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“I wash my hands of Zelda. She’s lying. That said, I’ll curb my appetite for the next week,” I say. “By the time I get back from New York, this fake scandal will be water under the bridge.”
He lets out a forced breath.
He holds my gaze. “That won’t do.”
I knit my eyebrows together. “What are you talking about?”
“I want more than words, Beckett.”
“You want me to sign my pledge in blood?”
“A little too medieval for my taste. If you don’t have any skin in the game, you’ll have forgotten about this conversation by end of the day. God knows what kind of debauchery you’ll indulge in while you’re in the Big Apple.”
“I won’t—”
“Please don’t insult my intelligence. You love women. I get it—”
“And you don’t?” I shoot him an incredulous stare.
“My fucks never end up becoming liabilities,” he says. “Yours often do.”
“What do you expect from me, Rhys?”
He narrows his eyes. “A challenge.”
“A challenge?”
“You keep your cock under lockdown for the next thirty days.”
My eyebrows hit my forehead. “Come again?”
“No sex for a month.”
“I know it’s way too early for you to be drunk, but for the record, what’s coming out of your mouth is preposterous.”
“If you value this company as much as I do, you’ll take me up on my challenge.”
“You’re crazy.”
“Since you fired your personal publicist, allow me to step into the role. You need an image rehab, Beckett.”
“Fuck off!”
“Just because you’ll be on the east coast, doesn’t mean the media won’t be after you,” he says. “This story won’t die down anytime soon. You abstain from temptation for the next month and the spotlight moves to another scandal.”
“Please. This is LA. Another celebrity will fuck up before lunch.” I scoff.
“Yeah, but Zelda’s father is just getting started. It’s clear he’ll keep fanning the fire. He’ll be on CNN tonight.”
Fuck.
“I’ll counter on WNN.” Wire News Network’s Enews, aka WNN’s entertainment program, has always been good to me.
“Your focus needs to be on the company. Not on a misguided pastor dead set on protecting his slutty daughter’s long-gone honor.”
Wait. What?
“You’re taking my side now?”
