Fire and Desire

Chapter 24

"I should really be in that hotel room hotting you up in front of all of OVO, the UAE and their second cousins, but I'd like to address this in the comfort of our home. Not with hotel walls separating us from everywhere else. Enjoy your trip.

R."

I reread the last part of Rea's text over and over again. I should be up in her guts, not up in arms trying to figure out where in the hell she is.

As I was staring intensely at her text, I hadn't noticed that Mark had come through the bedroom door and had been looking at me sheepishly.

"Bro listen..."

"If it's about Rea, then I already know. She text me, she said she told you."

I didn't know if I was mad at Mark - and in all honesty I didn't have any right to be - but I could feel an uneasiness in the air.

The longer he stayed silent, the thicker the tension grew.

"Uh.. okay bro. Just checking in, I'll leave you to it."

He backed out the room slowly, his eyes on me still so I nodded in appreciation to let him know all was OK.

I turned my attention back to the larger than necessary iPhone in my hand and began typing out a message back to Rea. Even though I'd been in this situation before - her leaving out the country when she sees something she doesn't want to see like she's been scrolling left through my phone - I really didn't know how to approach this one.

First and fore most she was wrong.

Obviously.

But I didn't need her running rampant in London when we had even more shit to talk about. It'd all been going so well.

Since the stunts with Robyn had been deaded, she'd been happier, even more fun to be around than normal. Her gold skin glowing more in the LA sun than usual.

The spark in her eye that I saw when I first met her was back.

Now there was another bump in the road to fuck it all up.

As per.

My thumbs danced with each other in mid air as I debated how to start my text.

"R
I'm not entirely sure what the fuck you have seen since I left that the hotel room but I can assure you it's been completely twisted. I'm tired of having to explain myself.

I'm not sure what sort of insecurities you still have a year in but to still think that I would cheat on you especially in such a public manner is beyond me. I'm tired of the bullshit. You need to grow up and sort your shit out.

If you want a break say you want a break. I can put you in a condo in downtown LA and you can have time to yourself away from me, away from the OVO boys, away from it all. You can take the time to clear your head and really decide if you want to proceed in this relationship because honestly I'm over it.

Message me back when you decide to grow some balls and decide to fly back to LA so we can talk about this like grown-ups."

Damn .. I was harsh.

Although there was some truth to that message I didn't want to lose the best thing that had happened to me.

I rolled my eyes and backspaced it all.
I knew her way too well to attack her so abrasively.