After Paradise: Book Two • jb

Chapter 16

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I was almost disgusted. No, screw that. I was disgusted. The way Scooter looked at me so pleadingly, as if I owed him this.

The contract was laid out in front of me, ready to be signed. I stared at it, shook my head and pushed it back towards Scooter. "I'm not doing it. I'm not okay with it."

"You have no choice," he sighed. "I'm sorry I have to ask you to do this."

I read through it again, the agreements making me cringe all over again. I felt bad. I felt awful for treating Diana like this. If I agree to this, I will have to make public appearances with Alisa. Make people believe we're dating, which is hypocritical of my team to say it will help save my career considering people will think I cheated. I can already see the comments increasing on my Instagram pictures.

"What happened to that blonde girl?"

"Did he dump Diana?"

"Diana is better."

I agreed with the last one. People have surely called Diana a lot of different names these past few weeks - both positive and negative - but most people have begun to like her. I met fans outside for not too long ago, asking where my beautiful girlfriend was. I had smiled and told them she was at home, waiting for me.

I wasn't keeping this a secret anymore. I loved Diana and people were beginning to see that now. It made me happy because the more people agreed with us, the more love and blessings we received. The less hate Diana would get. I felt bad for all the people attacking her, she hadn't done anything but at the same time, it was nothing I could control.

"I'm not doing it," I muttered again, once again dragging the paper back to him and away from me. He gave me a look of sympathy and once again retold me how important this was for my career. Not only that but for me as a person. I would not be able to redeem myself if this was leaked to the media as well. It would be the end of me, socially. I'm not even sure I would have any friends after it. Scooter had a point. I know he did but I didn't want to accept it.

I heard him sigh before he left me alone in the office. I didn't want to go home and be all alone again. Diana had her first day at work. It was Monday and I had never seen her be more excited over anything. She was like a child on Christmas.

We had discussed the sex talk again. I had tried, yet again, to get her undressed last night. Each time I took a hold of her shirt, she instantly went pale and told me not to. Pushed my hands away from her body. I didn't want to seem like a jerk that tried to pressure her into having sex but I was beginning to worry - it's not like she's ever had a problem with it before. Blaming it on the pregnancy was not a good excuse, especially since it's not dangerous and she knows that. I even made a doctor confirm it to her whilst I was standing beside. She nodded, understood that there was no harm in having sex while pregnant - in fact, it's supposed to make the women hornier. I couldn't see that on Diana, at all.

We had ended up in a fight, or more like an argument, about everything. She'd yell at me for being such an asshole to try and always get her naked. Which was unfair of her to say because we had not been intimate for a month now. I think I had done pretty well. Diana, though, had been shutting me out on that front. She wouldn't even take showers with me anymore, she'd make sure to walk into the shower after me. So I wouldn't have the chance to walk in on her.