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This is all just a dream. I’m just another girl in a pretty dress, waiting for my life to come crashing down around me.
14
EVAN
Thedoortomyoffice opens and for the millionth time, I consider keeping the door always locked. However, when I see Alex, some of the tension eases from my shoulders.
Alex has been working with me for years and before that, we used to run around together after university, convinced that we could take on the world some day.
Since Dave’s death, he’s been one of my closest friends.
“You have some explaining to do,” he says as he closes the door and sits down across the desk from me.
“What are you talking about?”
Alex shrugs and pulls out his phone. “Haven’t you seen the news about that event you were at the other night?”
I freeze and look at him. “What do you mean? The charity event was private. There shouldn’t be any news about it.”
“Well, there is,” he says, scrolling through his phone. “And it’s not good news.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Calm down and let me pull up one of the articles. You have to tell me about this girl though. She looks a little young for you.”
My cheeks warm as he passes me the phone. I see pictures of Kendall and me dancing at the top of the article. The photos aren’t great—they look like they were taken on a phone—but they’re clear enough to identify who’s in the picture.
“Are you actually sleeping with her?” Alex asks, making himself comfortable as he leans back in his seat.
I glare at him before going back to skimming the article. It talks about how in love we look, while suggesting that Kendall is dating me to take advantage of my wealth. More than once, the article calls her a gold digger without using the word outright.
Anger flows through me as I find article after article about us.
Every gossip site that could have picked up on the news has. Stories are plastered all over the internet about how I’m robbing the cradle. More articles say that she’s going to leave me the moment I marry her and give her access to my money.
“Where the fuck did a marriage come into this?” I ask, my tone sharp as I hand the phone back to Alex.
He shrugs and tucks his phone into his pocket. “Don’t ask me. I’m not the one who wrote the articles, but if even half of this shit is true, you’re in trouble.”
“The only thing that’s true is that she works for me.”
“And that you’re sleeping with her.” Alex gives me a challenging look, daring me to deny it. I keep my mouth shut and look away from him. “I don’t know what you’re going to do about this but both of you need to be more discreet if you don’t want this to get out.”
“This was supposed to be discreet.” I run my hand through my hair and take a deep breath. “Kendall is going to lose her shit when she sees this. It was hard enough convincing her to go out with me in the first place.”
“So, you’ve finally found the one woman who is capable of resisting you,” Alex says, his tone teasing. “I’m impressed.”
“Enough. She’s not interested in the money. I thought that I would be able to have a good night with her and get her to relax, but this is only going to ruin that night for her.”
Alex raises an eyebrow. “Is there more between the two of you than just sleeping together?”
I shrug. “I don’t know. Neither of us have really talked about that. She and I spend a lot of time together, but that doesn’t have to do with an actual relationship.”
His smile drops into a frown, and he shakes his head. “Look, I can’t say that this doesn’t surprise me, because it does. She is a lot younger than you. You’re both in very different places in your lives.”
“I know. And like I said, I don’t know what there is between us. I’m just trying to relax and enjoy life as it comes to me.”
“This enjoying life is going to bite you in the ass.” Alex sighs. “If she’s who you want, then I’m going to support you.”
