Page 49 of Hollywood Undercover
Chapter 21
ALEXANDRA was livid.This man had a lot of nerve for daring to phone her weeks after she had tried so hard to reach him for anexplanation.
“What the hell?” she saidaloud.
She was tempted to ignore the call, but sometimes she was just too damned curious. She had to find out why the no-good, lying, cheating, country-ballad-singing cowboy son-of-a-bitch was trying to get a hold of her after all this time had passed. She slid the answer key to the side and let the callconnect.
“Yes?”
“Lexxi.” He breathed her name like it was a prayer and she was hissalvation.
Bullshit.
“Wilkes,” she said withdisinterest.
“How are youdoing?”
She pulled the phone from her ear and looked atit.
This asshole is calling to see how I’mdoing?
“What do you want, Wilkes?” That was all he could get fromher.
“You’re upset. I can hear it in yourvoice.”
“Don’t be silly.” He was right, but she laughed. “It’s indifference you’re hearing in my voice. Like a stranger calling. That is what you are to me now. So I’ll ask again. What do you want fromme?”
“I know you hate me,Lex.”
“Pffft. I don’t hate you. You’re not important enough for that. Look, I’m kind of in the middle of something. Just tell me why you’re calling so I can get back to it.” She looked down at the pebbly, dry eggs, glad he thought she was in some exotic locale living the good life. The thought actually made the next bite slide down moreeasily.
“I know you’re busy, baby. Don’t blow me off, okay? You don’t know what nerve it took to even call you. I’ve been missing you like crazy. It’s tearing me up that I screwed up the best thing that ever happened to me. Lex, I love you. I miss you, and I want you to come home. I want to seeyou.”
“Right. Look, Wilkes. If you want to see me, I hear there are pictures floating around the internet. Most are of me hanging out poolside. I’m just a ‘right click’ and a ‘save image’ away,darlin’,” she drawled like him foreffect.
“Don’t be like that, Lexxi. I’m trying to be mature about this. I’m telling you that I’m sorry. I want you back. I want to make it up to you, show you how much Lydia was…a mistake. I thought I needed excitement in my life, but it turns out I…I just needyou.”
I guess that means I’m notexciting.
She rolled her eyes. “Wilkes, I wish I could say the same, but breaking up with you wasn’t a mistake forme.”
“You know, Lex, after being with you for a year, I pretty much pegged how this conversation would go down. I pegged it right. I didn’t expect you to take me seriously this round, but, don’t think I’m giving up. I’m going to prove it to you. I mean what I say. So, whatever you got to get out of your system, you go on and get it out now. When you’re back in LA, Lexxi, there’s nothing you can do that will keep me from loving you and winning youback.”
“Once a cheater, always a cheater, Wilkes…and don’t think I’m above a restrainingorder.”
She hit the end call button and smiledsmugly.
“That prick thinks he can screw me over and come crawling back again? Men are such idiots,” she saidaloud.
“We’re not all idiots,” she heard inresponse.
Shit.
She almost fell out of her chair. She whipped her head around at the sound of Bash’s voice. He had almost made it to the porch steps. She didn’t hear him walking up. She wondered how much of the conversation he hadheard.
“Oh.Hi.”
“Morning, bro!” He reached out a fist to bump with hers, smiling and shaking his head. “I saw you while I was getting something from my car. How’s your uncledoing?”
