IV

Part 37

I stood before him crossing my arms.
"Did you watch it?" Mike asked us.
"Actually, we did. Where did you get it from?"
"So it's true? There's something between you?" Mike questioned.
"Never said that. I just want to know how you got a hold of it." I responded, raising my eyebrows.
"Well, management-"
"Management would have sent it to Harry too, don't you think?" Liam interrupted.
"Look, I don't know alright? I just follow orders." Mike fought back.
"Harry isn't talking to me because of this. I just hope you have nothing to do with the sex tape." I warned.
"I don't. I promise." He replied, his eyes softening.
Liam shook his head, putting a hand on my shoulder, "Come on, Y/N. We've got things to do."
"The first thing we're going to do is call management. They must have got it from somewhere. Maybe they're just trying to blackmail us." Liam said to me once we we're in my bathroom.
It was the safest place we could think of, away from Mike and any other person who wanted to eavesdrop.

"Any luck?" I asked Liam as he hung up. He shook his head.
"They don't know the source. But they said it was sent half an hour ago. We had already watched the video by that time. Something isn't right." He informed.
"But that would mean Mike got it from someone else."
"We can't go back and accuse him. We have to keep what we know between us. I'm gonna call the Manchester arena and I'll get some food while I'm at it. You just stay here and don't tell anyone what we're doing."
"I'll go with you." I said, following him.
"No. The last thing we need is paparazzi seeing us together. They'll be shouting at us since the moment they see us. Just stay safe." He insisted, kissing the top of my head before closing the door behind him.

A little while after Liam had left, there was someone at the door. I supposed it was him, probably forgetting something on his way out. I went towards the front door to find Mike opening it, a smug smile standing before me.
"Well you can leave. You can't even do your job correctly." Lexi sneered. Mike left the house without saying a word.
"Who do you think you are to boss him around like that?" I defied.
Lexi turned to face me, raising her eyebrows.
"I'm sorry to break it to you, honey. But you honestly have no idea what's been going on lately." She smiled.
I crossed my arms, waiting for her to go on.
"Mikey was our very own Trojan horse and you told him everything on your mind. It was amazing, you didn't suspect him at all. Oh, don't look at me like that. You suspected something at some point. The calls to his 'daughter', the microphones, the notes, the flowers. He helped with all of that. I gotta say, the security role was a great idea. He would 'go check something out' to cover for us."
I looked at the floor, the moments Lexi mentioned flashing before my eyes as tears fell from them.
"You haven't heard the best part though. The sex tape. Now you know it wasn't management, it was us. Surprise!  I've had so much fun these past few months. I'm hoping my prize will be Harry leaving you. Let's go back to the sex tape, shall we? Well, it was in Manchester. I got past security saying I was your BFF. I had to show them some pictures to get in. They didn't trust me. Remember Jake? That guy that you thought you liked but I was secretly going out with him? He pretended to be Liam. Got all the tattoos and everything. Stupid Mike almost blew his cover when you saw him. But you were dumb enough to not notice it was him. Everything was just right. Then you decided to go back to the dressing rooms and you might have heard something. Oh yeah, Mike called it 'deep cleaning'. Anyway, we did what we had to do. All that was left was editing and sending it to you. And here we are now. How are things with Harry?"
I glowered at her. She was responsible for everything.
"By the look on your face, not good! Stop crying, will you? Sometimes I want to pity you, but then I think that Harry doesn't love you anymore and I get over it." She cackled.
He still loved me, I was sure of it. My fingers traced our matching tattoo.
"Oh, you got a tattoo. You got his initial! Talk about obsession."
"I just want to know why, Lexi. After all this time, I thought we were friends." I sighed.
"You don't get it. You never do. Even though I have more money than you, everyone is always interested in you. Whether it's guys or friends or whatever. They choose you over me. But what hurt me the most was Harry. You knew I loved him and you snatched him away from me. So now, if I can't have him neither can you." She grinned.
"That's enough."
We both turned to him.