Someone to Love - Chapter 9

Gia woke up to the sun streaming through the windows. At first she didn't realize where she was, and then when she did, she groaned in the revelation that the events of the previous evening were not a nightmare. She really did witness a murder; people are now most likely hunting her down, and she did become Mrs. Jason Morgan. She shuddered and wanted nothing but to burrow into the covers and stay there forever-or at least until the nightmare was over. But she had a shoot to go to, so she dragged herself out of bed and to the shower.

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Jason was downstairs on the phone when he heard Gia moving around upstairs. Her took a deep breath and drank more coffee to prepare himself for the day that lay ahead. He knew it would be hell.

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Gia started to head down stairs, she knew she had a shoot to undergo, plus an altercation with her brother and mother. When she reached the bottom Jason turned and stared for a second before returning to his phone conversation. She wanted to wait until he was off the phone to tell him where she was going, but she looked at her watch and decided she was her own person and didn't have to tell him jack shit. She'd politely inform one of the guards.

As she headed towards the door Jason grabbed her arm, his touch made her body go rigid, she hadn't expected it to feel the way it had. His touch, she expected it to be could and abrasive, but was soft and gentle.

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Jason mistook her reaction for fear-fear of him, so he let go of her arm and motioned for her to wait a minute. She did, but sat with and irritated look on her face and her arms crossed over her chest.

Jason hung up the phone and turn towards Gia, his wife, "uh Carly stopped by to say that they rescheduled your photo shoot, she thought you could use the day to cool off."

"Yeah that'd be nice if I could actually do that."

"What do you mean?" Jason asked taking a seat across from her.

"Well we have to go down to the police station don't we? And I have to tell my brother about what happened. I mean, what do I say? Hey Marcus this is my husband-" As soon as Gia said that she looked up at Jason who was waiting for her to finish her sentence. She couldn't find the words; all she could hear in head was the word 'husband,' repeated over and over again. She couldn't stop what started bubbling up inside of her. She looked at Jason and let it go.