Real love.
The room tilts, and I need to close my eyes for a moment to center myself.This doesn't make sense.Why would they make this shit up?Why would he agree with it?
I open my eyes and force myself to flip the page.
Couple Branding – Draft Concepts
Golden boy returns to his roots for the small town girl.
Redemption and Homecoming
Rustic Softness
Authenticity
Wholesomeness
Joint photo ops recommended minimum 2-3 a month
My throat closes.
I keep flipping because my hands won’t stop, even though everything in me is screaming to STOP.Just fucking stop reading Tessa.Stop.But I can't.
Risk Management:
If Lane becomes unwilling, reframe her as private but supportive, maintain the narrative arc of Carson’s growth.
Maintain distance from the Brielle narrative.Public return not recommended.
If Tessa becomes too uncooperative, the team can find an alternative solution.
Alternative solution?
Like I am replaceable...Like, I am not a person.Did Nate approve this?
I stare until the words blur.There are charts, actual graphs, tracking engagement spikes every time my face is near Nate’s on camera.Notes about filming him pointing to me after goals.Ideas for “spontaneous” romantic gestures.
Afuckinglist of date ideas that match the aesthetic they want the relationship to project.
My name isn’t written like a person.It’s written like a marketing angle, a strategy...a solution to a problem that Nate and the team had.
Like Brielle said.Oh my god, she wasn't lying.
I drop the folder.My hands curl into fists on my thighs.I try breathing, but the breath won’t come.The past few months crash back into me like a wave, and I feel like I am drowning.
The new clothes.
The curated moments.
The kiss he pushed too far.
The pressure.
The timing.
The whispers.
The way he kept saying, “Ineedyou there.”
