Third Wheel

chapter one - consequences

(Will)

Clusterfuck a dangerously mishandled situation or undertaking.

That is exactly the word I would use to describe my current predicament.

Staring at my phone I wondered how things went so wrong so quickly, and while some people might say that I signed up for this in the beginning, I would like to side with the other people who say I'm not at fault.

The best thing about this is that there are no people because it's a secret, or at least it was supposed to be until last night.

Will Madden playing it with the big leagues?

Written in a big, bold, black font, it stared up at me from my phone. With a picture of Cassidie and I kissing underneath it.

This was really, really fucking bad. How could I have been so careless?

I'm in Spain on vacation—well, not really. Im a bodyguard here with the princess on her vacation.

I was a secret literally in every single aspect. I'm the princess's secret bodyguard / secret boyfriend. Tell me I'm not the only one seeing the conflict here.

We started dating a couple of months ago after an excruciating period of very strong sexual tension. One night, we just couldn't help it. It happened a couple more times, then a couple more, until we finally realized that it was developing into something more, but we both knew that it couldn't be. And if it had, we both knew it would've been the biggest scandal that a royal of Andorra has ever had.

Just imagine the headlines

Princess Cassidie Langston next in line for the throne in a relationship with Will Madden owner of the largest bodyguard company.

God, I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

Last night is very fuzzy at the moment. All I remember is that we went into a dark alleyway where things got heated up between us, and then we saw a flash that brought us back to reality. A paparazzi photographer had taken a photo of us kissing. Thankfully, Cassidy's face isn't clear as my hand was covering her face, but you can tell by the hair that it is her or at least someone who has very beautiful long brunette hair.

How would I explain this to her parents, who specifically hired me and not any of my workers for my discretion? How would I explain this to Cassidy? Is the bigger question I'm sure she still hasn't seen it, or else she'd be banging on my door right this second. Maybe I should go tell her before she has a complete mental breakdown before managing to even reach my door. I should definitely do that; I mean, it's the least I could do.

Cassidy's room was right across from mine, so all it took was a minimum of two steps and a knock on the door for her sleepy figure to come to greet me.

Even though she looked tired and had just woken up, I couldn't help but feel that little flutter in my heart whenever I saw her, and the same thought crossed my mind the way it always does. She's really fucking beautiful. And she really is with her big amber-colored eyes and turned-up nose that complimented lush pink lips; she had long, bouncy, supple hair that reached her mid back and long, model-like legs that made her even all that much more beautiful.

"Hey, sleepy head" I said with a chuckle.

"Hi" she greeted me, her voice still groggy and tired from just waking up

"We should talk."

"Yeah, sure, now?"

"Preferably, yeah, it's important."

Sure, come in," she said, moving her body away from the door, allowing my entrance. I scanned the room with my eyes, noticing all the clothes on the floor. This room was messy, especially for her, who had just stayed in it for a couple of days.

"Sorry about the mess" she said sheepishly.

"Nah, it's cool."

"So what do you want to talk about?"

"Yeah, you should probably sit down." I motion to her bed with my hand, seeing as it's the only surface that is not covered.

"What's wrong? You're making me nervous." She sat on the edge of the bed, staring up at me. "

"There's this article that's been going around for a couple of hours now-" I pause, making sure that she's still with me.

"-its a photo of us'

"Huh? What do you mean by a photo of us? An article? What happened?" question quickly went out of her mouth, as I expected

"Last night, when that paparazzi took a picture of us, it circled around quite fast," I said pulling out my phone from my pockets to show her the article.

"Oh my god! This is so bad." Panic laced her voice

"I know but we ca-"

"No wait, this actually isn't that bad; you can't even tell it was me; my face isn't in the photo thanks to your ginormous hands." She interrupts me.

"People can still tell it's you, Cassidy; they aren't that dumb."

She stares blankly at me like I'm the stupidest person to ever walk the earth.

"The only thing that's visible is my hair. We can get any girl, and she would probably agree to be your fake girlfriend or something I mean, look at you."

That's never going to work."

Yes, it will. We'll hold a press conference stating how we're only friends and that girl was actually your girlfriend. We'll make her sign an NDA. She'll never tell anyone the truth. In front of the cameras, she'll be your girlfriend, but in private, I'll be." She's now standing close to me, holding my hand, and at that moment, I truly felt that this could actually work.

"Yeah, okay" I gave her a comforting nod

"Okay" she let out a breath.

"How am I going to get a fake girlfriend, though?" I tilted my head to the side, questioning her

"Do you know anyone in Spain?"

"I mean, yeah, I grew up here, you know that."

"Yes, I do, and it's perfect-" She gave my hand a little squeeze. "-would you happen to have a close friend that is also female that would be willing to help you out?" She looked at me hopefully.

"Yeah, I mean, my best friend in high school, her name was Claire, but we haven't talked in so long that I doubt she even remembers me."

"What if I talk to her? I mean, I am a princess, and all she might be more forgoing if I speak to her."

"You could try for sure."

"Great! What's her name?"

"Claire, Claire Mont"
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