The Broken Road - A Zac Efron Novel (18+)

Chapter 10 - Crumbling & Weak

Author's Note: This book is rated mature for some explicit sex scenes throughout the book, however, this chapter includes a fairly heavy amount of profanity. So, just in case you missed the rating at the start of the book, wanted to give you a fair warning. The remaining chapters do not contain a warning, because...well...it would spoil the fun. ;)

I woke up in LA, snuggled up in Anna's bed.

I was hoping it had all been a horrible dream.

It wasn't.

I unlocked my cell phone and googled myself as Anna began to stir next to me.

I was so filled with anger and rage...personality traits that were completely foreign to me, but I softened slightly when I read the headline of the first article that popped up in Google.

Zac Efron Shields Jessica Vanderbilt From Press Swarm Following Rodgers Cheating Scandal

By TMZ.com on September 11th, 2012 at 2:45 AM

Jessica Vanderbilt seems to have plenty of people in her life to lean on in the wake of her boyfriend's cheating scandal, including her new costar Zac Efron.

We got Jessica as she was leaving her New York City hotel yesterday after news broke of a long-term affair between the NFL quarterback and her lifelong best friend. Efron was there as he attempted to shield her from the massive press swarm as they made their way to a waiting car, her luggage in tow.

Efron protectively held Vanderbilt close to him while shielding her face from photographers and at one point appeared to whisper in her ear after yelling at photographers to give her more space.