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“Nothing,” she said, and I could tell by the way her features shifted she was lying. “Do you need anything else for the meeting? The execs are all set up with drinks and snacks, and I’ve queued up the video pitch Weston instructed me to play.”
“Thank you,” I said, walking around my desk to stand in front of her. “But what I’d really like for you to do is be honest with me right now. What’s going on? There’s something, I know it.”
Pity flashed in her eyes, and she shook her head. “We can talk about it after the meeting—”
“Talk about it now. I have two minutes.”
“I really thought you already knew,” she said, digging into her bag. She pulled out the Valentine’s Day issue of Vogue, handing it to me like she was handing me a loaded gun. “I’m fully prepared to walk out with you, you know,” she said as I took it from her. “No questions asked.”
I scrunched my brow at her, shifting my iPad beneath my arm so I could hold the magazine. While I appreciated the loyalty, I was totally confused. “Why would you need to walk out with me—”
My stomach plummeted as I flipped over the magazine, spotting Lena on the cover. And it wasn’t because I didn’t care for her or the gorgeous, honey-glow smile she sported—it was the three-carat emerald cut diamond ring on her left-hand ring finger that made my stomach churn.
Iknewthat ring.
I’d seen Weston’s grandmother wear it at his high school graduation, and I’d heard the significance she placed on the ring, stating that she’d pass it down to Wes to give to the girl he decided to marry.
“No,” I whispered, flipping through the pages to the article.
Lena Nelson, heiress to Nelson Tech corporation, gives Vogue an exclusive to remember as she talks about the struggles of being a working model and her new engagement to on-again off-again boyfriend Weston Rutherford.
“The timing was never right before this,” Lena explained when asked about her up and down relationship with Rutherford. “We’re both very successful people for a reason—we’re busy. But things have started to align recently and we’re taking the next step to solidify our relationship both in business and personal matters…”
I slammed the magazine shut, unable to read another word.
There was no way.
None.
Weston…he would never do this to me, right? Besides, I was with him all the time, when would he and Lena have even talked?
Panic streaked through my veins, my chest tightening as I scoured my memory like I might’ve missed him telling me we weren’t exclusive. Might’ve missed him saying he was still seeing Lena at the same time he was seeing me.
The memory of the fight between him and Lena months ago fluttered to the surface of my mind, the ultimatum she’d placed on him hanging over me like an axe. She’d even said she wouldn’t mind if he slept around, she just wanted the last name and his attention on occasion.
But Wes wasn’t about that life.
Icy cold washed over my body.
We’d talked about the future, about telling everyone who we were to each other, but we never did because I hadn’t wanted it to look like I slept my way to this position. Could that have thrown him off? Made him think twice about me and my feelings for him?
And I’d never saidI love you, because everything had happened so quickly. I didn’t want to scare him off, but I’d felt it.
I swore I’dfeltit.
Had he just been using me for some fun while he waited for Lena to get her act together? Or was he planning on marrying her for an advantage in the tech world while fully intending to keep me on as his assistant and side piece?
That’s not the Weston I knew.
“Brynn?” Amelia asked, cutting through my panic. “They’re all waiting for you now.”
The meeting.
My big break.
Right.
I straightened my spine, tossing the magazine on the desk behind me.
