The Reality Duet by Heidi McLaughlin

Author:Heidi McLaughlin [McLaughlin, Heidi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-30T18:30:00+00:00

No signed name. No phone number on how to reach her. No hotel information. I’ve got nothing until tomorrow when we meet with producers to get our schedule.

twenty-eight

joey

When I look in the mirror, I expect to see a different woman, one that is married to her celebrity crush. Instead, I see a woman who has been through hell and hasn’t quite made it back. Joshua had given me hope, but that hope quickly turned to fear in the blink of an eye. I’m back to being the woman who got lucky enough to land a heartthrob, yet couldn’t keep him.

Riding to the hotel with Bronx would’ve been awkward if Rebekah hadn’t been in the car. The problem is, I felt like a third wheel. And not just any type of third wheel—the kind that gets dumped on a double date and has to go home with her girlfriend and her date. The Town Car was ready for a couple and I felt like an invader.

When the car reached the hotel, there were so many paparazzi waiting and they immediately started taking pictures and it scared me. Bronx was nice enough to ask the driver to drive around to the side and drop me off. He said there’d be a less likely chance that I’d be recognized without Josh holding my hand. I smiled softly, but on the inside I was breaking down. He’ll never know how hurtful his words were even though he was protecting me.

In little under an hour I have to see Josh. I have to sit next to him and figure out a way not to be cornered by him. Yesterday, I was able to convince the producers that Josh and I were going to have a real ceremony and we decided that we’d sleep in separate rooms until then. They came up with the idea of keeping us separate until the final press tour stop, surprising even me with that one. That was the easy part. I would have thought that they’d want to keep us together and monopolize on the ‘celeb finds true love on the show’ angle. The hard part was actually leaving the beautiful room that was meant for me. The room they’ve now given me isn’t nearly as nice, but it’s time away from Josh and I need that right now.

I apply my make-up in slow strokes, making sure that the bags under my eyes are covered sufficiently. Sleep did not come for me last night. Josh was on my mind, and I was curious if he had even come to the hotel, and if he did, did he bring Jules with him once he realized I was gone? As hard as I tried to think that he wouldn’t do something like that, every time I’d close my eyes, her face popped into my thoughts, keeping me wide awake.

I stand back and look at myself in the mirror. I’ve lost weight. I need to eat a damn steak or something to put some meat on my bones.

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