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As soon as Lance wrapped, George appeared. “Okay, exes, we need you to follow Julie.” Julie waved her hand in the air. “Lords follow me, and ladies follow Heather.”
Avery had so much she wanted to say to Keaton, but the rules were no fraternizing unless cameras were rolling. She almost glanced over her shoulder at him, but she was scared if she did, she’d find him staring adoringly at his ex, so she didn’t. She’d felt his body tense behind her when Camilla had walked in. She’d seen the look on his face when Lance told him to go join her. He was speechless.
It was best not to torture herself. She started to follow Heather when she felt a familiar arm snake around her waist. She knew it was Keaton without looking. When she did turn her head, she saw that she wasn’t the only one who was upset, he didnotlook happy about the plot twist in the show either. “Areyouokay?”
George stepped between them. “Keaton no talking.”
Avery smiled and gave him a quick nod. As relieved as she was to see that he wasn’t jumping for joy at Camilla showing up, she equally didn’t want him to be worried about her. His jaw tensed, but he turned and left with the other lords.
When the ladies got out into the hallway, she turned to Heather. “I need to speak to Sabrina now.”
Avery had not made any demands since being on the show. She had not played the producer-is-my-best-friend card once. Not once. But she was doing it now.
Heather nodded and grabbed her walkie talkie off her belt loop. “Okay, let me see if I can—”
“Avery!” Avery turned and she saw Sabrina rushing down the hall. It was the first time she’d spoken to her since she’d come on the show three weeks ago. “I had no idea! When Gavin brought it up last week, I told him absolutely not! I swear!”
“I am not going to film with him, Sabrina,” Avery said firmly, not caring if it made her look like a diva to the other contestants. “I have Jacob. I will not make his parents' relationship a TV soap opera.”
“I know. I know. Come on.” Sabrina hooked her arm through Avery’s and pulled her into her office. When the door shut, she turned around. “I’msosorry. We’ll figure this out. It’ll be fine.”
“No. This is not going to get figured out. You can’t call Yahtzee. I will not film with him.” Avery hadalwaysgiven in to her friend, but this time, she wasn’t.
“No, I know!” Sabrina shook her head. “I wasn’t asking you to film with him. I’m just asking you not to leave the show.”
There was a knock at the door and Avery heard a familiar voice. “Avery.”
It was Jude.
Sabrina opened the door. “Go away, asshole.”
“I need to talk to Avery.”
He tried to walk into the room, but Sabrina put her hand on his chest and stopped him. “No!”
As much as she appreciated her friend trying to protect her, Avery actually wanted to speak to Jude. Shehadto speak to Jude. Since he was the father of her child, he was going to be in her life for a very long time. She just didn’t want to film with Jude, she couldn’t simply ignore him, no matter how much she wanted to.
She touched Sabrina’s arm. “It’s okay. He can come in.”
Her friend turned toward her. “Are yousure?”
Avery nodded.
Jude walked in and Sabrina closed the door.
“Alone. Please.” Jude wasn’t asking, it was a demand.
“Kiss my ass,Jude Law.This is my office and I’m not leaving.”
Jude looked at her. “JudeLaw?”
“Sorry, I got confused. It was an honest mistake. You’re both namedJudeand you bothfuckedyour nannies.”
Avery couldn’t help but grin at that one. “Jude. Why are you here?”
“Can’t we speak in private?” he asked Avery in his irritating “sweet” voice.
“No.” Avery was done doing things the way he wanted. Being on this show for the past three weeks had really shown her who she was. Maybe for the first time in her life. “If you have something to say, say it.”
