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I grin. “All right then, Cupid. Let’s get out of here.”

Chapter Six

ZARA

Tanner will be furious when he finds out I ditched him.

Especially if he found out who I left with.

Edwin isn’t among Tanner’s close friends. He’s always looked down on people in the entertainment industry, even if they came from wealth like Edwin had.

Hollywood is filled with nothing but cheap attention seekers.His words, not mine.

I’m sure he would have a field day knowing I left withtheHendrix Creed. He was popular back in college, which I’m sure annoyed Tanner, and he was a musician from a well-known family in the industry.

I still remember the way he looked all those years ago, with that large guitar case strapped around his chest.

“You gonna be famous one day, Hendrix Creed?”

“You better believe it, Cupid.”

I smile to myself as Hendrix pulls away from the curb. I see him stretching the fingers of his right hand. He rotates his wrist a few times, and I wonder if it’s from pain.

I take my phone out of my purse before it gets awkward, and I start suggesting the stretching exercises I gave my mom last month.

I tend to struggle with separating my work life from my personal life, and I have to remind myself that not everyone is a walking patient.

Me

You’ll never guess what I just did.

Vi

Told your ex to take a hike and then ditched his sorry ass?

Me

YES!

Vi

Wait. Actually?

Me

Well, not the part about telling him to take a hike. But I totally ditched him. I snuck out of the party and left him there, Vi.

Vi

YES! About fucking time. Wait, how? Did you call an Uber? Omg, please tell me you left with someone.

I bite my lip as I glance over at Hendrix. He tossed his jacket aside the moment we got in the car and rolled up his sleeves. Either I’m horny as hell or his forearms are so cut, they’re downright pornographic. The way his muscles flex as he grips the steering wheel, and the tattoos inked across his skin…

I swallow hard.

Me

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