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turning back once you tell him. Have you thought about this decision?”
She nodded. “I am positive that I need to leave.”
When Liam arrived, they filmed the entire thing outside on a poolside couch. They positioned the two contestants just right, set up lights, and told Jaxie to go ahead.
“Liam, you are such a wonderful man.”
He nodded.
Was that a little smirk starting on his lips? She continued. “I just can’t stay here anymore knowing what I know.”
He took her hand, and his face told her to continue.
“I can’t get involved with another football player right now. As you know, my last relationship was with an athlete and that was disastrous. Bad combination.”
He nodded.
She continued. “There are some ladies here who truly deserve you, who have feelings for you, who gave up everything to be here. I feel like we made such a wonderful friend connection that it’s dishonest to risk one of them going home tonight.”
Liam smiled and agreed. “I’ll miss seeing you in these dresses though.”
They laughed, stood, and he graciously hugged her to his muscular chest. “I understand.”
After walking her outside and putting her in the limo, Liam would return to tell the rest of the girls what happened.
Someone had been sent to pack her things in the bedroom she’d just exited and Jaxie was glad she hadn’t spread out like some of the others. Purposely she’d consolidated all her clothes that day, knowing she couldn’t hint at packing but still made sure it would be easy to make a fast exit.
They filmed her explanation again in the limo where a producer sat across from her, asking questions, prompting her to say something more dramatic. She couldn’t say what wasn’t true at this point, but she also couldn’t admit she came on the show with Brent in mind. On the way back to the hotel, she almost laughed to think that she was actually happy to be out of her relationship with Brent.
Back at Hotel W, without so much as a purse, Jaxie was let into her room, told to wait for her things and she stood looking out the window of her deluxe suite wondering what to do with her life and career. Thoughts of the kiss with Crane couldn’t be buried and until she knew what that meant, she wouldn’t leave L.A. As producer, he might be angry she’d left the show, she wasn’t sure. Staying on would’ve assured them more time together but in a dishonest light.
Two hours later she’d taken off the silver jumpsuit and slipped into the hotel robe, pulled down the covers and was watching TV when she heard a knock on the door. Finally, her luggage. Slightly peeved it had taken so long for someone to bring her things, she opened the door. The first thing she saw was the leopard print of her suitcases, then the man standing beside them.
‘Foxy.” Crane wore a look on his face that Jaxie would’ve said was part amusement, part question.
“Grain.” She couldn’t help it when her smile refused to be subdued. “Can you come in? I was just about to open a bottle of wine and talk to myself.”
He stepped forward, kissed her lips lightly. “Mind if I listen? Maybe have a drink with you?” He took her in his arms. “I’m not here on business Jaxie, and I want you to know I am not married. Got that?”
They smiled at each other like two love struck teenagers. “Got it.”
“And I need to be honest with you about something.” He pulled her
She nodded. “I am positive that I need to leave.”
When Liam arrived, they filmed the entire thing outside on a poolside couch. They positioned the two contestants just right, set up lights, and told Jaxie to go ahead.
“Liam, you are such a wonderful man.”
He nodded.
Was that a little smirk starting on his lips? She continued. “I just can’t stay here anymore knowing what I know.”
He took her hand, and his face told her to continue.
“I can’t get involved with another football player right now. As you know, my last relationship was with an athlete and that was disastrous. Bad combination.”
He nodded.
She continued. “There are some ladies here who truly deserve you, who have feelings for you, who gave up everything to be here. I feel like we made such a wonderful friend connection that it’s dishonest to risk one of them going home tonight.”
Liam smiled and agreed. “I’ll miss seeing you in these dresses though.”
They laughed, stood, and he graciously hugged her to his muscular chest. “I understand.”
After walking her outside and putting her in the limo, Liam would return to tell the rest of the girls what happened.
Someone had been sent to pack her things in the bedroom she’d just exited and Jaxie was glad she hadn’t spread out like some of the others. Purposely she’d consolidated all her clothes that day, knowing she couldn’t hint at packing but still made sure it would be easy to make a fast exit.
They filmed her explanation again in the limo where a producer sat across from her, asking questions, prompting her to say something more dramatic. She couldn’t say what wasn’t true at this point, but she also couldn’t admit she came on the show with Brent in mind. On the way back to the hotel, she almost laughed to think that she was actually happy to be out of her relationship with Brent.
Back at Hotel W, without so much as a purse, Jaxie was let into her room, told to wait for her things and she stood looking out the window of her deluxe suite wondering what to do with her life and career. Thoughts of the kiss with Crane couldn’t be buried and until she knew what that meant, she wouldn’t leave L.A. As producer, he might be angry she’d left the show, she wasn’t sure. Staying on would’ve assured them more time together but in a dishonest light.
Two hours later she’d taken off the silver jumpsuit and slipped into the hotel robe, pulled down the covers and was watching TV when she heard a knock on the door. Finally, her luggage. Slightly peeved it had taken so long for someone to bring her things, she opened the door. The first thing she saw was the leopard print of her suitcases, then the man standing beside them.
‘Foxy.” Crane wore a look on his face that Jaxie would’ve said was part amusement, part question.
“Grain.” She couldn’t help it when her smile refused to be subdued. “Can you come in? I was just about to open a bottle of wine and talk to myself.”
He stepped forward, kissed her lips lightly. “Mind if I listen? Maybe have a drink with you?” He took her in his arms. “I’m not here on business Jaxie, and I want you to know I am not married. Got that?”
They smiled at each other like two love struck teenagers. “Got it.”
“And I need to be honest with you about something.” He pulled her
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