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“So it could be anyone,” Eva said, wondering if she misread the jealousy in Miles’s voice. She didn’t like when he said her full name, as if she were the famous actress and an object, not a real woman with feelings. Feelings for him.
“You haven’t dated anyone seriously, from the media’s standpoint, besides Lake Eastwood for years,” Autumn interjected. “Correct?”
“Yes.”
“Lake Eastwood.” Autumn whistled long and low. “Now there is a fine piece of man flesh.”
Miles stiffened.
“He’s a lot better looking on the outside than on the inside,” Eva said.
Miles visibly relaxed.
“Truly?” Autumn’s smooth brow wrinkled. “Everybody adores him. You two were the couple of the century, I swear.”
“I’m not sure how you missed the media hailstorm, but Lake cheated on me with Bermuda Venus and Jezebel Noir,” Eva admitted, not looking at Miles. It had been humiliating enough when it happened.
“The scum!” Autumn cried out. The video went wild as she paced around in a circle. “I can’t! I must’ve been on a deep cover assignment. I just assumed you broke up. I loathe him! Cheating on Eva Chevron. What kind of a loser … Miles, you must avenge her!”
“Gladly,” Miles gritted out.
Eva let herself look at him. His fists and jaw were clenched and the muscles in his arms were all engaged. She wished her cowboy hero could avenge her. But he wasn’t hers.
“Has the idiot tried to get you back?” Autumn asked.
“Constantly.”
Miles flinched.
“Don’t you dare fall for his lies,” Autumn warned.
Eva barked out a laugh. “Don’t worry, friend. I would never let him get in my head again.”
“Good.” There was a pause, then Autumn asked, “Have you had any interaction with him recently?”
“When he found out Jorge was after me, he found me and demanded that I call him if I was in danger.” She rolled her eyes. “As if his fake muscles could protect me.”
She glanced at Miles again. His very real muscles had protected her. She wanted to lean into his solidness and forget about all this stress for a while.
“What did you tell him?” Autumn asked.
“I told him to drop dead in the ditch and I’d rather pick up a rattlesnake.” She smiled to herself. “Then he said to me, ‘Don’t think your Idaho redneck lingo is going to win you any roles without me. You’ll be crawling back and begging me to love you again.’”
“Pardon me?” Miles turned to her. “He threatened you and the idiot doesn’t even know where you’re from?”
“It doesn’t matter.” She shrugged but loved that Miles got how annoying that was. “My producer and agent won’t listen if he tries to blackball me. From what I’ve heard, Jezebel and Bermuda want nothing to do with him and his lying tongue either. He’s burning his own bridges.”
There was a pause, then Miles asked, “How did he find out Jorge was after you?”
Eva searched her brain, trying to remember. She’d been irritated when he showed up at the gym as she was exiting the private training room. “I remember asking him and he skirted the answer, kept talking about how concerned he was for me and how he wanted to be there for me. He only said his last lines after I wouldn’t give in to his ‘charm’.”
“Doesn’t sound very charming,” Miles muttered.
Eva agreed but said nothing.
He pushed out a breath and focused on Autumn. “We’ll relay this to Aiden, but keep an eye out for Lake.”
“Oh, I will.” Autumn smiled. “He sounds like a fun one to lure in, then almost break an arm.”
