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“Listen to me first”

“You never listen to h of this, I’ve had enough of all of this You’ve traames, I don’t want my self-esteem affected, and I don’t want to think twice before I talk because you ht think less of me”

“I don’t think less of you I think the world of you You’re theperson—”

“Stop it! Stop it!” she cried “You’re doing this on purpose You think you can reel me back in, don’t you? All those times I’ve tried to be nice to you, they fell on deaf ears, they fell on nothing You looked at uess what buddy, what you did was the lowest of the low”

“I only did that because I was afraid I couldn’t control a

s happening,” he began “I realized things when you were in London I saw that look of happiness in your eyes and I wanted to keep it that way, but I didn’t want to be obvious And you’re right, I have a huge ego I wanted to come out as the winner of the contract, even if this was no contest, even if I told you this was a in situation

“I wanted you, Mikaela, and I’m not afraid to say it I wanted you fro to sleep with you I’d lie to ht you weren’t desirable, you were and I told ret it I didn’t want to get to know you at first, but I wanted you It was selfish and I saw no other way to keep you close I didn’t think I’d end up liking you too soon There was a reason that contract was only supposed to last threeemotions

“I’ed about, I’ I dated long term, but I never fell in love Maybe I felt so used to it, but that was it Even a year isn’t enough to make me love someone”

“It’s not about the ti so moment with someone you like at least?”

He nodded “I realized that too late I realized that this ”

“So you came up with that plan? You did that on purpose, to make me feel bad Do you have any idea how you made me feel? You did that for the whole world to see, when you knew you were only targetingon that photo—”

“Because I planned for it to be the like that I gave you the money not because I cheated, but because I didn’t want to see you again, knowing I’d have hurt you too much already—”

“Yet here you are”

“Yes, here I am,” Justin told her, his eyes solely concentrated on her “Here I a down to pride Here I a I’d never done before I was desperate to see you I couldn’t sleep

Right after those paparazzi took those photos, I felt no sense of accomplishment In fact, I felt miserable You were on my mind every day, when you left London early, there wasn’t an hour I didn’t wish I could have taken that flight with you It was a terrible last ditch effort to get rid of these feelings I’et afraid, even if I’ corporate decisions- this whole thing, it’s all new to me”