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When I started I was okay with it I would do virtually anything to have s played on the radio And if thatto sign off on that It didn’t seem like a bad idea at the time

The crazy thing was that it worked The label had been right all the way down to the song selections I sold more albums the first year than any other of its debut artists

But I was short-sighted Now I had to watch everything I wore Everything I said Everyone I spoke to It was a nightht short dresses They had created the perfect forredients I had to be a role model

It was like an ironic joke Me? A role irl would want the life I had before I was famous? If only they knew But Alexa Wilde was a creation, and no one kneho I used to be And people seemed okay with that

I wasn’t sure I was I hadn’t forgotten where I cae was born I wanted the le to rebuild my life I wanted every trace of the past to disappear But that wasn’t reality It was there when I closed h life, scared one day the truth would co out and this dream would be over

“Lexi, what if we do half up, half down?” Helena asked

I shrugged, typing away onto make Jake happy”

“Nothing o there?”

“True” I looked at our reflections in thethat will completely piss him off” I smiled

Helena laughed “I don’t want to get fired, but I have so in mind”

I settled back in the chair while she went to work finishing ht

Jake had set up this charity event for me It wasn’t often I was in Austin My Texas tours usually kept er venues like Dallas and Houston, but this was another opportunity to sho involved I ith children’s fundraising It was the cornerstone of my platform, and Jake never enerosity

If I wanted I could probably find anotherfor nightclub gigs any the rest of my life I was Alexa Wilde, America’s Country Sweetheart As pure I was the girl you wanted your son to date I was the girl you wanted your daughter to grow up to be I was the daughter you wish you had

After three years ofto let me out of his clutches Our contract was ironclad I had it examined when he wasn’t around I had five more years with him Until then, I had to inal ie that sold millions of records

“Speak of the devil” Helena rolled her eyes as Jake let himself into my suite We had rented out the entire top floor of the Austin Gold Hotel It was impossible to keep s secure