“You said you loved me.I believed you, so why?”He gripped Libby’s hand tighter.“Why did you have to screw Xav fucking Hunter.”
Whaaaaaaat?
Xavier Hunter?
Isabella had slept with Xavier Hunter?
But, but, but—
Xav Hunter was a film superstar!He was married.With children.What about all those cute images she’d seen of him being the perfect father, the perfect husband?And Alicia Hunter was Isabella’s new BFF!
Where were all the headlines about this?Surely a story like this would’ve hit celebrity news by now.Every gossip columnist in Hollywood would be all over it!
Unless…
Unless no one knew.
Holy freaking shit!
Juliana Cortez would be on her freaking knees for a story like this!
No—more than that.Allthe gossip sites would be on their knees.With this kind of insider knowledge and access to Daniel Jones, Libby could reach much higher thanHot Gossip!A scoop like this would see her and Karim comfortable for the next few months at least!
“Why did you screw him, Issy?”
Libby leaned closer, holding her breath.
“How could you do it?Didn’t I mean anything to you?”More beads of sweat rolled down the side of his face.
Libby went to dab them away, but then her hand paused in mid-air.
Not sweat, but tears.
Daniel Jones was crying, his bottom lip quivering like Karim’s did when he hurt himself.
“I loved you, Issy.”He squeezed his eyes shut, sucked in a jagged breath.“I’ll always love you.”
More tears fell.Libby’s heart twisted.
I’ll always love you…
They were the same words she’d spoken to Elliot when she’d pleaded with him to let her stay.
Stupid, stupid fool that she’d been back then.
And now someone else was crying, just like she’d done, looking so lost and alone—so broken.
Like she’d been.
She wiped Dan’s tears away.He caught her hand and kissed it.
“Thanks, Issy.I always knew you’d come back.”
What?No!
“I’m not Isabella.”Libby snatched her hand back.“You’re in the Cook Islands, dude, waiting for your mom, remember?You’ve caught my son’s bug.Someone is coming to check you over, but you’d better rest.”
She pushed away from the bed and stalked outside, inhaling some much-needed fresh air.Karim was still sleeping.She dropped onto the grass next to his stroller.
