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They worked together in the kitchen, boiling the potatoes, nocchi Aedan put soh into the oven and started on the sauce after rolling the gnocchi Jess even tried her hand at nocchi and they didn’t turn out half bad

He boiled the gnocchi and added the his cooking redients into ato the pan so often for taste-tests that Aedan finally had to cut her off so they’d have some left for the meal

As she was atte to sneak back to the pan for a little bit h on her phone It was from an unknown number

Unknown: How does it feel being a footballer’s whore? There’s no way he’s using you for more than a quick and dirty fuck

It was like all of the ugly thoughts that were running through the back of Jess’s mind were poured out on the screen for her to see What the fuck?!

The phone dropped out of Jess’s hand Her heart began to pound and she felt a bit light headed

“Jess! Jess, what’s wrong?” The look of concern on Aedan’s face alht tears to her eyes

“Jess, what is it?” Seeing her phone on the floor, Aedan rushed over and picked it up He gasped and his face turned red, first with rage, then with shame

“Jess, it’s OK We’ll figure this out I don’t knoho sent this, but it’s going to be OK”

“OK? You think this is going to be OK? That’s a text to et my number? What the hell Aedan?”

“I know, I know It’s beyond messed up and I’m so sorry” He moved toward her to try to pull her into his arms She held up her hands to fend off his advance

“Is this what it’s like to be with you? This is just the beginning, isn’t it? First, the guy yesterday and now this?”

“Jess, caluy yesterday?”

“A photographer He came here He came to my apartment and confrontedand took my picture” Jess’s head started to swim Black spots started to appear in her vision and she felt like shein her own apartet out

“I need to go,” Jess said, bordering on hysterical