Becoming Cinderella by Madison Packer

Author:Madison Packer [Packer, Madison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

“Well, if it isn’t the girl who gets locked in closets with Hollywood’s finest.” Jared walks out of the dressing rooms with his hands full of clothes to put back when I arrive to work.

“You heard?” I’m not surprised he’s heard, but I was hoping he hadn’t. It just means there will be more convincing Jared that there’s nothing happening between Liam and I. Jared follows me to behind the counter.

“You bet I did. Anna said she found you and Liam locked in the closet together.” Jared props an elbow on the counter and leans against it. “What exactly were you and Liam doing in a closet?” He gives me a mischievous smile as he leans in slightly towards me.

“Stop,” I push his shoulder back. “It wasn’t anything like that.” I can’t exactly tell him what it was like though. That the plan was originally for me and Jared to get locked in the closet together.

“Am I allowed to ask what’s going on between you and Liam? You know, and not receive a brush off?”

“Brush off?” I drop my jaw dramatically. “I haven’t brushed you off.” I turn to a pile of graphic t-shirts to start tagging them when Jared grabs the tagging gun from my hands. I let out an annoyed huff, glaring at him. “Jared!”

He puts his elbows on the pile of clothes as he leans towards me instead. “That right there was a brush off. I mean, that closet doesn’t even have a lock, how did you even get locked in?” He raises his right eyebrow, seeming suspicious.

“It has a lock,” I say with full confidence. At least it does now, since Liam switched out the knobs. I just need to try to convince Jared that it always has had one. “We’ve just never needed to lock it before, so you probably just never noticed.”

Jared nods, accepting this explanation and I let out a small sigh of relief.

“I still think you’re hiding something from me.”

I am. I’m hiding the way I’ve felt about him for years. I’m hiding the truth about Jared’s feelings from Penn. I’m hiding the fact I’ve been a huge Liam Taylor fan from the moment I knew who he was. Not to mention I am basically living a double life right now where my parents are concerned. I am weaving a growing web of lies, keeping secrets from those I care most about, and it’s exhausting.

“No Jared, I’m not dating Liam. We accidentally got locked in the closet, it doesn’t mean anything. He’s just a friend.”

He looks at me like he doesn’t believe me, so I pull a face at him.

“Just a friend? Yeah, right. I know he’s usually your phone wallpaper. And let’s see, didn’t you once say something on Twitter about how you could swim in his eyes?”

My eyes go wide as I hold up a hand to stop him. “Oh my gosh, stop!” I can feel the heat rising in my cheeks, knowing full well I had tweeted that and many other similar things regarding Liam.

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