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He scoffs.
"And what did I say, anyway?"
"That he can’t be her boyfriend."
"Huh?" I pause. "I’m not following."
"Me neither." Giorgina walks up to the platform, then tilts up her chin. "How could you make such a mess of things?"
"For once, we agree." Rick smirks.
Giorgina flicks a glance in his direction. Her gaze sweeps over him, and her cheeks heat. For his part, Rick goes completely still. Tension coils under his muscles. Something thickens the air between them.Jesus.Apparently, there's something there. Something I wasn’t sure I noticed before. Not that I care. This is their problem. I have enough on my fucking mind, with my woman swanning around town on another man’s arm.
"The fuck are you talking about? Care to cut out the games and spit it out?" I glare at Rick.
He manages to stop eye-fucking my PR manager long enough to say, "He has a boyfriend."
"Who does?"
He tugs on the knot of the laced-up glove with his teeth, then pulls it off.
"Finn."
"The fuck is Finn?"
Despite not having taken a hit to the head, my brain cells are clearly not firing properly, for Giorgina gets it first. "Her so-called new boyfriend."
I scowl at her. "How do you know?”
"It’s my job to know these things before anyone else. Also, social media." Giorgina waves her phone at me.
“And"—I turn to Rick—"he’s interested in men?"
"He is,” Rick confirms.
“Hmm." I unlace my gloves and drop them on the floor, before moving forward and snatching up her phone. There, on the screen, is a picture of that motherfucker Finn with his arm around Solene, shielding her from paps as they walk into a restaurant. The headline screams:
Solene with new beau. Is this the end for #Declene?
Tension grips my shoulders, and I squeeze the phone with such force the cover cracks.
Giorgina yelps. “Hey, don’t destroy my phone.”
I glare at Rick. "Either way, he’s a man and he has his arm around her."
"He was doing his job, protecting her from the paps," Rick offers.
"That’s my—" I firm my lips.
"Your?" Rick asks with great interest.
I show him my middle finger, and he smirks while shaking his head. "Can’t believe you fell for that."
"I had no reason to believe otherwise." I lean over the ropes and hand the device back to her.
"Guess you really pissed her off, huh?" Giorgina narrows her gaze on me.
"Fuck!" I unwind the boxing tape from around my fingers, then hurl it to the ground. "Fucking fuck."
