My Undercover Life | ✓

Chapter 16

“Earth to Avery!”

 

        Coming out of my daze state, I looked up to see Hunter staring at me with worried-filled eyes. Blinking quickly, I tried to get the mental image of my face up on Bradlee’s wall out of my head. But no matter how hard I tried it was still there.

 

        “Uh, yeah?” I finally managed to say, hoping my voice didn’t break. I didn’t need Hunter figuring out I was really Lily, otherwise this mission could end up in disaster. I just hope Bradlee hasn’t figured it out already. If he has, let’s just say, everything would be over.

 

        “What are you doing?” he asked, concern etched in his tone. “You look like you’d seen something you shouldn’t have. ”

 

        “Ah, um, that—”

 

        “What?” His gaze followed my finger, and when he saw the picture I’d been pointing to, his mouth formed an ‘O’ shape in recognition. “Oh that?” He chuckled. “Bradlee’s totally obsessed with her.”

 

        “Obsessed?”

 

        “Yeah obsessed.” He nodded. “He’s borderline in love with her.”

 

        Hearing Hunter’s words, I didn’t know if I should be flattered, or totally shock that Bradlee was actually in love with me. Even though I have a boyfriend, I couldn't help but blush knowing that information. “In love?” I asked, flabbergasted, playing my role. “Has he even met her before? She could be a bitch in person and he wouldn’t even know it.”

 

        “She’s not according to Bradlee. They already met each other when he was younger. If I remember correctly he said something about her being his guardian angel.”

 

        “Guardian angel?” I arched a brow at his statement, trying to remember the moment we’d even met. But as I thought about it more and more, nothing was popping up. I was only a child actress up to the age of thirteen, and I vaguely remembered the faces of my fans I’d met when I younger than that.

        “Yeah, but, I guess it’s fitting for her. I mean look at her,” he said, gesturing his hand towards the movie poster I was in when I was nine-years-old. “She was such a cute kid. But, I do wonder what she looks like now. I bet she’s gorgeous!”

        I let out a breath of air that I didn’t know I was holding when he uttered those last few words. He doesn’t know. I couldn’t help but smile when he used the word ‘gorgeous’ beside ‘hot’ or ‘sexy’—something I never thought Hunter would actually say. “So, I’m guessing you both don’t know what she looks like now?” I asked, praying to God he’ll say yeah. Even though everyone in town knows who I am, I was hoping that Hunter really hasn't been paying attention to the media lately. 

 

        “I don’t,” he answered truthfully, already knowing there’s a but coming up. “But,—” Call it. “—I’m not sure about my brother. Like I said he’s obsessed.”