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Walking out into the pool area later that morning, I groaned, noticing Maddison straddling Shane. It seemed the two of them were seeing each other. The whipped cream incident a few months back had actually been aboutShane. I swear she was dating him just to be close to Alex, but I had a habit of being paranoid. We hardly spoke to each other. I kept telling Shane he could do better, but he was smitten with her.
“You’re hereagain, Maddison?” I gave her a sweet, fake smile as I walked passed. “I never had you down as the needy type.”
“I just want to be with my love muffin. What’s wrong with that?” Trying to hide my laughter at Shane’s nickname, I continued to walk to my office. I had so much to do today. At least Alex wouldn't distract me. With Gina flying over with his publicists, he'd be tied up all day. He walked in a few moments later in just his sweats, though.
“You have clean shirts, you know?” I glared up at him, teasing.
“I know, but I like watching you drool when I walk in.”
“Asshole,” I smirked. “What do you want? I’m kind of busy trying to get your calendar in order.”
“Nothing. I just wanted to come in and bug you.”
“GO!” I laughed, throwing a notebook at him. He gave me a dreamy smirk and left.
I was hardly interrupted the rest of the day. Mary came in with some lunch for me, telling me that I needed to eat. She was such a sweet woman. By the evening, I’d made progress, but still had a lot to do tomorrow. Alex was still in his meeting with Gina. They’d been in there for most of the day. I couldn’t see him getting out any time soon, either, so I decided to head to bed.
Wandering out onto the private balcony, my phone rang. Smiling down at the ID, I answered. “Hey, Mum.” I hadn’t spoken to my parents for over a month.
“Hey, Natty. How are you doing, Sweetheart?”
“I’m good. Alex is keeping me busy. How’s the cruise going?”
“It’s wonderful. Your father sends his love. He’s gone to play poker with a few friends on the ship, so I thought I’d give my bambino a call.”
“It’s nice to hear your voice,” I sighed, slumping down on one of the metal chairs.
“What is it, Natty? You sound troubled.” She could read me so well, even on the phone. We were so alike, which was the problem.
“Oh, Mum,” I breathed out, looking up at the night sky. I had so much on my shoulders right now. I needed someone to talk to. “I don’t know where to start.”
“I can guess. Your father and I saw the pictures from the award ceremony.” They were on aworld cruise. How did they see them? “I was right about you and Alex Harbour, wasn’t I?”
“I’m in love with him, Mum.”
“Oh, Natty. You silly girl! What happened with David? Why were they fighting?”
“He’s left Sarah. He wants me to go back to him.” She gasped. “I haven’t told Alex any of this. David was drunk, and didn’t like that I was going home with Alex.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I don’t know.”
“You can’t pin your hopes on a rock star, Sweetheart. You need to really think about this.”
“You don’t know how I feel when I’m around him, Mum. He makes me feel alive. I’ve never felt a connection like it before. He makes my body sing when he touches me.”
“What about David?”
“I’ll have to let him down gently. It was only ever a fling. This means so much more. I can see that now.”
“It’s your life. You know what you’re doing. Please, just be careful. If he breaks your heart, I’ll kill him.”
“He’s not going to hurt me, Mum. I think he might love me, too. I need to stop running and fight for what I want.” I couldn’t help but beam at my words because I was so sure they might be true. Alex felt something for me, I was sure of it. It wasn’t just lust. There was definitely more there than that.
“Just be careful. I love you, Natty.”
“Love you too, Mum.” Her signal cut out, but the conversation was over so I didn’t try to call her back.
