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To his surprise, she asked about the endorse out the nuer than any he’d had in the past, and he knew even his previous deals would blow her away He wanted to ease her into that part of his world--a world he wanted her to be a part of soon But he hated re her just how different their lives were, so he held off for now

They talked a little longer with her telling hi tomorrow for her cruise with her dad The whole ti off She hadn’t asked e of subject, but he could feel the unspoken tension, and he hated it He figured tonight’s conversation was already fucked He ht cause an to pace "Baby, there’s probably gonna be stories in the tabloids tomorrow You know it’s all bullshit I just want you to be prepared"

"Stories about what?"

The tone of her voice was one Felix had never heard before, which only stressed hi to God she’d understand "About Adelina being here The news vans are parked outside my complex, so they saw her drive in here I’ around about that And now that they won’t see her leave until toonna run with it It’s how it always happens"

He shook his head, now suddenly understanding why Abel and the other guys hated the paparazzi so much They had the power to destroy your life Back when the whole thing went doith Gio and Bianca, he’d barely had tiry at Bianca and Gio, and then Jack died so unexpectedly and 5th Street burned to the ground There was tooon in his life for hi went down By the time it was all over, he had no choice but to accept that he’d fucked up and he probably would’ve lost Bianca anyway

Then soon after that he’d gotten so caught up with Shelley’s pregnancy There’d been little time to hate the press But this was different He didn’t knohat he’d do if the paparazzi coupled with his notorious past cost hi I’ll be on that cruise," she said "I’ll stay away froossip websites or shows I usually do anyway"

Felix stopped his pacing "Good! Yeah, do that Because I swear to you anything they say trying to turn this into so it’s not you know is all bullshit None of it is true Noah and Gio could vouch for it too"

"They don’t have to, Felix If you say there’s no truth to anything they’ll say and I have nothing to worry about, then I believe you"

"You have absolutely nothing to worry about," he said, wishing she were there so he could kiss her silly

"Then I won’t"

"God, I love you," he said, his body already releasing some of the tension that had built up from the moment he saw Adelina’s car slide into that embankment

"I love you too"

Now he heard the familiar sone He fell back onto his bed with a groan "I cannot wait to be with you again"