Exposed//Shawn Mendes

11

The next day rolled around quickly. Yesterday wasn't much but me going to lunch alone, going back to the hotel alone, eating dinner in a restaurant across the hotel alone, and then going back to the hotel being alone until maybe midnight when Shawn stumbled in drunk. I was "asleep" while he was shuffling around on his side of the room and finally went to bed.

When we were getting ready this morning he looked like he was just mad at the world in general. We had to wake up early to beat traffic to get to a big corporate office for a meeting for Shawn. He told me to dress professionally so he wasn't embarrassed to be seen with me and I swear I was this close to throwing on an oversized t-shirt with no bra and a pair of sweats. But like yesterday I had to behave or else he'll post more pictures of me which is the last thing I want.

We came to this big corporate office, sitting in a boardroom at a large wooden table at 9 in the morning. I was sat to Shawn's right while his manager who I was introduced to, Andrew, sat to his left.

Shawn instructed me to take note of almost everything. I did so for the entire 2 hours the meeting took place. They discussed a red carpet event happening soon that Shawn should attend, potential dates he can have, as well as working on his new album that was supposed to be self-titled.

As I was scribbling down my notes I felt an elbow nudging me. I furrowed my brows and looked over at Shawn, the source of the nudge. He wasn't looking at me but instead looked at one of the men speaking to us about the red carpet event. His arms were crossed and in his hand, he held his phone that was positioned upright with the screen facing me which was on. I narrowed my eyes at it to see what was on his screen that was so important he had to interrupt me.

Looking closely he was in the comments section of his Instagram. One comment read: "Sure she's pretty but what's really happening here? You can clearly see Shawn's knee next to her side, is she really just an assistant?" And to that, someone else replied: "I never noticed Shawn's knee there until now! People are saying they met this girl and said she has a boyfriend! Is she cheating?!"

I felt my heart breaking at this. What if Daniel sees this? I'm assuming he hasn't if he hasn't called me freaking out yet. I need to call him and explain this whole thing to him. How could Shawn do this to me? I'd like to believe I'm not a bad person but what did I ever do to him to make him hate me this much?

After the meeting had ended Shawn had James drive us to a nearby restaurant for lunch. We sat quietly at our outdoor table as we waited for our food. I had ordered a Caesar salad first before Shawn decided on the same thing. As we waited I looked over at Shawn. He had his leg crossed over the other and his head was down as he was texting on his phone. I could see over the rim of his sunglasses him glancing over to me. I just sighed and pulled out my own phone and rapidly started to text Daniel that I needed to speak with him as soon as I get back to the hotel.

"Wow, Ms. Harris, you must be sending a very important text," Shawn smirked at me.
"Yes, Mr. Mendes I sadly have to explain to my boyfriend that my boss has plastered my face all over the internet and a scandal is bound to blow this out of proportions."
"I don't know, you looked pretty happy to be under me like that. Maybe we should make it something to do often." He smirked at me. I just looked at him disgusted.
"You have no idea how repulsive you are to me right now," I said.
"Right. Anyways Ms. Harris since you seem to be so active on your phone right now why don't you make yourself useful and take today's notes and send them in a formal e-mail to Andrew for me."
"Like right now while I'm trying to text my boyfriend?" I asked, unsure if he was serious or not.
"Am I not your boss and did I not just tell you to do something right now?" He answered my question with his own question.
"Fine, your majesty." I scoffed as I pulled out my notebook from my bag. I placed it down on the table but as soon as I did Shawn just snatched it up right away.