Tagged Heart_A Fake Girlfriend Romance by Tasha Fawkes & M. S. Parker

Author:Tasha Fawkes & M. S. Parker [Fawkes, Tasha & Parker, M. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Safira Press LLC
Published: 2017-12-10T16:00:00+00:00

Nineteen

Brin

I took the whole three weeks of the trip off work, and though I probably could’ve been slotted back into the lineup early, I didn't even try. There was nowhere I wanted to be less right now than on stage wearing barely anything. There wasn't a cave dark or deep enough for me at this stage, so I settled for cycling between curling up under the covers in bed or doing the same thing on the couch. Kim didn't approve, and she took to coming over lots to check in on me. Since she still had to work, however, I got hours each day where Kim's disapproval couldn't reach me.

It was sad, but I was sad, so it seemed to fit the bill. I thought about trying to reach out to Chad so many times, whether through email or repeated comments on his YouTube page, or a freaking skywriter for all I cared. Sometimes the desperation gnawed so deep in my gut that I had my finger poised over send before I remembered that if I did that, something bad could happen to Kim. No risk, no matter how small, was worth it when it came to protecting my best friend. So I stayed away like those goons back in Hawaii told me to do, and I quietly broke.

The one urge I'd been militant about ignoring was the urge to look at Chad's most recent videos. I didn't know what I would be looking for or what I hoped to see, but I knew it was probably a mistake in any case. Even if my departure had shaken him, he presumably wouldn't show it on camera. He was good at putting on the skin of the man his fans wanted to see. Come rain or shine, Chad Harlan always had a smile on his face and a witty comment poised at the end of his tongue. That was just how he worked. It was why he was so good at what he did. And it was what would break me if I opened up his latest video and saw him having the time of his life.

I never imagined that the worst case scenario for this trip would end with my heart broken and a threat of harm hanging over my head. It was funny, in a way, because when I signed on, I thought worst case was that maybe I'd come back with a bit of a sunburn and vaguely unpleasant memories. I didn't realize I was going to have the time of my life, fall in love, and then have my heart broken to smithereens while simultaneously having the shit scared out of me. It was enough to make me never want to leave the house again.

Too bad the bills still needed to get paid. I had a few days left of leave, and then it would be back to shaking my ass for all of Vegas, and I'd have to paint on a smile and make it work. I could do it.

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