Chapter 3

“Hello?” He gasped with relief when the call went through.

“Alex!” Jayden’s voice sounded hopeful and relieved, too.

“So did you get them? You like them?”

Jayden’s words made no sense to him.

“Get what? You sent me something?” Alex glanced into the back seat.

“Damn the shop. Didn’t they send them to you? Three dozen red roses, Alex. Your favorite flowers.”

Alex closed his eyes. Suddenly, he was unable to breathe. “Yeah, they sent them. Thanks, baby, they’re beautiful.”

With thundering heart, Alex returned to the makeup room. Jake was laughing with the photographer. When Jake saw Alex, his smile grew bigger and he sauntered toward Alex.

“Hi, Alex. We’re about ready to go,” Jake said and reached for Alex’s hand.

“We need to talk.” Alex waved Jake’s hand away.

“Talk can wait, Alex. First we need to pose for the shoot.”