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“We do. He’s… he’s my heart. The most incredible person I’ve ever met. But, sometimes, I wonder what he’s doing with me. Look at him.”
My boyfriend was still holding court, and I was noticing all the men who kept circling him like hungry predators. I couldn’t blame them.
Then he looked back at me and smiled, waving me over. But I wasn’t sure that was the best thing right now. My nerves were starting to fray, and I’d be likely to snap at anyone who wanted a piece of the man who was mine.
Another fan held up their phone, and Brodie’s attention turned to them as he posed for more selfies.
I finished my champagne and turned to the bar.
“Go on and rescue him,” Jojo encouraged as he handed me another glass.
“I don’t think he needs rescuing.”
“He’s been following you with his eyes for the past hour. Haven’t you noticed?”
The only thing I noticed was my jealousy.
I turned back to find Brodie being greeted by another fan. But not just any fan.
A man I recognized.
A man I once saw walking out of Brodie’s trailer.
CHAPTER39
BRODIE
If I had to smile one more time and pose for another picture, I was gonna scream.
Thirty minutes in, I was good.
An hour in, my social mask began to falter.
Not to mention, my boyfriend had all but disappeared to the outskirts of the gallery, and his vanishing act made me crankier by the second.
Maybe coming here tonight was a bad idea.
Maybe I was a bad idea.
Would Van really want to put up with this shit for the rest of his life? Me, I was used to the attention.
Mostly.
I thought that Jojo’s event would be small and quiet, and a way for Van to ease into the public mayhem. But so far, it had been anything but.
I appreciated the fans, I did, but sometimes I wanted a night off.
Like tonight.
Or at least, I wanted Van beside me. I wanted to talk to him and feel him next to me—my little bit of normal.
Something that belonged only to me.
And then the evening took another nosedive.
A man I once fucked was suddenly standing right in front of me.
This cannot be happening right now…
