My stomach drops, and he must see it because he laughs before finally walking towards the men’s room.He presses the swinging door, and before I can stop myself...
“They broke up.We’re together.Print that.”
He tips his head in a nod towards me before disappearing into the bathroom as soon as Levi, Callie, and Tim appear.
“Hey, sorry it took so long.The manager wanted an autograph for the wall.”
I laugh but it’s someone else’s.Levi squints at me.“You good?”
“Mm-hmm.Just ready to go.”
Chapter 33
Levi
“Tate, I know this is weird coming from me, but you’re being kind of quiet.Is something wrong?”
Ever since we split from her sister and Tim, both driving separately to the same location, Tate hasn’t said one word, and the silence is near earsplitting.
She huffs a laugh.“No, nothing’s wrong.”Tate turns from the window to face me.“I have a confession.A reporter cornered me by the bathrooms and I kind of...sort of...insinuated that you and Gabriella broke up...”Her words trail off, leaving a novel of things unsaid.In many ways it’s the same conversation we left off on.
“Oh.”I reach up with my free hand, tracing the line of hair growing around my lips.
“Oh?”
“Yeah, I mean, I don’t know what to say.This is my first fake relationship, so you telling someone I broke up with someone I’m not actually dating is a weird reality for me.”
“Sure,” she says, nodding, and for a minute it’s quiet again.I take the long way back to her rental, absorbing as much of her as I can.
“Why did you lie?”It’s a cheap question.I’m fishing for her to tell me she still likes me.I don’t know why, but I want to hear it.
“He called me fake.”
I tap the brakes harder than I mean to, swinging my head to look at her.“What?Why would he say that?”
“In his defense, it kind of looks that way.I just signed with Centricity and then the same day I’m caught kissing my ex who has a girlfriend.”
