The Story Of Another Us | cth

25. On the line

Lucy's POV

"You need to break up with your boyfriend."

I was in a meeting with my agent Janet, the director, producer, and other people that were working on this movie and apart of the management I work for.

"I'm sorry what?" I thought I misunderstood her.

"It's for publicity reasons don't you understand?" Janet was talking to me as if I would understand why I would need to break up with Calum from the get go.

I knew that I signed a contract but I didn't think they would take it this far.

"No, I don't think I do." I said trying not to get choked up. I could feel the tears in my eyes threaten to spill out.

"When you break up with Calum, you and Devyn will be the new, hot, Hollywood couple." Janet explained.

It was one thing to break up with Calum and a whole other thing to break up with Calum so that I could date Devyn.

"More people will want to see our movie because the two people in love are together in real life, therefore bringing the movie more to life." The director added in.

"You have two days to break up with him and get back to us." They didn't even let me interject. This was my personal life that they were destroying.

"And what if I don't break up with him?" I asked making eye contact with the head of my management.

"Then you're done working for us."

I wanted to cry. I thought that I was finally getting everything I ever dreamed of. I had the best boyfriend, the lead role in a movie, I moved all the way from Australia to live in Los Angeles, and now they want to take that all away from me just for a publicity stunt?

I grabbed my stuff and stormed out of the room without even saying goodbye.

I ran all the way out to the parking lot and luckily my aunt was already there in her car waiting for me.

"How did it go?" She asked, not noticing the tears streaming down my face.

"Uh, fine." I said quickly wiping them away.

"Hey, hey, what's wrong?" She asked concerned.

I shook my head trying to show that there was nothing wrong. "There is obviously something going on. Just tell me I'm sure I can help."

There was nothing she could do to help and I really did not want to talk about it with her, but I had no choice now.

"They're making me break up with Calum!" I said through the tears that I finally released.

"Oh sweetheart." She pulled me into a hug to try and comfort me. "They did the same thing to me when I was your age." She explained.

"That's horrible!" I said through my sobs.

"But it was worth it." She pulled away and looked me in the eyes. "Look where I am now because of it." She wasn't wrong. My aunt was one of the most successful women in Hollywood.

"It doesn't matter how successful you are because of it, what matters is if you are happy." I didn't care if I had everything I ever dreamed of. I just wanted Calum.

"You'll find your happiness without him. Besides, this is only temporary." I wasn't sure how true that was.

"He won't understand why I'm breaking up with him. I don't even understand why I'm breaking up with him." I was beyond frustrated, none of this made any sense.

When I got the call that I would be in a movie and move all the way from Australia to Los Angeles, this never crossed my mind.

I didn't realize that I would have the things I loved most taken away from me.

"How long do you have?" She asked.

"Two days." I said glumly.

"We'll come up with a plan. You will have him back someday, I promise." She said starting to back the car out of the parking lot.

"I don't know if that's true." I said blankly.

"Tonight, we're gonna forget about what you have to do tomorrow and we're gonna watch sad movies and eat as much ice cream as we can." Did she forget about the contract I signed.

"But aunt Jamie I can't-"

"Vegan ice cream darling, and we don't have to tell anyone about it." She said as if she could tell what I was going to say.

We sat in silence for the rest of the car ride home but my mind was still racing with thoughts on how I would be breaking the most beautiful boy in the world's heart.

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I am so sorry! This chapter is SO short.

I started another book called 'life line' and it is also another calum one. You can go check it out if you would like!

Thank you for reading :)