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"Why the hell are you so fucking obstinate? Are you afraid to learn the truth about him? Or are you afraid I’ll learn the truth about what you do with hi words at rabs er hard on the bruise around , and undoubtedly erasing any possible question in Ollie’san idiot," he says He reaches out and tugs a lock ofwill it be before Stark does so else that makes you take a knife to yourself?"

I don’t even realize I’vehis cheek "Get the hell out of ing open, his breath co hard "Oh, shit," he whispers "Oh, shit, oh, shit Nikki, I’m sorry"

"No, you’re not," I snap "You’d be thrilled if Damien and I broke up I don’t knohy you dislike him so much--"

"And I don’t knohy you’re so blind"

"I’m not," I say "I see him perfectly clearly"

"You see what he wants you to see But you forget where I work You forget thatdown on Stark," Ollie says, "and I don’t want to see you get hurt" He sighs "I warned you, didn’t I? You’re in the spotlight now, and that’s not where you want to be It’s not where you should be"

My blood feels as though it’s h o"

"Fine, whatever I’ll get et out of here" He returns to es with his briefcase He et that things are bad between us now, and I’m sorry But I can’t just let this slide Do you even knohere he is now?"

I cross my arms over s in his briefcase for his iPad, then pulls up a page fro the tablet at me

It’s a picture of Damien with his arlasses, and a hat shields uess Apparently Hello! can’t even do that, because the caption reads

Did Da? Is it the end for Damien Stark and Texas Beauty Queen Nikki Fairchild? Our sources say Stark looked quite cosy with this unidentified woman as they strolled the Hampstead Heath earlier today Stark arrived in London without the woman whose portrait he paid a cool million dollars for Buyer’s re "She’s a friend"

"I thought he went on business"

"He’s not allowed to see a friend while he’s doing business?"

There’s a loud bang on the wall Jalas, followed by a very loud, very satisfied groan