I'm Meant To Hate You

6

"Oh shit really? I hate to do this, but I might have to steer clear of you." He kept his voice low as he became overly aware of his surroundings.

"What? Why?" I asked, confused. He was usually calm, in any situation. It was strange and certainly uncharacteristic of him to be acting this way.

"She's my ex. My agent informed me that it's best if I stay away. I'm sure you would have told her the same." He explained, pulling me in for a quick hug, kissing me on the cheek before moving away. I definitely would have told her the same if I had known.

But the place where he had just kissed me was now stinging. My head snapped in the opposite direction from where Jarvis had just stood. "What the fuck Emily? What is wrong with you?" Jarvis seethed at her, my hand coming up to feel my cheek as I felt a drop running down my face. I pulled my hand away to see some blood, clearly her nails had left a lasting impression beneath my eye. Jarvis held onto my arm as his light blue eyes looked over my cheek, a hand running through his blonde locks as he let the stress of the situation get to him.

"Go." I told him, knowing that if this got out it would cause everyone problems.

"Are you sure?" He asked timidly. His eyes darted around us, nervous about what might happen next if he was seen in this situation. It was the exact situation that agents told their clients to avoid.

"Positive. Hurry up." I urged him, pushing him away from me as he reluctantly left.

My hand harshly grabbed onto Emily's arm, pulling her with me as I took her out of the back entrance. "What are you doing? Everything was going fine and then you decide to slap the one person that's on your side. What the fuck are you playing at Fox?" I heaved out to her, finally letting go of her arm and standing further away from her to try and keep my hands to myself.

"Why were you with him? Why did he kiss you?" Her tone full of accusations. Her face was usually beautiful, serene no matter the emotions on it. But jealousy was a nasty thing, and the beauty that I often saw was no longer there.

"I've known him a long time, before you start, it has nothing to do with you. You are the one who forgot mention him." I was now pacing.

"So what are you? Dating?" She crossed her arms as she assumed the worst.

"Of course not. He was my first client. And I'm fucking gay Fox, why would you do something like that without asking me first? Fuck sake. This is going to be massive. What the fuck am I going to say when people find out that it was me, your agent, that you just fucking smacked across the red carpet. Fuck, fuck, fuck...You're going to stand there until I decide what to do with you, do you understand? If I come back and you've ran off into the sunset, I will resign as your agent. You better start praying that Mel can fix this, or you better wish that you can get as close to the fucking sunset as you can." I huffed out to her, walking up to Harry's car and knocking on the window as I rummaged through my pockets for my phone.

"Kiana? Is everything okay?" He questioned as he rushed out of the car, his eyes focused on the small cut under my eye.

"Stay with her please, I need to make a call." I said to him in a quipped tone. I moved away from him, refusing to turn back to acknowledge Emily and stood as my phone shook in my hand. The phone rang and rang and rang before she finally picked up.

"Hey sweetheart, everything okay?" Mel's voice crackled through the phone. She found this weird considering I rarely called her unless it was really important, knowing that anything else I could just tell her when I got back home.

"Mel you need to help me. Fox slapped me at the premiere. I'm sure someone would have seen it. It's going to be bad Mel. What the fuck am I going to do? I'll have to quit. No one's going to believe me over her, she's got everyone behind her. Fuck Mel." I stressed, my voice straining as I tried not to cry.

"Okay babe....listen to me okay? I'll contact Richard and tell him what's happened, I'll also contact my man in the media, see if he gets wind of anything close to this and get him to shut it down. I've got you okay? Get her home, even though I want to fucking kick her, get her home safe and then come home, okay? I'll be waiting for you." She said gently down the phone.

"Okay. Thank you."

"That's what I'm here for, see you in a bit sugarplum." She teased slightly, trying to make me feel a bit better. The call ended and I placed the phone in my pocket, closed my eyes as I let my head fall back, facing up to the sky. I breathed in a few deep breaths before gathering myself and turning back to Harry and Emily.

"We're going to her house Harry." I said lowly, hearing straight to my side of the car.

"Yes boss." He nodded, opening the back door for her, allowing me to get in myself. He quickly shut her door as he moved to walk around the car, getting in the drivers seat. "Seat belts." He said, and after ensuring that everyone had their seatbelts on, he started to take us away from the drama that had just unfolded. My eyes closed as I rested my head on my right hand, rubbing my forehead as I felt a headache starting to show its colours.

"I'm really so-." Her delicate voice interrupted the silence

"I don't need to hear it Fox. Keep it to yourself." I cut her off. I knew she was going to apologise, but to be quite frank, I wasn't ready to accept it. I wasn't ready to speak to Richard either. If this got out, it wouldn't just ruin my future, it would ruin the whole of Richard's reputation. It would ruin everything me and Richard have worked hard to keep going. It would ruin everything I've dedicated my life to.

The car rolled to a stop outside her house, and this time I got out. I walked her to the gate, and then waited for the gate to open. I walked with her to her front door as he parents greeted her. I congratulated all of them on the premiere. I waved them off when they asked about my cheek, joking about tripping over the red carpet. Then I joined Harry back in the car, heading back to my apartment.

"Hey I'm really sorry about whatever happened today. I hope it gets better for you." He spoke up form beside me as I had opted to join him in the front.

"Thank you Harry. I think I need all the hope I can get right now. Things aren't looking good." I sighed.

"It will sort itself out. Richard's never has drama for long. It just all seems to disappear. It gets buried deep. They will do the same with this." He tried to reassure me.

"I sure hope so."

"Update me next time yeah? The next event that Emily Fox has, I'll be taking you both there." He feigned excitement. "But until then, because we're here, I'll be with you in spirit." He said, getting out of the car once it had rolled to a stop and pulling my door open for me.

"Until next time." I said to him, offering him a small wave as I disappeared into my apartment complex. I have never been more relieved to see Mel in my life. I practically fell through our door into her arms, letting her engulf me in a bear hug.

"I'm on your side remember. But that also means we're on hers. I've called everyone I can think of to try and get rid of this if they see it. Richard wants a meeting tomorrow with the both of you, he called her parents, I'm sure they won't be happy about it, unless he didn't tell them the actual reason." She waffled on, still holding me in her arms.

She always knew how to make things right.