The Hockey Captain’s Unwanted Wife (Blair and Grayson) novel Chapter 156

hapter 156

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Blair’s next text was all caps.

LOOK AT THE ARTICLES NOW.

That message had definitely gotten my attention after I’d been ignoring her for at least an hour.

I opened them.

My stomach dropped.

There were plenty photos. Me and Luca entering the hotel. My face looking like I’d been crying. His hand near my back. Headlines already doing the rest.

OLIVIA MONROE AND VESCARI CHECK IN AFTER BASKETBALL GAME

This was not good.

This was not good at all. I didn’t think anyone would see us entering the hotel together. I was stupid to think that. Everyone knew Luca and was always looking for headlines with his name on them.

Panic hit so fast I could not sit still. My hands started shaking. The suite that had felt like peace ten minutes ago felt like a trap.

Every headline was a door slamming in my face. Every photo was my father standing up from his desk, thinking about ways to fix this.

Every comment under the pictures was Ethan’s voice in a parking lot, it better not be fucking Luca.

Ethan’s name lit the screen right on time.

No no no. This was not happening to me.

Then dad’s name. They were both trying to call at the same time.

I stood up so fast I felt like I was going to faint. “I have to go.”

Luca frowned from the sofa. Charlotte’s door was still shut.

“Everything okay?”

“There are pictures of us.” My voice came out rushed. “Entering the hotel. My family is going to freak.”

He was on his feet immediately. “I can come with you. Explain that nothing happened. I can even bring Charlotte along, she will gladly help.”

“You being there will make it a hundred times worse.” I grabbed my bag. My heart was a mess. I could not find the zipper on the first try. “I’m sorry. I’m not interested in you, not in that way. I do not want you to think there is a chance or that I am leading you on. I already have someone and I’m going through something right now. Why am I even explaining? I need to leave right now before both my brother and

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father end up in here.”

grinned, noLunkind. “Hopefully I can change your mind one day.”

“I don’t think so. Thank you, Luca.”

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He walked me to the elevator anyway. I asked him not to come farther. I did not want more cameras, more of his face in a shot next to mine.

My brain was already running to the next article. Vescari escorts Monroe out after an hour in the hotel They would all think I was just a booty call.

I could see dad reading too much into it.

“Stay in the suite,” I said. “Please.”

He held the elevator door with one hand to stop it from closing. “Text me when you’re home.”

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