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22 - I Hate Her

"Let's just get down to business," I say, bluntly. I'm not in the mood for an argument with her today, the sooner we get this done, the better.

Lulu stiffly nods her head and takes her shoulder bag off, putting it next to her on the ground. "I'm here to talk about you and Jason." She begins, shrugging off her white, Chanel coat. "For the past couple of days, you two have been the center of attention with them. I've had all sorts of people calling me up, asking whether you are dating. Because of this, big brands have been offering deals. Big deals."

I swallow, piecing together where she is going with this.

"Vogue has called and have asked me if you are dating. They love the two of you together, especially since your last shoot with them. They offered you a deal - for their big summer campaign. They want the two of you to be at the center of their campaign." She pauses, watching my reaction with her icy blue eyes. "But." I knew there would be a but. "They are only willing to go through with this if the two of you are dating. They admire the chemistry you have together and want to promote some sort of romance in their summer campaign."

"So, to put it simply, Jason and I need to pretend to the world that we are dating." I summarise in a bitter voice.

"Precisely," Lulu answers, the corners of her lips curling upwards.

The anger in my boils. I can't do something like this, not now. Callum hates me, he thinks I'm dating Jason. If I go through with this, he will think I lied to him and will never forgive me.

"No, I'm not doing it. Vogue can go and stick that deal up their sophisticated asses."

Lulu pinches her lips together, glaring at me with incomprehensible hatred. Her composed features falter, a vein on her forehead beginning to burst.

"You will do this," Lulu says, coldly. "This is a deal of a lifetime, Vogue don't just hand out stuff like this easily. This will promote you and make you more well known."

I shake my head and assert: "no, I won't."

Lulu stands up, storming over to me. She stops a few inches from me, with labored breaths. "Listen here you spoiled brat. You may think you have control here but you don't. You are going to do this."

I match her glare, with just as much ferocity. I will not do this. I'm not going to let Lulu bully me into this.

"You may be Hollywood's golden girl now but remember, I got you there. I can just as easily take this away from you. Do you want that Whitney?" Lulu threatens.

My determined expression falters as her words register. A cold smirk passes on Lulu's face as she see's my state. She already knows I will agree.

I can't lose my fame, I can't be hated. I worked so hard to get here. I will not let Lulu take this away from me.

With a look of hatred, I stand down. Her icy cold eyes light up in success and she turns on her heel to sit back down, acting as if we didn't just have a glare off.

"Good, it's settled. You will sign this contract," she pulls out the envelope. "It says you and Jason will be in a 'relationship' for five months, whilst the campaign takes place. When everything dies down, we will announce your split due to busy careers. The two of you can remain friends after that." Lulu explains, getting the sheets of paper out. "It's easy. The months will fly by."

No, they won't. I think, with distaste. I can't believe I'm letting this happen. What will everyone think of me?

"Can I at least tell my friends that it isn't real?" I ask Lulu in hope.

"Absolutely not." She snaps, outraged that I even suggested it. "There will be a risk of discovery. You are forbidden from telling anyone. Only Jason, you, me, Casey and Jason's agent know about this deal. And it will stay that way."

My shoulders slump in defeat. I'm imagining the hurt faces from everybody. All I seem to do is hurt everyone.

"Now, you need to sign here. Jason has already signed his document." Lulu informs me, dropping the sheet I need to sign on my desk. Begrudgingly, I walk over to the desk.

My eyes scan the piece of paper, absorbing the words. Before signing contracts, I always make sure I read what it says. Casey once told me about an actor who didn't check what it said. He ended up signing a deal with an agency for them to take him on for six months. After that, they dumped him and left him jobless and agentless.

When everything checks out, I take a pen from my pot and hover it over the dotted line. Once I've signed this, it's done. For five months, I will have to act like I'm in love with Jason.

It feels like I'm temporarily handing my soul to the devil - the devil being Lulu in her Chanel outfit with Prada high heels.

"Just sign it," Lulu barks from behind me, in a frustrated voice.

And slowly, I do.

The whole time writing my name, I feel a wave of guilt crash into me. Callum's green eyes flash in my head. I'm a monster.

Lulu snatches the sheet from the table once I've finished, letting out a satisfied grunt when she's see's everything is in order.

"Good Whitney, now, at school tomorrow, you will let Jason drive you. He will open the car door for you and will kiss you. You will let it happen and look happy. Got it?" Lulu orders, leaving no room for argument.

Numbly, I nod my head.

Lulu smirks. "Perfect. I'm off now, toodles!"

As soon as she slams my door shut, I grab a pillow from my bed and throw it at the door with as much as power as I have. Pathetically, it hits the door and drops to the floor.

And pathetically, I collapse to the floor. My once perfect life is falling apart, piece by piece. 

{A/N: so...what do ya think? What do you think about Lulu? Personally, I hate her. 

So...I set up this newsletter thing where you can vote for a bonus chapter on any of my stories and then read it. The link is on my profile page. All you need to do is add the bonus chapter information & voting book thing into your library (and vote weekly for the option you want) and then sign up for the newsletter (by adding your email). The most popular vote wins. Read more details in bonus chapter information & voting (on my profile page).  The options for this week are: 

- Xavier's POV (TBBATC)

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- Derek's POV (Chasing Cora)

To find out how to sign up and vote, check out the book I just mentioned. It's in my library and the cover is a picture of an open book with a cup of coffee next to it. 

Its free and you get to vote for any bonus chapter you want. 

Annnnddd that's it from me. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. My next update will be on the 10th of July. Now I've got to go to a family meal. Yay (note the sarcasm). }