Page 121 of Nothing to You
“Got it in one.Good job!”
“This bullshit with Diva has—”
“That’s why I called you.I’ve written a statement.”
“Good for you.Why do I care?”
This guy didn’t shoot the shit.She could respect that.“Because I’d like someone to take notice of it.Someone to publish it.Air it.Whatever.”
“You want me to go behind his back?”
“You and I both know him dating Diva is a recipe for disaster.Whatever happens, it will not end well.”
“If you could do anything about it—”
“I am doing something about it.”Someone knocked on the door behind her, so she twisted to toss a word their way.“Occupied!”
“Where are you?”
“On a plane,” she said, reversing to lean on the sink.“Back to my statement.”
“What does it say?”
“Give me your email and I’ll send it to you.Put this out and he has no excuse.Diva can be as mad at him as she likes, I’ll be the bad guy.I’m happy to be the bad guy if it gets her hooks out of him.You don’t want your friend to be extorted and blackmailed like this, do you?”
“No.You’d all do much better if you followed Jane’s example.”
Jane would never put Knox in a vulnerable position.“You’re biased.”And she loved that.“Jane is a sweetheart.Beautiful, smart—”
“You don’t have to sell me on my own girlfriend,” he said as her phone chirped.“There.My email.Send it to me.”
“And you’ll get it out there.”
“I don’t know until I read it.”
“You can’t tell him about this either.If you tell him, he’ll stop you, and we can’t let him.If anyone has to fall on their sword here, it’s me.And I’m doing it willingly.You’re not forcing me into—”
“I forgot you even existed until you used Roxie’s name for Rourke.I couldn’t care less about your reputation.”
But he cared about Rourke’s.“Good,” she said.“Read it, put it out.At the very least, you’ll make sure my humiliation eclipses Rourke’s.”
He muttered something that sounded suspiciously like a curse word.“And who said trusting the women on the inside would change our dynamic?”
“Is that a yes?”
“Fine,” he said, breathing out again.“But I am not interested in the drama.”
Odd given his family’s line of work.
Sassing him wouldn’t help her case, so she went with agreeable.A novelty.“Nope, no drama for you.Thank you, Knox.”
“Thank me by not calling unless Rourke’s life is in danger.”
She laughed.“You’ll be the last guy I call whenever there’s drama.Promise.”
The line went dead and her eyes closed.One drama down.One more to go… for the day, so far anyway.
THIRTY-EIGHT
