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“So he either pays you for the photos, or you go to the media with them?” the girl laughed, examining herself in the mirror. I could see her now. She looked like a queen bee—the kind of girl you didn’t want to cross because you know she’d do whatever it took to ruin your life.
“And then it looks like he’s not only soliciting for prostitution, but it also ruins their relationship too! Devaney, you are an absolute savage!”
My blood boiled and the world seemed to go the same shade of black and white. I clutched my hands together so tightly that I felt my fingernails dig into the palms of my hands. This bitch, who I didn’t even know, was talking about Trent and me.
But who was she talking to?
“You’re upstairs now?” she asked. And then it clicked.
The woman in the elevator.
I started putting the pieces together. The thing that Alfred had wanted to talk to Trent about earlier—when he interrupted us in the plane—that was about this. Some crazy girl was out to ruin Trent’s life and now mine with it.
And that was her, the girl with the sunglasses and hat who’d pretended to be giving me the hard truth in the elevator.
Unbelievable.
“He’ll never see it coming!” the girl laughed. “When we get the payout, we’re heading to Miami, girl! Wooo!”
The bimbo clopped out of the bathroom, and as soon as she was out the door, I was on my feet, steaming mad and ready to chase her into the lobby and clobber her. But that wasn’t the right course of action. I had to find Trent and fast, before this got any worse.
I was a ball of fury. A meteor hurtling through space with a fiery tail.
My cheeks were ablaze, and if I was strong enough, I would have punched a hole through the bathroom wall.
It wasn’t just because of what this bitch had done to me—but because of what she was planning on doing to Trent.
I hadn’t realized just how protective of him I was until that very moment, but I knew then that if this girl thought she could take down my man (and me with him), she was sorely, sorely mistaken.
Chapter Thirteen
Trent
“All right, Alfred,” I sighed as we sat in the corner of the hotel bar. “What are our options?”
“Well, we could hire a hitman,” he smiled. “Or you could fight it in court and the press.”
“No,” I shook my head. “I don’t want Kylie being caught up in this. She’s not a public figure like me. I don’t want her life or reputation ruined.”
“Are you sure you want to shell out almost a quarter million bucks for a girl you just met?” Alfred asked. “You haven’t even known her for—”
“I’m sure, Alfred,” I said, cutting him off. He looked at me skeptically. “I don’t know how to explain it, but…this girl makes me feel a way I’ve never felt before. It’s way beyond her just being unbelievably sexy.”
“You’re scaring me, big fella,” Alfred grinned as he took a sip of his gin and tonic.
“I’m scaring myself,” I replied as I ran my thumb around the lip of my glass and watched the tonic bubbles rise to the surface. “I mean—I look at this girl and I see kids, grandkids, a house…you believe in love at first sight?”
Alfred shrugged in a way that let me know he didn’t want to say no and shit all over my moment, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to agree with me.
“Well, I’m starting to,” I replied. “Get the money together. I’m gonna go find Kylie.”
I got up from my seat, leaving my drink untouched, and headed for the elevators. I was steaming inside. As the elevator door opened and I got in and thumbed the button for my floor, all I could think about was how awful it would be if somehow getting involved with me would end up negatively affecting Kylie’s life.
I could take care of her financially, of course, so she didn’t have to worry about that, but a girl’s reputation is a girl’s reputation, and I didn’t want anything to happen to her. On top of that, there was no telling what the NFL might do to me if a story came out about me soliciting sex, either. Everything was teetering on the edge, and if I didn’t take care of this quick, both of our lives could come crashing down.
I slammed a fist against the wall of the elevator as it rose. I had to find Kylie; she would calm me down.
The doors opened and I took a right down the hall, but as I headed for my room, I heard raised voices and what sounded like screaming.
