Riley “What the hell Elliot.” I finally exploded as the last of the reporters left the room. Their curiosity finally sated. For now anyway. I knew better than most what they were like, because I was one. And the calm wouldn’t last long before they started angling for their next scandal. Elliot’s long lashes brushed his cheeks as he closed his eyes. “It was for the best.” “It was for the best?” I couldn’t help the rising hysteria in my voice. How could it be for the best? He had literally blind sided me. And what was more he had done in front of the world media. It would be everywhere soon, if it wasn’t already. The invention of the internet meant news was almost instant. And I was news. Well he was news. I was just being dragged along for the ride. Unwillingly. “You can’t just

