living on the edge

Chapter 38 | Payback.

lexee's point of view

heidi and I sat waiting in a conference room for robert and brynn.

my head was down resting on my arm when a loud smack of papers hitting the table made me jolt up.

"morning, sunshine. let's talk about this little scandal we have going on, alright?" robert bitchingly smiled.

"it wasn't a scandal..." i shook my head.

"we don't know that yet. that's why cameron and nash are coming up to this room right now."

my jaw dropped and i looked at heidi.

"that should be them." he said once two knocks were placed on the door.

"this dude needs a seat." Nash chuckled, struggling to walk cam's hungover body into a chair.

"i'll be right back with brynn and some coffees. try not to kill each other while im gone?" robert asked, and then quickly dashing into the hallway.

i rolled my eyes.

"how're you?" nash sighed, sitting diagonally across from heidi.

"don't even, blue eyes. i know what you both have done to my best friend." she scoffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"almost forgot how sassy you were." nash smiled at her.

cameron groaned, holding his stomach and leaning forward in his chair.

"whys he like ... dying ??" i asked.

"he got a lil more drunk than you did im guessing." nash's smile slowly faded once he realized what he said.

he's hurt.
well i mean, obviously.

im dating cameron. but he and madison beer have somethin going on.
but then nash and i have somethin going on.

and then nash kissed me in front of the paparazzi. but then i left a party with cameron - both drunk. and we don't remember anything else.

obviously the poor kid is worried and hurt.

"ahh. nice to see you four are all still breathing." Robert smiled, carrying in a tray with coffees and Brynn following with her blue binder in her hands.

"we gotta sort all this out." he said, handing us all a coffee.

"i don't remember anything." cameron mumbled, his eyes still closed.

"same. the last thing i remember is getting dropped off at the afterparty. and then i woke up this morning." i shrugged.

"we've got the press thinking you two hooked up last night." brynn said.

i cringed. how awkward is that.
to be implying having sex with someone else in the room while your manager is there to listen?

"-might not seem all that bad in your little teenage minds, but you know ... in the law? cameron is 21 and you're seventeen."

"i'll be eighteen in-"

"doesn't matter." she cut me off.

"basically, all we're trying to get at is do you remember where you two went after the party, and then how you ended up both at your own places?" robert asked.

"no." cam and i answered at the same time.

"if i could interrupt ..." heidi started, "so what if people think they did the nasty last night? i think we have more proof that they didn't, rather than they did. they woke up in their own beds. that's a first."

"what's the second?" nash asked.

"...i didn't get that far yet." she slouched in the black leather, swivel chair.

"but the point is that it causes a bad image for a seventeen year old model who's supposed to be very aware of her work ethic, and-"

"i am aware of my work ethic." i cut robert off. "I love my job. everything i do revolves around this job. whatever went down last night does not change that. just like how an innocent kiss with him," i pointed at nash,"going around everywhere didn't change a thing about me."

there was awkward silence for a moment but my phone went off with a twitter notification that showed my lockscreen, reminding me of the text from alyssa.

"what's that?" heidi asked, noticing my full attention towards it.

brynn grabbed my phone off the table and read it out loud, "lol. loved seeing your drunken ass leave my party last night with lover boy. you're welcome for getting the press all up on your little love affair, story. kiss kiss, lsb."

her mouth was left agape but roberts eyes lit up with an idea.

"that's it..." he mumbled, "you're a seventeen, soon to be eighteen year old Victoria's Secret Pink model. not some sort of 14 year old dancer on the hit tv show, dance moms. she wants to do this to you? do it right back. play naughty..... just .. not like that ... um .."

i face palmed. when will the awkward sex references go away?

"that's besides the point. what he's trying to say is, we need two rivals on the same management team. she has her side acting career and you have your touring. we'll plan a payback attack on her, similar to this one." brynn stated.

my eye brow raised, "is this even a good idea?"

"yes! this'll cause more publicity!" robert smiled.

"you guys are already faking a friendship. so take it to another level and be best friends. ones who have a little fun exposing each other on things, but only ..."out of love"." brynn smiled.

"evil genius..." heidi whispered.

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aahah this should be good. 😏

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