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Chapter One

Harley

Nathan King is the Devil There’s no other explanation for why he’smy life hell My ex-best friend has a reputation omen, but this is a ne, even for Nate

My chest tightens at the sight of the pictures, dozens with Nate half-naked and with an unnah the email from Callie Bloom She’s known as The Gossip Queen and writes a weekly column by the same name Callie is my friend from Philadelphia, and the last person you would ever want to know your business

My cell phone buzzes across my desk Callie’s short curly hair and silly expression appear on my screen

Before I can say hello, she says, “I know you read my email”

I laugh for the first tiiveto call you”

“Don’t panic, girl I got you”

“Nate really screwed us this time Look at all of these headlines” I shakeis a Bad Invest Stock”

“You can fix this,” she assures me

“How? The future of Queen Takes King is dependent on the deal with Titan Tech Titan was already suspicious of Nate’s previous escapades He promised to stay off the radar until after the deal closed Nate only had to wait one damn week”

I click through the links to various news outlets Variety has a nice spread about Nate and his playboy ways There are pictures of hiles with the e, Nate is shirtless, his boxers pushed down by his cole doesn’t reveal more than I care to see

Froround, they must have been on a balcony in Center City Philadelphia Skyscrapers and bright lights serve as the backdrop to this disgusting encounter Nate’s penthouse apartle search, I find a dozenour fathers fora poor choice in executives Tech Crunch has a quick blurb about how Nate will be the slow death of our faree with them one hundred percent

Callie blows air into the phone “Between you and irl from the pictures You can tell ”

I snort at her comment “Since when does The Gossip Queen kno to keep her mouth shut?”

“Ha! You can tell your bestie the truth So, you and Nate, did you finally hook up?”

“Of course not!” I’m shocked by her accusation “I wouldn’t kiss Nate if he was the last man alive”

Callie cackles so loud it hurts ht Nate’s the hottest bachelor in the country You’d jump on his sexy bod in a heartbeat Unless you don’t have a pulse” She laughs even louder

“Never,” I challenge “You kno I feel about Nate”