Chapter 106

Chapter 106

Brooklyn

Jolie gasps as I stumble into the house.

"Brooklyn!" she cries, her hands immediately on my arms, steadying me. "Are you alright? What's-"

But as soon as I turn my tear-stained face up to hers, she wraps me in a hug and holds me close. "Oh, baby," she coddles, "don't cry! It's okay! What's wrong?"

I don't say anything for a while, just letting my sister hold me tight while I cry my heart out.

She obliges, shushing me softly and making comfortable noises until I'm finished.

When my tears start to lessen, she gently peels me off her, crouching down to look in my face.

"Brooklyn," she whispers, shaking her head at me in wonder. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

I sniff, wiping at my nose and looking around the house. "Is Dad home?"

She shakes her head. "No, he went out with his buddies. He won't be back for a while."

"Good," I say. "I don't want him to know."

"Know what?" Jolie begs, her eyes going wider with wonder. I can tell she's as intrigued as she is worried. "Come on," I say, taking her hand and nodding towards the couch. "I'll tell you everything-"

"Nooo," she says, digging in her feet and not letting me pull her into the living room. "With tears like that, we're having this talk over vodka.

nod, heading into the living room while she goes to the freezer and pulls out a bottle, starting

of lemon, but she adds a little orange juice to mine, knowing I need

of our old couch, taking a deep breath and looking down at

our glasses on the coffee table next to us before taking her familiar spot on the other side of the couch,

"Well?" she asks.

her so that

Hudson is over," I inform her, my voice dead and expressionless. She looks

my dad and towards him. In exchange, you're getting this house. And a beach

I just purse my lips and glare at

fake engagement to your gay ex ended. I was really rooting for

whine, kicking her a little.

know you weren't pumped about that engagement, so what's the downside? Is it

the bad part," I say, covering my eyes with my hand. "I was fine with all of that-I signed

sister flick through the contract to the end. "Well," she mutters, "this

to keep my voice

at me. "That's the NDA he wants me to sign. When he pays me an insane amount of money to become

open into an exaggerated O as she stares at me for a

leap out of my seat when she lets out a convulsive shriek of

it around. "I knew he was into you. I knew he wasn't buying you horses for nothing-"

not been

took. "You don't get carried out of strip clubs on someone's shoulder just because they think you're

arms defensively across my

But...damn it.

drink off the table and takes a swig, falling back laughing. “Oh, this

through my nose as I glare at her and

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