands.
There in front of my eyes was the story FLX was going to run. It was the biggest gossip magazine in the world, and the headline read:
NFL Quarterback Jax Colton’s little sister is a homewrecker.
“Oh my God,” I repeated, hardly breathing.
There were photos of us from the last week, but mostly from last night on the deck of the boat. Despite my heart being in my throat, I continued reading.
Entrepreneur Evie Monroe knows what her clients need in and out of her multi-million-dollar office, playing “the nanny” to Jax Colton’s agent and longtime best friend Caleb Hawkins, who unexpectedly filed for a divorce earlier this year from his wife of eight years, Tessa Hawkins. The two share two children, but that didn’t stop homewrecker Miss Monroe from sinking her claws into him. This explains the surprising divorce for the happy couple. The question in everyone’s mind is how long have they been having an affair? Our sources tell us they’ve been sleeping around for years. Ladies, make sure to keep an eye on Miss Monroe if you hire her services. Who knows whose husband she will snatch next…
I couldn’t read anymore.
Peering up, I looked deep into my brother’s eyes. “This isn’t true, Jax.”
“What part isn’t true? The one where you slept with a married man? Or where you fucked my best friend?”
“Jax,” I breathed out, dangling on the brink of a panic attack.
It only got worse when Caleb decided to affirm, “I’m in love with your sister. I’ve been in love with her since the moment I saw her.”
My eyes snapped up at his statement. “Caleb! Stop it!”
“Stop what, Evie?” He snatched the folder out of my hand. “She didn’t break up my marriage, but she was the reason I filed for divorce.”
“Why on earth would you choose to say that now?!”
“Evie, I’m done lying to him and to everyone else!”
“Are you fucking kidding me?” I bit. “Now’s the time you decide to be honest?”
I couldn’t believe this was the moment he brought this upon us, like dealing with him wasn’t already enough of a challenge.
