Jean blinked and watched him go. Who could possibly be showing up now?
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Jean heard the front door open and close.
About thirty secondster, Easton walked back in, carrying a paper bag.
Jean’s eyes dropped to the bag, and she frowned, curious. “What’s <b>that</b>?”
Easton gave a faint smile and opened the bag right in front of her.
Inside were all kinds of food–pizza, cake, snacks, and fresh fruit.
“You ordered takeout?” Jean’s eyes lit up with surprise, a <b>smile </b>breaking across her face.
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She had to admit–she was starving. She hadn’t eaten a thing since they left Westwood Mountain.
“Nope. Had my manager do a quick food run,” Easton said casually, pulling everything out and setting it neatly on the coffee table. “You’ve got to be starving,” he added, settling onto the couch. across from her. His eyes met hers with a smirk. “I was going to cook for you–make up for that disaster the other day. Total fail.” He chuckled, his grin growing. “But then I figured, after everything you’ve been through, you <b>probably </b>don’t want to risk eating my cooking. So I had my manager pick up <b>a </b>bunch <b>of </b><b>stuff </b>kids your <b>age </b>actually eat.”
The warm glow from the ceiling lights washed over Easton’s face, softening his features<b>. </b>His smile was easy, <b>quiet</b>–but unmistakably charming.
Jean blinked, a little dazed. Okay… yeah. Now I get it. That <i>face </i>is something else.
Easton paused when he caught her look. We <i>were </i>talking <i>about </i>food–how did <i>she </i>end up staring at my face?
Still, he’d beenplimented more times than he could count. But somehow,ing from Jean, itnded differently. He couldn’t help but feel a flicker of satisfaction.
“Thanks, Easton!” Jean shot him a grin–she wasn’t about toin when someone brought her food. Then she dove right in, clearly enjoying every bite.
Just then, Easton’s phone rang.
He’d been quietly watching her from across the table, chin resting on his hand, when the ringtone broke the moment.
He nced down and pulled out his phone.
It was his manager.
Easton tapped to answer. “What now?” he saidzily.
“I’m telling you–this is bad,” his manager’s voice came through, urgent and stressed.
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Jean looked up, her curiosity piqued.
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The manager’s voice lowered a little, frustration leaking through. “One of the girls from the show just posted something about you on Twitter. It’s blowing up. I’m not going to say more–check it yourself. I’m heading over to PR now.”
The call ended.
Easton’s brows drew together. Wait, what? Someone posted about me?
He didn’t quite get it at first–until the pieces clicked into ce.
A <i>girl </i><i>from </i><i>the </i>show. Twitter.Julia<i>. </i><i>She </i>posted something about me?
Easton’s eyes narrowed, a cold glint shing through them.
So in the end–even though things had yed out differently–the oue had matched what Jean said. Julia really had gone and thrown him und
the bus online.
Jean caught the change in his expression and tilted her head, confused. “Easton? What’s going
on?”
Easton gave her a quick look, calm as ever, a faint smirk on his lips. “It’s nothing serious. If you’re that curious, check Twitter.”
So they both pulled out their phones.
Right at the top of Twitter’s trending list, two names stood out.
Easton and Julia.
<i>Oh </i>no<i>. </i>Jean’s eyes widened as panic hit her like a wave. <i>It’s </i>happening. <i>It’s </i>really happening.
Despite everything that had changed–Julia hadn’t been teamed up with Easton, and they’d barely even interacted–this still happened.
<i>Was </i>this <i>fate </i><i>or </i><i>some </i>kind <i>of </i>twisted loop <i>I </i><i>couldn’t </i>break?
She quickly tapped into the trending topic, and sure enough–just like she’d feared–Julia had used her personal Twitter ount to publicly call out Easton by name.
And the post? Almost exactly what Jean had expected.
Julia imed that during her time trapped in the Westwood Mountain tunnel, she’d injured her leg and genuinely thought she was going to die down there–until she unexpectedly ran into
Easton.
In her post, she described seeing Easton as her one shot at survival. She truly believed he would. help her.
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She added that, luckily, someone from the rescue team eventually found her and pulled her out. Otherwise, she might not have made it.
And she insisted she wasn’t doing this for attention. She just wanted people to see Easton for who he really was not the polished, charming version everyone saw on camera.
Jean read every word.
Julia’s tone was desperate and emotional–almost too believable. And people were eating it up. They seemed to believe every word, dragging Easton while pouring sympathy all over Julia.
You’ve got to <i>be </i>kidding me, Jean thought, letting out a slow, frustrated sigh.
She really believed that by keeping Easton and Julia apart, this whole mess would be avoided. That things would finally go differently. But somehow… it still yed out.
Jean scrolled down and looked through the replies.
The post had already gone viral. In just under an hour, it had tens of thousands of shares andments and the numbers were still climbing.
“Julia, I’m so sorry. This is heartbreaking.”
“Wait–Easton did this? No way. I thought he was better than this.”
“Whoa. This is some serious drama.”
“Easton better say something soon. Julia, take care of yourself and don’t let this mess get to you.”
“Can’t believe I ever liked Easton. What a jerk. Hang in there, Julia–sending love.”
“Where’s Easton? Is he hiding? He owes everyone an exnation.”
“Julia, that post broke my heart. I’m so sorry you went through that<b>.” </b>
“So the production team’s just going to cover this up? Because she’s not famous? Disgusting.”
“We’ve got you, Julia. Just shared it–people need to see this.”
“I used to be a fan of Easton. This is honestly such a letdown.”
Jean backed out of Julia’s post and headed over to the main trending feed. She wanted to see what the rest of Twitter was saying-
Compared to the overwhelming support for Julia in her replies, the overall reaction on Twitter
was much more divided.
Easton had a huge fan base, and his loval followers weren’t quick to buy into the usations<b>. </b>