Chapter 14

RORY POV

Things seemed to be going downhill very fast. I had gotten phone calls from everyone in the family wanting to know about the guy in the picture with me in the paper. Logan had still been trying to call me but I kept ignoring his calls and sending them to voicemail. As soon as Jake had seen the paper, he called me. I asked him to meet me for drinks after work so that I could explain. When I walked into the pub, I spotted him immediately. I walked over to the table to join him. "Hi." I said when I sat down.

"Hi. How was your day?" He asked.

"Stressful." I said. The waitress came over and took our drink order and went to get them. "I'm sorry about the article in the paper." I say, and Jake nods. "If it makes a difference, I was blind-sided by it as well." The waitress comes back with our drinks and I take a drink of mine. "Jake, unfortunately, being around me, has strings attached. My family is from Hartford society. My soon-to-be ex-husband is from Hartford society, as well as most of my friends."

"Rory, I get it…I do. I just…I don't know if it's something that I can handle." Jake says.

"I get it, Jake. Trust me. Off all people, I get it. Sometimes I wish that it was something that I could get away from. But I can't. It's part of who I am. I am the sole Heiress to the Gilmore Insurance Group and I am the Heiress to the Hayden and Hayden Law firm. I don't have a choice. Being in the eyes of the society papers is part of my life. But that's the public side of my life…not the private side of my life." I tell Jake, picking up my drink. "Look, I get it if you can't deal with it or if you need time to process. Most do. But if you decide that you can deal with the fact that I have more money than most women do…well you know where to find me." I tell him.

When I get home that night, I change into a pair of Pj's and make some coffee. I decide to watch some more of The Office on Netflix, when my landline phone starts ringing. I pick it up from the charging station and answer it, without looking at the Caller ID (not many people call my landline.) "Hello?" I say.

"Hi Ace." Logan.

"Logan, hi. What do you want?" I say.

"I saw the article in the paper. Your dating?" Logan asks.

"Logan, not that it's any of your business…but I have been on one date. Our divorce papers are signed. But anyhow, it's a moot point since I was blindsided by an article in the paper saying that your Mistress is pregnant." I tell Logan.

"Rory, your acting like a child. You knew that Bobbie and I were sleeping together hence the reason that you left me and filed divorce papers. Granted, I never should have kept the affair going but you knew what I was like. But you're the one that has been flirting with one of my best friends for the last four years. He switched his loyalty from me to you because he's been falling in love with you. And by the way Rory…I know about you and Finn kissing. Fortunately, I was able to keep that out of the papers. But you know what…you wanna act like a whore, go ahead."

I can feel the tears running down my face, and I hate Logan for once again making me cry. "You know what Logan. You're an ass and a dick. Yes, I knew about the affair but I kept hoping that you loving me was enough for you to want to end it. What an idiot I was. As for Finn, I never asked him to fall in love with me. But at least he cares enough to be honest with me. Good-bye Logan." I say through my tears and hang up the phone. Logan was an ass and he always had this way of making me feel worse about myself than I actually needed to. After hanging up with Logan, I called Finn and asked him if he could come over and he agreed. When Finn came over, we spent the night getting drunk and watching Netflix. Finn tried his hardest to cheer me up. However, all I could do was replay Logan's words in my head over and over.

It was three days, before I would see or talk to anyone other than Finn. The first person other than Finn that I would talk to was Steph. She came over to make sure that I was okay, and found me on the couch with a box of tissues, watching Nicholas Sparks movies that Finn had picked up for me from Redbox. "This is ridiculous." Steph said, pulling my attention away from the TV.

"What're you doing here?" I asked.

"I came to check on you. After not hearing from you in three days, I called Finn. He told me what Logan said. Logan's an ass…you know this." Steph goes into my kitchen and a minute later she comes back with a trash bag and starts cleaning up. "Rory, you need to get up…go take a shower and have some coffee. Sweetie, I love you but you stink." She says. I get up and head towards my bathroom.

A little while later, I come back and I am hit with the smell of coffee. "Mm…That smells great." I said.

Steph walks over and hands me a cup. "Here you go." Steph said. I take the cup from her and take a drink. "Feeling better?" She asks.

I nod. "Yes, thanks." I say, walking over to the couch and sitting down.

"Now, what's going on? This isn't like you." Steph says.

"It started with the newspaper articles…" I tell her about the articles, Jake and then Logan was the icing on the cake.

"Ror, you know as well as I do that you can't control the press. When you live the life that we do, it's bound to happen. Any guy that can't handle that…doesn't deserve you." She takes a drink of her coffee. "And you know that I'm right."

"Yes, Steph. Your right. I don't know, I guess that I just kinda thought that Jake was different." I tell her.

"I can understand that. And as far as Logan…you let me deal with him." Steph says.

"You can have him. I'm done."

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