Summer walked arm in arm with Bryan. If Lexis thought he could pull her into his mockery, well he was wrong. She truly loved Bryan and he was the only one that mattered to her. And not Lexis nor his seductive words will ruin that. No matter how much he tried.
However, she was very edgy about being on a sidewalk without her bodyguards or manager. She usually didn't go out in crowds in case of her being noticed and mobbed. But the round large hat and the sunglasses worked well as a disguise, and she doubted anyone would guess its Summer Harrison walking the bare streets at this time of day.
Fishing which table Lexis had been waiting on, she finally found him and they made their way over.
Lexis eyed the couple behind dark sunglasses. He held a newspaper in his hands, and had a cup of coffee waiting on the able in front of him.
Summer slipped across from him and her Australian boyfriend did the same.
"Hello mate, I've heard heaps about you from Summer. Close childhood friend I hear." Bryan stuck his hand out for Lexis.
Lexis' half smile was soaked with mock. He folded the newspaper slowly, making Bryan wait, and put it on the seat next to him. Then finally straightened up and shook hands with the blonde model.
"Lexis." He simply said.
Summer straightened her yellow dress, which Lexis eyed. Noticing this, she quickly said, "Let's hurry this up. I don't want to be late for a party I'm hosting."
Lexis smiled and nodded.
Summer sighed with inner relief. She had expected a different reaction from him. One that mocked her for dressing up, but thankfully, he didn't challenge her excuse of the dress being for the party. That it was, in fact, for him.
"What would you like to eat?" Lexis asked Summer.
Her anger began rising as he purposely ignored Bryan.
"You like the sugar free coffee cake, right babe?" Bryan said, pointedly looking at Summer.
Summer smiled at Bryan and nodded. "Yes, absolutely."
Lexis tried to hide a smile.
"What about a drink?" Lexis asked Summer again.
"Sparkling water?" Bryan asked her with his accent.
"That would be great."
Lexis took a sip of his coffee and raised his arm up for the waiter. He came over and told him Summer's requests. "And a coffee for the mate." He included.
"I don't like–" Bryan began.
"Extra strong." Lexis added.
The waiter nodded and left.
Lexis jolted forward and intwined his fingers on the table. Putting all of his attention on Summer, he said. "So, you admit to my skills?"
She rolled her eyes. "You're so full of it."
Lexis smirked. Eyeing both her and Bryan's hands, he said. "You decided to wear couple rings today?"
"We decided we should. We've been together for eight months now."
"Really?"
Summer nodded her head. "Really. Eight, months. And nothing is going to come in the middle of that."
Lexis sipped at his coffee and eyed Bryan. "Do you love her?"
"Yes. Very much."
"Why?"
"She's beautiful and sweet. She's also very hardworking."
Lexis looked back at Summer with mock. She kicked his leg from under the table.
"What about you? Do you have a girlfriend." Bryan politely asked.
"She has hazel eyes." Lexis answered without pause. He tilted his head to the side, eyes on Summer the whole time. "And brown hair."
Summer maintain her steady breathing and looked down at the table. She prayed with all of what she believed in that her face wasn't the color of the heat she felt.
"When she gets angry, she becomes quite attractive. And because of me, she's always angry. She again and again says how much she hates me... and yet..."
Summer looked up at him. Were her suspicions true? Did he read through her?
Fearful, she looked at Bryan and said, "I'm going to the restroom for a moment."
Lexis stood up and finished the rest of his coffee. "Actually. I'll leave. I don't think this table is fit for me anymore."
He grabbed his phone from the table and jacket from the chair and left. Her eyes couldn't pull away from his incredible body structure. How come she never noticed how handsome he was?
"Summer?" Bryan said.
"Huh?"
"Are you okay? I've called your name a few times now..."
"Oh, I'm sorry sweetheart. I was just thinking how rude he was just now. Can you believe him? He invites us for food and leaves before we eat."
Bryan let out a long breath and studied Summer with ocean blue eyes. "Do you like him?"
Summer nervously giggled. "What? Me? Him? No way."
"The girl he was talking about was you, wasn't it?"
She quickly shook her head. "It doesn't really matter, does it?"
"No." He smiled. "I guess not. As long as we're together."
It happened out of the blue. First, Summer and Bryan were looking at each other, smiling romantically, holding hands on top of the table with their couple rings on display.
Then flashing lights were blinding their eyes. They looked around them, and what seemed to be fifty or more reporters and paparazzi with cameras were surrounding them in a huge circle. Cameras on their eyes and fingers clicking away.
As the crowd grew larger, Summer's heart sunk between her knees. And one thought was all she could muster to think.
This is bad. This is bad. This is bad. This is bad. This is really really bad.
"Summer Harrison. While we sat on the nearby table, we overhead you saying you were with Australian model Bryan Hawke for eight months, how were you able to hide such a long term relationship from your fans for this long?"
"Summer Harrison. Do you currently live together with Bryan Hawke?"
"Summer Harrison, can you please confirm your relationship?"
"Summer Harrison, do you have any comments regarding Bryan's past love life?"
"Summer Harrison, what do you like about Bryan Hawke?"
"Summer Harrison, are those rings going to bring any engagement news between you and Bryan Hawke in the upcoming future?
Bryan took off his jacket and put it on top of Summer and his head, then slowly, not to mention with a lot of effort, he was able to cut through the crowd and get to their car. After asking the driver to start driving away from the people that almost climbed the vehicle, Summer sat there in silence, shaking.
"Calm down love." Bryan said with a soothing voice.
She couldn't. Her whole body trembled with so much fear and fear, and more fear that she wished she could disappear right then. Her mom was going to kill her. The press were going to eat every bit of time she finally had free to herself. Her father was going to push for explanations. Her fans were going to hate her. Her boyfriend was going to be very hard to be with from now on.
And she didn't even know if that was the worst part about it.
As her phone began ringing hysterically and text messages began blowing up her notifications, she blamed it all on one person.
The reason why she had to do this date in the first place.
Rihanna. Rihanna Gessner.
I'm going to make your life a living hell.
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