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“I don’t want us to be apart anymore. It was too long when you left, and I had only a precious few hours before you were gone. I need you with me.” My voice was hoarse.
“I’m sorry, baby. I have a couple more video interviews. One with a historian to speak with tomorrow. Afterwards, I’m turning things over to my team so I can go to Paris. I’ll finish up the work there so we can be together. I could come now, but it would only be for a few hours. We both didn’t like that. Please, can you hang in for me a few days more?”
I sighed heavily. He was at the studio working and he planned to come back. We all had work. I have the Monaco fashion shoot soon. “Okay.”
“Did something happen?”
I didn’t want to tell him about Hayden. He’d be furious and interfere. He couldn’t fight all my battles. “No.”
“Is Xander enjoying Paris?”
“He is. He’s having fun with Wyatt.”
“Okay. Is that good?”
“Yes. It is. I had hoped they’d hit it off.”
“Good. If there is anything you need at the house, let me know.”
Another one of Hayden’s insults dug in. It’s his place. His things. Nothing around me belonged to me. “I was thinking…maybe it would be better if I moved into my own place? So I’d be more independent.”
“What? No. It’s not safe. We have security around the clock. I heard from Gunnar; Isabelle tried to contact you. Nadia, I’m confused. You say you want me to come and now you want to move? I don’t understand.”
My eyes darted around the bedroom. “Everything here is yours. It’s…It’s all your things.…”
“You want to redecorate? I’ll send an interior designer over. Change whatever you want, or is it that you don’t want to stay?” I could hear the worry in his voice. He thought I was going the same way as Aubrey. But that wasn’t it. Hayden Madsen got in my head. Paul was doing everything he could for me here. He supported my internship and my career. And how do I pay him back? I believed a guy I didn’t entirely know just because he gave me attention.
“No…no. It’s fine. I was only thinking. I’m busy too. I’m going to a fashion shoot in Monaco.”
“When?”
“Thursday.”
“Before the Formula One?”
“Yes.”
“I’ll meet you there—”
“Really? You’ll come?” I squealed, thrill resonant in my tone.
He chuckled. “Yes. If not that day, the very next one. I’ll make sure I meet you down there, okay?”
His trip no longer sounded definite. “Yeah, okay.” I managed to keep my tone even.
“Good. We can talk later today or anytime. I will do my best to make it for Monaco. You have fun with Xander. Ben has the details for the hotel there. We will see each other. Okay?”
“Okay. I love you.”
“I love you too, my love. I’m working as fast as I can to return to you. Talk soon.”
I put down the phone and blew out my breath. Paul was doing what he could, and I had to do the same. Xander was already into Wyatt, and there wasn’t a chance he would want to go to Germany this weekend anyway. It was a crazy idea from the start. I didn’t like Ingrid staying over, but he hadn’t given me a reason to doubt him. Hayden not only made me doubt Paul, but myself. And he’s wrong. So why was I still upset?
The bed dipped, and Xander climbed in with me. “Wakey, wakey.”
I groaned and buried my head in the pillow. “You sound like Mom.”
He laughed. “I know. Agata never sleeps past eight a.m. It’s two.”
