Unrepairable Love
Chapter 381
Elizabeth slouched in the doorway, her head hanging low. Kieran’s half-finished sentence bounced around in her mind. She shrugged it off and dashed upstairs to check on Lila.
Kieran sat in his car, staring at the hickey on his neck in the rearview mirror, replaying the moment Lila had kissed him. He’d been with plenty of women, but he rarely got tangled up with any of them. He couldn’t figure out what had gotten into him earlier; just one kiss from Lila, and he lost all control. What bugged Kieran even more was that he actually kinda liked it.
Next morning, Elizabeth was still snoozing when Lila’s scream jolted her awake. Elizabeth cracked open an eye, still half-asleep. She glanced at Lila, rolled over, and tried to catch a few more Z’s.
Lila’s phone buzzed again; it was her agent, Rebecca Perry. “Oh crap!” Lila freaked out. Elizabeth had to sit up. “What’s up?” Elizabeth grabbed her phone, and after seeing the news, she couldn’t help but let out a scream too.
Famous Actress and CEO Spotted Kissing at Nightclub, Retreat to Villa Together, CEO Departs Late
Lila sat on the bed, staring blankly at Elizabeth. “Elizabeth, what did I do last night?” Elizabeth was just as puzzled. “What did you guys do?”
The media had photos to back it up, showing Lila and Kieran locking lips at the restaurant door. Elizabeth thought, ‘How did I miss this? No wonder when I came back with water, Lila was all over Kieran, Kieran, you dog!’
Rebecca kept blowing up Lila’s phone. But now, Lila was freaking out. “Did I kiss Kieran last night?” Elizabeth didn’t know, but the photos didn’t lie. It looked like Lila really did kiss him. Wait, could the hickey on Kieran’s neck be from Lila? Elizabeth wondered.
Rebecca’s call came through again, and for the first time, Lila panicked. “Pick it up. Dodging it won’t fix anything,” Elizabeth nudged her.
Lila took a deep breath and hit the answer button.
On the other end, Rebecca was fuming. “Lila, get your butt to the office right now!” Lila bit her lip. She wanted to go. But when she peeked outside, she realized she was trapped.
“I can’t get out; there are reporters everywhere,” Lila said awkwardly.
“You!” Rebecca was livid. “I shouldn’t have given you the day off yesterday!”
Usually, when Lila and Elizabeth went out, nothing happened. What went wrong last night?
“Bring Mr. Getty so we can all meet. Either both of you deny it, or you admit it,” Rebecca sighed.
Lila looked up and asked, “What do you mean by ‘admit it’?”
“Say that you two are actually in a relationship,” Rebecca said.
Lila was totally against it. “I choose the first option.”
“It’s not up to you; we might need to ask Mr. Getty too,” Rebecca grumbled. “If it was just anyone, no one would care, but it’s Mr. Getty. Lila, you hit the jackpot. Actually, Mr. Getty hit the jackpot.” Rebecca didn’t know who to blame.
To be honest, these two were both drop-dead gorgeous and totally suited each other. But the problem was, there had been no signs between Lila and Kieran. How did they suddenly end up kissing?
Elizabeth was scrolling through Instagram’s trending topics, which were all about Lila and Kieran. Luckily, the fans were surprisingly supportive.
User one: [Kieran is so hot! I ship it.] User two: [I watched their kissing video. Can all future CEO dramas be this steamy?] User three: [Who else is obsessed? I replayed the part where Lila kissed Mr. Getty’s neck like a hundred times!] User four: [So are they really together? When did this happen? It’s so sudden!]
“People seem to be pretty cool with you two,” Elizabeth said softly.
Lila immediately groaned, “Ugh!”