RANDOM QUESTION:

Jealousy Jealousy (Things Are Getting Messy).

Veronica's POV

"Leo!" I yelled as I ran up after him. "Leo, wait! Come on, you know what they're saying isn't true so why are you getting so upset about it?"

He stopped dead in his tracks as he turned around with an impassive look on his face. "Isn't it?"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"

"There is only one meaning to what I said, Ver," he said as he crossed his hands over his chest.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked him with a scoff. "I'm dating you, you idiot. How could I be with Xav? Why would you even think that?!"

"Well, what am I supposed to think, V?" he asked me as his shoulders slumped. "How do you think I felt yesterday when I saw the two of you singing like that on television?"

"We were just singing, Leo," I said with a sigh. "There was no 'connection' or anything of that sorts."
Liar.

He still didn't look convinced.
"Ver, can I ask you a question?"

"Sure," I said as I walked ahead and stood right in front of him.

"Would you be able to leave all of these people for the second time?"

"W-What do you mean?" I asked him, flinching a little.

"You're coming back home with me after the wedding, right?" he whispered as he took my hand in his and rested his forehead against mine.
I shut my eyes and gave him a small nod.

"And have you told this to your friends? That you're only back in Minnesota for a little while? That you have to go back to London with me?"

"No," I said as I bit my lip from nervousness as the thought of leaving the second time almost brought tears to my eyes.

"You need to tell them, babe," he sighed as he pulled me in for a hug. "It isn't right by them."

"I know," I said as I sighed into his chest.

"There you two are!"
We turned around to see Penelope stand at the end of the hallway. "We need you two to come outside. Sam is here. He might have some answers."

With a nod in her direction, Leo moved to go outside, not before talking my hand in his though.

"-told you yesterday too, Xavier," said Sam as he sat right opposite to Xavier on one of the couches. Xav had his elbows resting on his knees as he sat down, his head rested on top of his clenched palms as he seemed to be deep in thought. Beatrice stood next to him as she had her palm rested on his shoulder, listening to what Sam had to say with extreme concentration.

"And I thought I told you no," said Xav, very clearly upset.

"You need to trust me, Xav," said Sam as his face paled. "Yes, I suggested the same idea to you yesterday but I let it go the second you said no. Is it so hard to believe that someone else might've thought about the same thing though?"

"This was what the call you got from Sam yesterday was about, wasn't it?" Jen asked as realisation dawned on her.

"Wait, you asked Xav to publicly confess about him being in a relationship with Ver yesterday? For publicity?" Jerko asked.

"What?" Leo said from beside me as he looked at Xav with narrowed eyes. "So you knew this was going to happen?"

"No I didn't," said Xav, extremely calmly, as he looked at Leo. "I nipped it in the bud the same second."

"That's true," said Sam, backing Xavier up. "He barely let me finish telling him my idea. Someone else must've given the news channel this false story for money most likely."