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“I get that, and I appreciate it. It’s just… she’s so hurt, and it’s my fault.”
“And you want to make it right again?”
“Yes.”
Ella leans in. “Give her what she’s asking for. It’ll be fine.”
If only I had her confidence. But I guess she didn’t see Livia’s face when she said I’d hurt her… or the look in her eyes.
I know I’ve said I’ll go back, but I wish I had some faith in the outcome.
“Can we change the subject?” I say. I’m done talking.
“Sure,” Ella says, sitting back again, and I turn to Drew.
“Who did you sleep with?”
He frowns. “Sorry?”
“When I got here, I heard the two of you talking. Ella asked why you’d slept with someone.”
His face clears. “Oh, I see. It was a model.”
“Really?” He’s usually very hands-off with models, which I guess means she must have been special.
“Yeah… and now I know why I usually leave them alone.”
“It didn’t work out then?”
“That’s one way of putting it.”
“What happened?” I ask. “Did the client not like it?”
He shakes his head. “The client doesn’t know about it, and in this instance, I doubt they’d care. They’ve got bigger problems to worry about.”
“Like what?”
“Like re-arranging that shoot I had in the Caribbean.”
“Is that likely to be a problem?”
“It is when all the models have taken on work elsewhere, and I don’t have enough free time in my calendar for months.”
“Which shoot was this?” Ella says, sipping her water.
“One I had when you were still in Paris,” Drew explains. “It had to be called off because the weather was so bad.”
“And because the models got sick, if I remember rightly,” I say, finishing his story.
“One of them didn’t.” He lets out a sigh.
“I see. And can we assume the two of you found something else to keep you occupied?”
“Yeah. I didn’t take it too seriously…”
“Do you ever?” Ella says under her breath, although it’s loud enough for both of us to hear. Drew frowns, but I don’t say a word. I can hardly judge, given my background.
“Maybe not, but when we got home, Lexi called and asked if I’d like to go visit her in New York, and with the shoot having been called off, I didn’t have anything better to do, so…”
