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“That sounds absolutely magical,” she replies, looking up at me and then kissing me softly. “Except I’ll still need a pool.”
“Anything for you,” I whisper, wrapping my arms around her front and resting my head on the top of hers.
After the show is over, we gather our blanket and her handbag and make the slow trek out to the parking lot where my Bugatti is parked. I help her inside and begrudgingly drive her back to her condo, where she insists on staying the night tonight. It’s a work day tomorrow and she wants to get sleep, she claims, not be worn out from our sexcapades.
I drop her off at the base of the stone steps that lead up to her condo and make sure she’s safely at her door before I drive off, ready for sleep myself after a long day of too much food and sun.
THIRTY
Taryn
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Ihave my keys outand am startled when I see someone standing in the shadow of my door. It appears to be a woman but it’s dark and I’m really tired and maybe still a little buzzed from the beers we were drinking at the park.
I freeze in my tracks, gripping my pepper spray. “Who are you?” I ask shakily.
She appears out of the shadows. She’s taller than me with wavy blonde hair up in a high ponytail, perfect skin and cheekbones, and a small waist contrasted against breasts too large for her tiny frame. Her eyes are pretty but behind them, they look like they hold a cruelness.
“I’m a friend of Carter’s. I came here to let you know that there are things about him you should know,” she says calmly. “He’s not who you think he is.”
“Well, I think you should leave, whoever you are. Now move so I can get into my condo,” I say with more bravery than I feel. This woman looks unhinged.
She pulls out her phone from the pocket of her one-piece pantsuit and swipes a few times before holding it up to me. Right in my face are photos of her and Carter doing very sexually explicit things that I couldn’t even imagine photographing, let alone keeping.
“Carter’s my fiancé, we’re getting married in the fall. I know he’s been fucking you on and off, but he’s just using you. I’ve forgiven him because I know he’s just trying to get it out of his system before he locks down a commitment with me, but since I’m pregnant with his baby, I’ve decided I’ve had enough. I’m gonna need you to leave him alone. Okay, Taryn Andrews? He doesn’t love you and never has.”
My body reels in shock. This cannot be happening.
I shove the phone out of my face and push her out of my way. “Excuse me.” I shakily unlock the door.
“Don’t confront him. He’ll just deny it,” she says in a mocking tone. “I’m serious. He’ll say, ‘oh that’s my ex, she’s crazy.’ But I’m not. I’m the mother of his child.” She rubs her flat belly and shows me an enormous diamond ring on her hand.
“Go away,” I whimper. I stifle a sob and hurry into my condo, locking it behind me and then slumping down the door with my face in my hands.
What am I going to do?
