background, and she could hear a car door open.
Then, she heard the door slam shut. "Go sleep with the Count ’cause you're
never coming back into my bed after you fucking cheated on me like that."
"Hey." Charlotte
spoke, her voice covering up Caleb's as she took his phone.
"Ashleigh?"
"I'm done, Char. I mean it." Ashleigh was crying
harder now, her voice choppy and wet.
"Come on, Ash. He's drunk. He doesn't know what he's
saying. Just call him tomorrow, and—"
"No, I won't. I won't call him, ever. I'm done with him
and his partying."
"Don't be like that." Charlotte sighed. Her voice was almost
covered up by the sound of Caleb fighting with Kris in the background.
"Caleb's upset. He just misses you, and he thinks you're doing that guy.
Think about how he feels—"
"Maybe now he'll understand how I feel about all this damn groupie rumor crap."
"You know Caleb doesn't do that, Ashleigh. He's never
cheated on you. Just because Kris is drunk enough to get blown in the limo
doesn't mean Caleb will. He loves you. He wouldn't do something like
that."
"I don't believe you."
"Don't then."
She quickly hung up and called Natalie, who was in the
process of getting up for work.
"Ash?" Natalie's voice was upbeat, the soft sound
of the faucet running in the background. "What's up?"
"I just got into a fight with Caleb." She wiped
her eyes. Sniffling, she crossed one of her legs over her knee. "I broke
up with him."
"What happened this time?" Natalie let out a tired
sigh, but her voice still remained friendly. "You're fighting about this Krest thing?"
"He's cheating on me, I know it."
"Didn't I tell you that?" Ashleigh could hear
Natalie pouring some liquid into a glass. "I warned you…I said, Ash he's a
rock star—"
"I know. I shouldn't expect to change him."
"So, how do you know he's cheating?"
"Well…I don't really. I just think he would."
"I can see your point. Caleb's gorgeous, and there's
tons of girls out there that would love to hop in his bed. A guy like that
isn't husband material. What was that he told you? When you get pregnant, he's
going to go on tour with you and your baby? Is that what you want? To be
Caleb's groupie for the rest of your life?"
"No."
"He comes to one thing that's important to you and you
get all love-struck again and go off with him. He took advantage of your
fragile emotional state about your grandpa dying. I don't trust him and neither
should you."
"Maybe."
"Well, maybe you need to use this time in Krest to get all this
figured out. Caleb needs to, too. If he gets all stupid like that, then you
know he's not worth it."
"But I love him."
"I know you do." The sound of a car engine
appeared in the background and a second of loud music that was quickly hushed.
"But he's just your fantasy. Relationships like that don't work in real
life."
"Are you making fun of me?"
"No. I'm just saying you see Caleb as a saint, and he's
not."
"I guess I need to stop…" She sighed in annoyance
when another call coming in made a steady beeping sound in her ear.
"Trying anymore. I just don't know what to do." She looked down and
saw Caleb's number.
"How's this guy in Krest ? I
mean, what's he like?"
"He's not bad, but I don't know him very well."
"Maybe you should give him a chance. Take some time
away from Caleb for a while. See that he's not the only man in the world for
you. I know you, Ash. As soon as Caleb sobers up, he'll butter you up, and
you'll go back with him. You always do."
"I don't always ."
Ashleigh made a sour face as she stood. Rubbing her arm, she started to pace
around the room.
"Just give this new guy a try. I'd die to have some guy
wait centuries for me to be reborn. That gesture is way more romantic than
being a fan of your books and dating you to win a bet."
"Did you have to rub that in?" She let out a very stressed laugh, followed by a few
quick sniffles. "Aren't they kind of the same, though? Both falling in
love with people who aren't really me?"
"This guy is
Then, she heard the door slam shut. "Go sleep with the Count ’cause you're
never coming back into my bed after you fucking cheated on me like that."
"Hey." Charlotte
spoke, her voice covering up Caleb's as she took his phone.
"Ashleigh?"
"I'm done, Char. I mean it." Ashleigh was crying
harder now, her voice choppy and wet.
"Come on, Ash. He's drunk. He doesn't know what he's
saying. Just call him tomorrow, and—"
"No, I won't. I won't call him, ever. I'm done with him
and his partying."
"Don't be like that." Charlotte sighed. Her voice was almost
covered up by the sound of Caleb fighting with Kris in the background.
"Caleb's upset. He just misses you, and he thinks you're doing that guy.
Think about how he feels—"
"Maybe now he'll understand how I feel about all this damn groupie rumor crap."
"You know Caleb doesn't do that, Ashleigh. He's never
cheated on you. Just because Kris is drunk enough to get blown in the limo
doesn't mean Caleb will. He loves you. He wouldn't do something like
that."
"I don't believe you."
"Don't then."
She quickly hung up and called Natalie, who was in the
process of getting up for work.
"Ash?" Natalie's voice was upbeat, the soft sound
of the faucet running in the background. "What's up?"
"I just got into a fight with Caleb." She wiped
her eyes. Sniffling, she crossed one of her legs over her knee. "I broke
up with him."
"What happened this time?" Natalie let out a tired
sigh, but her voice still remained friendly. "You're fighting about this Krest thing?"
"He's cheating on me, I know it."
"Didn't I tell you that?" Ashleigh could hear
Natalie pouring some liquid into a glass. "I warned you…I said, Ash he's a
rock star—"
"I know. I shouldn't expect to change him."
"So, how do you know he's cheating?"
"Well…I don't really. I just think he would."
"I can see your point. Caleb's gorgeous, and there's
tons of girls out there that would love to hop in his bed. A guy like that
isn't husband material. What was that he told you? When you get pregnant, he's
going to go on tour with you and your baby? Is that what you want? To be
Caleb's groupie for the rest of your life?"
"No."
"He comes to one thing that's important to you and you
get all love-struck again and go off with him. He took advantage of your
fragile emotional state about your grandpa dying. I don't trust him and neither
should you."
"Maybe."
"Well, maybe you need to use this time in Krest to get all this
figured out. Caleb needs to, too. If he gets all stupid like that, then you
know he's not worth it."
"But I love him."
"I know you do." The sound of a car engine
appeared in the background and a second of loud music that was quickly hushed.
"But he's just your fantasy. Relationships like that don't work in real
life."
"Are you making fun of me?"
"No. I'm just saying you see Caleb as a saint, and he's
not."
"I guess I need to stop…" She sighed in annoyance
when another call coming in made a steady beeping sound in her ear.
"Trying anymore. I just don't know what to do." She looked down and
saw Caleb's number.
"How's this guy in Krest ? I
mean, what's he like?"
"He's not bad, but I don't know him very well."
"Maybe you should give him a chance. Take some time
away from Caleb for a while. See that he's not the only man in the world for
you. I know you, Ash. As soon as Caleb sobers up, he'll butter you up, and
you'll go back with him. You always do."
"I don't always ."
Ashleigh made a sour face as she stood. Rubbing her arm, she started to pace
around the room.
"Just give this new guy a try. I'd die to have some guy
wait centuries for me to be reborn. That gesture is way more romantic than
being a fan of your books and dating you to win a bet."
"Did you have to rub that in?" She let out a very stressed laugh, followed by a few
quick sniffles. "Aren't they kind of the same, though? Both falling in
love with people who aren't really me?"
"This guy is
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