HALLE
How could I be so stupid?
As I marched along the beach, tears streamed down my cheeks.Not even the blazing sunshine, the feel of the soft sand between my toes or watching the waves rippling towards the shore could lift my mood right now.
I didn’t know what was worse: agreeing to have a holiday fling with another musician or believing that I could actually trust him.
Didn’t matter.Either way, I’d gone against my better judgement and now my heart was paying the price.
Jake had lied to me.He knew how important it was for him to be truthful and open.And despite that, he’d failed to mention that he wanted me to appear in a fucking reality TV show with him!
That was my idea of hell and he knew that.
Maybe that was why he was being so nice to me.He was just trying to get in my good books.He must’ve thought that if he gave me enough orgasms, I’d be so dickmatised that I’d agree to do anything he’d ask.
Well, he was wrong.
But it didn’t make sense.He’d insisted multiple times that he didn’t want to expose me by putting me on his social media, so why the hell would he think that I’d want to be on TV?
And he said he had feelings for me, yet he admitted the TV show was part of his plan.
Okay, technically this was supposed to be casual, so he didn’t owe me anything.Plus, we’d be leaving the hotel tomorrow and might never see each other again.But I still felt hurt, betrayed and misled.
Maybe I shouldn’t have run off.I should’ve listened to see if there was an explanation, but if there was and he really cared, he would’ve come to find me.Instead, he’d stayed with Wilma.Probably to cook up their next scheme of how to get me to take part in their stupid plan.
My mind was spinning.
I plonked myself down on the sand and dropped my head in my hands.
I really liked Jake.
So much.
I was embarrassed to even think it, but it felt like more thanlike.
Even though I’d told my heart not to want him because this was always going to be temporary, I knew I’d fallen for him.
Big time.
I was in bloody love with him.
Shit.
What a fool.
‘There you are!’ a woman’s voice called out.My neck snapped up and I saw that it was Sammie.‘I’ve been looking for you.So has Jake.’
‘He has?’
‘Yep.Poor guy’s distraught.’
Although I hated to know that Jake was down, hearing that he was upset at least showed he cared.Hope bloomed in my chest, but then common sense kicked it to the kerb.
‘He’s just worried he won’t be able to get his stupid reality show.’
‘Reality show?’ Sammie frowned.I filled her in on what’d happened.She waited until I was finished before speaking.‘Obviously you know Jake better than me, but ask yourself, does that really sound like something he’d do to you?Honestly?’
‘A few hours ago I would’ve said no.He always seemed genuine when he said he didn’t want to make me feel uncomfortable.’
