MY FAKE LOVE AFFAIR
flight attendant said as she
e. "Do you need anything else? We' l
way and took her seat at t
ow as the jet glided a
busy few months. I missed New York.
Penelope, my always nervous, very high-strung assistant
. "It's hectic, but I've made it work." "I hop
ft me exhausted." "You've got a few mo
ng with the board of
n getting those end-of-year reports together. App
ed out." I was barely listening. I
g able to buy happiness. It bought me s
l and couldn't get off. The more mo
eed the money, but it was like being on
out being entirely sure what she said.
ly, which was her default. "Don't te l me-Brock's fans have arranged
issed. They didn't have to date the as
lping the situation," she said. I ro
you see me chasing after a man that is hot, wealthy, and
ther man. I refuse to be a photo op. I'm done with a l of that. Ne
e murmured. I sighed an
g to be like this w
er with an ego the size of Texas. I ha
in the wings of his concerts and have him s
y he was singing to me. He wanted the
r tablet. "Security has been filtering thro
dead. What the he l is that about?
cried," she said dryly. "He's using t
him. I should demand half of whatever he makes from t
d?" I asked. "Are any o
g to be meeting us at
t chaotic." "I'm used to chaos," I said. "I can handle it." "They th
g canceled?" I as
s, but I don't think it's going
e a hit first quarter, but it' l be mi
ting my businesses because I broke up with
friend?" Penelope a
together for about a month before he went on to
because we didn't have time to officia ly break up. I hate that everyone
ile tapping out a text message on one of the t
she said and pu
ating one of the hottest artists in the
a celebrity. I just want to run my businesses, go into a bar and
lebrity status don't want to lose
laugh. "You win the lottery at t
invest it and quadruple your net worth." I smile
block. Not Jenny's block, but my
ved to Manhattan, and even though he claimed he hated i
o get home," I s
ss your
means nothing without him," I said. I
n my pj's with a hot pizza, a twelve-pack of bee
d like I was seventy. There was an alert from one o
specifica ly for those accounts, and I watch
fore putting the phone back in
er trending hashtag
on any social med
ever
over," she
I just want to go home. I made a l th
y businesses before I met Brock. It's n
people can think otherw
ck," she said. "They're mad at you for
to see my dad, and I wanted to sleep in my own bed, but I knew it was going to be ugly. I wasn't go
tled on about this and that. I missed the day
h a smile on his face and
eks since I got one
ssed those hugs until my life i
l. The jet hit the tarmac, a slight bounce before it
a stop. I was sti l in a safe zone, but
us on the tarmac,"
bags and stuff get to your penthous
"I can carry my purse and
Someone could grab
asped. "Am I in
id with zero
e death threa
th stood and waited for the door
ith a few people holding signs and papara
or and onto the step
that was holding back a throng of peop
ting messages. "Go," Pen
our stuff to
. "I'm going straight to my da
'm fine," I said with irritation.
th my head held high. I ignored the vile words
to shield my eyes. I wasn't goi
s they rushed me across the tarmac and into
e man that hopped in t
eel. "There's a crowd outside the gate,"
t see me,"
That's when I realized he was afraid t
n stopped. I could hear the shouts. People pounded on th
sked aloud. I didn't expect an answer. T
dress in Manhattan," the driv
e in Rye," he said. "I'm going to my fa
The security guard looked
sure?"
ere he lives. At leas
e ahead to scout t
and watched as another private jet
turn, which slammed my
"We' l need to lose these guys
o glad Penelope had the foresight to get security set up.
otorcycle taking pictures of me in the back seat. Or att