Love in the Spotlight by Emery Cruz
Author:Emery Cruz [Cruz, Emery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-01-12T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Nineteen
Teddy
âYou call me if you need anything, okay?â I tell Alexa as I stand in her doorway. Iâve gotten rid of the roses that were here yesterday, not wanting her to have to look at the reminders of her past any longer than she needs to. She doesnât deserve that.
âI will,â she murmurs, and she manages to smile at me. âThank you, Teddy.â
âYou donât have to thank me,â I promise her. âAnytime you need me, all you have to do is call, all right?â
She pulls me in for a hug, pressing her head against my shoulder as though she doesnât want to let me go. I know how she feels. I squeeze her tight, wishing I could stay longer, but I have to get to a meeting with Maddy, and I know better than to leave her waiting any longer than necessary.
I drop a kiss on her cheek and turn to head out of the apartment building, hoping the press havenât figured out where I am. The last thing I need right now is for someone to catch me at Alexaâs apartment and spread even more rumors about us. Maddy has only just wrapped her head around letting us be together at all, and, if she finds out I havenât run a meeting by her, sheâs going to be furious.
But it wasnât as though I could have just stepped back and left Alexa alone last night, even if my PR team didnât want me out there with her. The moment I heard her voice on the end of the line, I could tell she needed help, and I would be damned if I didnât give it to her.
It makes so much sense, what she told me about her exâeven if it makes me so angry I canât think straight at the same time. I canât believe someone would do that to her, that someone would hurt her the way sheâs been hurt by him. No wonder sheâs been so intent on getting out and having fun, after being trapped in that relationship for so long. In those years, she should have been getting her feet under her and enjoying adult life for the first time, she was being controlled by a guy more than twice her age, and the fact she made it out in one piece is incredible to me. Itâs clear sheâs still carrying trauma from what she went through, but sheâs so much stronger than she gives herself credit forâthan the rest of the world does, too.
Itâs clear there is a front she presents to the public and a version of herself she keeps private, and Iâm glad to have gotten to know the private version of her from the start. Sheâs shown me that side of herself, shown me the truth of who she is beneath the press interpretation of her, and I think Iâm falling for her.
I know I am. Sheâs funny, sheâs sweet, sheâs inspiring, and she makes me feel seen and heard in a way nobody else has in a long time.
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