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“What happened? Are you okay?”
“I’m fine,” I said, playing with the soft hair behind his neck. “But I talked to Matt today.”
Brett looked a bit surprised. “Matt was in the office today?”
“Before you got in.” I continued to play with his hair before sliding my hands over his shoulders.
“Are you just going to keep feeling me up, or are you going to tell me what’s bothering you?” he asked, his smile teasing as I ran my hands down his chest and slid them beneath his shirt.
I smirked at him. “I don’t know. This could be a pretty good distraction.”
Brett laughed and grabbed my hands. “Come on, Georgia. I want to know what’s bothering you. Let me into that pretty little head of yours. What did Matt have to talk to you about?”
Sighing, I shrugged and stepped out of his embrace, pulling my hands away. “He wanted to know if I was using my relationship with you to advance my career.”
Brett’s eyebrows shot up his head, and his lips pressed into a thin line. “He said that to you?”
“Yeah. But look, don’t let it bother you. It’s been bothering me most of the day, but I’m over it now.”
Brett’s blue eyes narrowed as the wind ruffled his hair. “You don’t look like you’re over it. Would you have still brought it up if you were over it?”
“You were the one that asked.” I shrugged and ran my hand through my hair to keep the wild brown strands out of my face.
Brett sighed. “Georgia. You know what I meant. You could have lied to me if you wanted to.”
“I’m tired of lying all the time. My last relationship was filled with a fuck ton of lies, and look at where it got me! So I’m in another relationship, except it’s both of us sneaking around this time!”
I took a deep breath and tried to relax. The last thing I wanted to do was start a fight between us, but maybe it was time to go over everything that had been bothering me.
It had only been a few days since I agreed to make this serious, but since we got back to town last night, I had felt nothing but anxiety over the situation.
“Georgia, we just have to keep things hidden for a little longer. You thought that too so where is this coming from?” Brett asked, his tone calm though I was losing it.
“I don’t know. I keep thinking that this will be a secret forever or that when Mia finds out, she will never speak to me again.”
“Mia’s not like that.”
Shaking my head, I paced back and forth. My heart was hammering in my chest as I looked up at him. It felt like a lump was rising in my throat and threatening to choke me.
“She might not be like that to you. You’re her father. She can’t go the rest of her life without talking to you about this, but I could lose the only person who has been there for me through all the shit over the last several years.”
Brett’s shoulders slumped. “I’m sorry.”
I looked at him, my vision blurring slightly. “Don’t be. I’m an adult and agreed to this just as much as you did. I’m just feeling shitty about it right now.”
“So, what do you want to do about it?” Brett asked, sounding defeated.
For a moment, I couldn’t say anything.
What do I want to do about it?
I knew that I didn’t want to end this. It was wrong to keep the secret, but I wasn’t ready to let him go. Brett was special. He was different from other men that I had been with.
He brought out the parts of me that had been hidden for so long. I was myself with him. There was no pretending for the adoring fans or the crowds that always surrounded us.
I didn’t have to watch as he flirted with other women while signing pictures of himself.
Brett didn’t try to stop my ambition.
