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“Wow,” she laughs. “Yes, queen. Right away, queen.”
“Fuck off,” I snort.
“Text your boyfriend for me and tell him to stop distracting you. He can sext you later.”
Boyfriend.
That word makes my belly clench even more. In a good or bad way, I can’t be sure.
I watch her give me a flippant wave over her shoulder as she carries her coffee away, the word boyfriend still bouncing around my head. I like the way it makes me feel, I decide. Maybe too much. I pull my phone back out, pulse still racing slightly as I shoot off another text.
ME: You’re on, Cupcake.
When Ava finds me again after filming, the concerned look on her face is a far cry from her teasing attitude earlier. She’s chewing on the end of her nail when I spot her crossing the set to where I’m taking off my apron, her expression the one she only wears when she’s delivering bad news.
“What’s wrong?”
She scratches at the back of her neck. “It may be nothing.”
“If it was nothing, you wouldn’t look like that.”
“Well,” she sighs, letting her hands settle on her hips. “Gia wanted me to send you to her office.”
“Okay? Why is that a problem?”
“She sounded…weird.”
“Weird how?”
“Well, she asked me if I had seen anything online about you today.”
“About me?”
“You and Ian.”
“Why would she…? Wait. Did you see something?”
“Not before she asked.”
I’m already pulling out my phone. “What is it?”
“Dee, maybe you shouldn’t—”
I’m already googling our names, hit with multiple headlines from only an hour ago immediately after clicking search.
HAS HOCKEY’S HEARTBREAKER DONE IT AGAIN?
HOCKEY’S HEARTBREAKER MIGHT BE BREAKING IT OFF WITH BAKER
IAN CHASE AND MEI GARCIA—ARE THEY GETTING BACK TOGETHER?
My first reaction is pure confusion, especially since I just spent a great night with Mei and Bella last week and can confirm that she and Bella are still very much in love and that there is absolutely nothing between her and Ian. I click one of the headlines, finding an attached picture that does the opposite of what I suspect Ava is waiting for—I laugh out loud.
“This is nothing,” I tell Ava, who is looking at me like I’ve grown another head.
“He’s kissing her,” Ava says incredulously.
I roll my eyes. “On the cheek.”
