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Once done taking off the wrap, Abel made his way back to the private showers Noah followed So he would "So is it true?"
Abel walked into one of the open shower stalls and turned on the water He turned back to Noah who sat down on one of the benches on the other side of the stall’s pony wall It came up past Abel’s waist, so he could still see Noah’s curious expression "Is what true?" Abel asked, pulling off his trunks and briefs, and stood under the shower
"That you and Rachel are real serious?"
"What?"
Noah laughed "Roni saw it first and asked h the channels, and it was on like two different tabloid shows They have pictures of you and her earlier this week having sushi and then getting back in your car, so apparently it’s real serious"
"It’s bullshit We had lunch That’s all Andy said they’d do this once we got closer to the fight" Not wanting to look at hi up before asking "What did you tell Roni?"
"I figured as irl a few times in the past and that’s probably all this tireat As if he needed to give Nellie more reason to feel free to ju it, why shouldn’t she?
Noah stood up now "Is she who you’re seeing tonight?"
This wasn’t like Noah He never asked Abel details of his conquests, and he knew better than anyone that Abel wasn’t one to be talking about his personal life The only reason Noah even knew about Rachel was because she was the one who told everyone There could only be one reason Noah was asking now--the same reason he’d ever asked before--so Abel had to ask, but he still wouldn’t look at hi"
"No, you’re not" He turned to him now The irritation that had ht to keep under control in Nellie’s office today had just peaked "You don’t wonder about my personal life, and you know I don’t talk about it Ever So what gives? The little wifey put you up to this?"
"First of all," Noah pointed at hi tone when you talk about Roni You hearhis head under it He seriously needed to get a grip He ht as well just tell Noah he had no idea how to deal with knowing that Nellie would be on a date to so da a little calmer "Roni mentioned Nellie hadn’t heard from you since last week, the day I told you about her date this Friday I was just hoping that the tiny little flaht I saw in your eye that day had finally set so off upstairs and you’d co you enjoy your tiossip on TV, I thought you’d reallyyou walk around here all ith that look on your face, the one you usually reserve for the ring just before you’re getting ready to tear so and Abel assu for him to look at him, so he took a deep breath and did Noah lifted a brow "Please tell ht happen and you assured " Abel stared at him and Noah shook his head "Aside from us, Nellie is the only family Roni has Tell me no matter what happens that we’ll be able to sit around the table or be in the saes everything"
"Nothing’s changing," Abel said, turning off the water He grabbed a towel fro real now You know I have no patience for the paparazzi, and they’ve been all overup, he tied the towel around his waist then looked up at Noah and hoped he could pull this next part off "But Nellie and I are cool Like I said before, her personal life and what she does when I’m not around is none ofso away toward his locker then turned and looked back at Noah "And sorry about my tone there You know I love Roni"
"You better be sorry," Noah chuckled "’Cause I don’t care how big you are Mess with her and I’ll come after you"
For what felt like the first time since Abel had first walked into Nellie’s office today, he smiled "Yeah, I know you would"
He’d have to keep in ht it earlier this week, and he was beginning to think it again Maybe Noah was right Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to keep this up If only he could convince his heart of that, the saainst his chest fro dressed, Abel picked up his brother’s tablet, which sat on the desk in the back office He’d done everything he could to avoid the tabloids stories ever since he heard the stuff they were saying about his dad He didn’t really care, but it’d pissed hiain explain his father’s death as if he or Hector were in any way buying the bullshit stories