Page 9 of Stuck with the Billionaire Celebrity

It’s been two years since I last saw Theo Rossi, but I still harbor anger toward him.

I let out a long sigh. I know that Devon is besties with Theo Rossi, but I don’t understand it at all. The man is a pig, and Devon is not.

“I’m supposed to trust a man who hasn’t given me any reason to do so. I don’t even know him, and our views certainly don’t align.”

“If you got to know him, you’d see that they do. I don’t know why you’re so adverse to him. Do you trust me?”

I don’t want to know him ever again. He broke my heart.

“Of course.”

“Then that’s all you need.”

No, it’s really not. Devon sees the good in everyone until they blatantly show them it’s an illusion, and even then, it takes a while before he catches on.

My tryst with Theo was so short-lived that no one knows it even happened. He tried to contact me when his ex, Alexia, went public with everything, but I refused to answer and then blocked him.

Sarah reaches out and squeezes my hand again.

“What do you want me to do?” I sigh.

“You’re going to sit with Sarah and me at Theo’s table. He has impenetrable security with him, and you’ll be safe.”

Not a chance.

“Sitting at a table with Theo Rossi is like sitting with the devil. He goes againsteverythingI stand for.”

“I wouldn’t let anything hurt your image; you know that. Have you ever thought that maybe you’re judging him too harshly?”

Devon cuts with an exasperated sigh as he gestures for me to walk ahead of him.

“No.”

“Aren’t you the one who is forever complaining because people don’t like you simply because of the way the media portrays you? Have you ever thought that he’s not at all like people say he is?”

I know for a fact that he is that misogynistic, cheating, piece of shit that everyone deems him to be.

“But he’s never come out and said they were lies.”

“Why argue with people who don’t matter? I say that to you all the time, remember?”

“Yes, lion and the jackass or whatever that fable is, and it annoys the hell out of me.”

“It’s true, though. People who want to believe or start the lies don’t deserve your energy.”

“Or, in other words, haters are going to hate,” Sara interjects with a giggle.

“The womanwho accused Theo of all that nonsense was never in a relationship with him. He was just being kind, letting her stay when he thought she was his assistant’s best friend.

He didn’t do his due diligence until it was too late. His assistant told him they were only friends briefly—back when she dated his brother—but things went south fast. She turned psycho.

Theo asked her to leave, over and over, but she wouldn’t. Instead, she developed a crush on him. When he turned her down—repeatedly—she launched a smear campaign.

Alexia lied about everything. It boosted her career and nearly destroyed his.”

Alexia.

I suck in a breath. Theo had told me a similar story that day when Alexia began accusing him of cheating on him.

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