Written in the Stars (Pop Stars Romantic Comedy Book 5) by Rachael Eliker

Author:Rachael Eliker [Eliker, Rachael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Lily Publishers
Published: 2019-04-19T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

I hid in the changing room, sitting on the corner bench with my knees hugged to my chest, my arms wrapped around them. Tucking my chin, I gnawed on my lip, forbidding myself to sob and snivel, a feat that was more difficult than I thought it would be once the initial numbness and shock wore off. Warren had been flirting with my sister on the phone only hours after he’d begged me to give him a second chance. I’d dated enough guys to know where their weaknesses might lie, but I’d never been two-timed by someone, especially with my sister. The whole thing made me want to run away and become that crazy, shut-in cat lady that Vanessa had insinuated more than once I might be. With my history of failed relationships, the cat lady lifestyle was sounding more and more appealing.

I knew the eventual knock would come as Vanessa realized I’d been missing once her horde of fans had to go when their moms came to pick them up. “You still in there? Or did you fall into a shopping coma?”

Rubbing my hands down my face, I cleared my throat and tried to answer in a chipper voice to disguise my anguish, “I survived. Be out in a minute.”

“Did you see Warren was here? Came in not long after us and left with a really nice black suit.”

“Did he?” I played dumb and lied. “I was in the dressing room the whole time. Didn’t know he was here.”

Grabbing the armload of dresses, I stepped out and plastered on a smile, dumping them onto the unwanted rack.

“You didn’t like any of them?” Vanessa asked, confused by my apparent indifference to the lovely dresses she’d chosen for me.

“None of them were really my style,” I said while flipping my hair off my shoulder, hoping my movements appeared natural and not as forced as they felt.

I sadly eyed the pink dress with the cap sleeves and pleated skirt one last time, feeling a wave of pity as I left it there. I really did love it but, in my mind, I’d already associated it with Warren. Merely looking at it made my stomach churn nauseatingly. I wasn’t about to have a reminder that I cared what he thought in my suitcase every time I opened it.

“Let’s go,” I said as I picked up my other bags. “Lunch?”

Vanessa took me to a posh little ramen restaurant before I convinced her to drop me off at home. She insisted that we hadn’t even shopped for accessories, and I only had two new pairs of shoes. I threatened to call the police and say I’d been kidnapped if she tried to coax me into another store. Huffing a breath through her lips, she lowered the privacy divider of the limo and grudgingly directed the driver to take me home.

It was already four in the afternoon by the time the limo pulled into my parents’ driveway, but the sun was still strong, making the heat from the day sweltering.

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