“I’m married,” I continue, heart hammering so loud I’m sure the mic picks it up. “To Cam.”
The room goes very still.
Not shocked. Just alert. Like everyone sensed the air shift.
“You’re confirming that you're married to Camden Drake?” the interviewer asks, gentler now.
“Yes.”
“It’s real.” I exhale, realizing I’ve been holding my breath for weeks.
The interviewer continues.
“The internet is wild about the two of you. But I have to ask… with everything going on—the lawsuit, the rumors, the contract chatter—are your feelings for him real?”
“I didn’t plan on falling for him.” My fingers curl in the jacket sleeves—his jacket.
The interviewer’s breath stills.
I swallow, eyes stinging. “But yes. I’m in love with him.”
The words feel like stepping into sunlight after months of rain.
Terrifying. Freeing.
Honest.
Her eyes soften.
“Rumor has it you two had a big fight.” The interviewer pauses before she asks, “Are you and Cam still together?”
My breath catches. “I…I don’t know.”
My heart is fluttering like a hummingbird.
I add quietly. “But I know what I feel. And I’m done pretending it’s smaller than it is.”
The room goes silent again.
“Lila, thank you for coming on the show today. That’s all the time we have for this segment.”
Then the producer’s voice cuts in. “We’re clear.”
The red light blinks off.
My shoulders sag as the adrenaline drains. I press a hand to my chest.
I did it.
I told the truth.
My team will panic. ERS will call.
I don’t know how Cam will react.
I take a shaky breath. “I just want him to know,” I whisper to myself. “That it wasn't a lie. Not for me.”
Chapter thirty-four
