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Jess walked into Meg’s apartment, plopped down, and rested her head on the back of the couch

“Well Jess, when you go for it, you certainly hit it out of the park Talk about getting out there” Meg walked into her kitchen and reappeared with a bottle of wine and a glass Sa on the couch next to Jess

“Tellany of the gossip stuff”

“It’s not bad,” Sam reassured her

“But it’s not good either, right?” Jess looked to Meg, knowing she wasn’t one to sugarcoat things

“It’s not not good, honey It’s mainly speculation They don’t knohat to s thatpoured Jess a glass of wine filling it nearly to the top

“He said he broke up with her before he ca to play it off like they never broke up I believe hiure that won’t play ith the tabloids Man, that’s a sentence I never thought I would say”

“I know; if there’s anyone that would have ended up in the gossip rags, I would have thought it would have been Meg for the suspicious disappearance of an ex,” Sa

“Har har har,” Meg deadpanned “Anyway, how are you doing? Iup? It’s a lot to take in,” Meg said placing a hand on Jess’s knee

“It was a shock for sure I never thought I would be in a situation like this Aedan’s great, he’s auy before When I’ht But all the other stuff, all the paparazzi and attention It’s freaking me out for sure”

“That’s co said

“Yeah one hundred percent,” Sa squeeze “But we don’t want you to psych yourself out about this I know you’re analyzing all of the angles and trying to run assessether We’ve seen how he is with you And how you are with hiuy Don’t overthink it”

“How can I not? He’s a superstar—a bona fide international sensation This is Emmett times a million”

“I knew you would go there Don't even compare Aedan to Emmett He was a boy that didn’t knohat he wanted Aedan’s not like that Not as far as we can see Just relax and let yourself go along with this for as long as it goes”

“And if it all goes to shit, you can sell some awesome stories to the tabloids”