Chapter 73: Gold Digging Whore
The trunk of Chris’s sleek, black sedan felt like a claustrophobic coffin, but they had been able to drive out of the house without the paparazzi knowing, so Levi endured the discomfort.
Every bump in the road sent a jolt through his body, a stark reminder of the desperate measures he was willing to take just to escape the prying eyes of the paparazzi and get Lyse.
The relentless pursuit of his every move had become unbearable, a constant shadow that threatened to consume his life. He could only imagine how Lyse must feel, she had been abruptly thrust into this sort of life.
When they got far enough from the house, Chris stopped the car and opened the trunk so that Levi could sit in the passenger side.
As they pulled up to James’s apartment building, a familiar sight greeted them: a swarm of paparazzi, their cameras flashing like fireflies in the twilight. Levi’s heart sank. He had been so focused on getting out of his house that he had failed to think about how to deal with the paparazzi that were waiting at James’s apartment.
"So what do we do now?" Chris asked as they watched the rowdy crowd from a safe distance, then he tried to lighten the mood. "I don’t fancy we can drive up into the apartment with you in the trunk can we?"
Levi racked through his brain as he tried to figure out how they would pass this hurdle. He looked around as if the answers lay on the street, then he caught sight of a bus with a large sign emblazoned on the side.
"I have an idea." He said to Chris.
A few minutes later, after parting with some money and now dressed as building maintenance workers, their faces obscured by pulled-down caps. Levi and Chris slipped into the building, blending seamlessly with the environment as they walked past the photographers who ignored them. The ruse was a desperate gamble, but it worked. They reached James’s apartment without incident.
After James let them in, the tension was palpable. Lyse glared at James as if he had betrayed her when he made some excuses so that he could leave them alone to iron out their issues.
"Lyse," Levi said gently. "Why did you leave the house without telling anyone? I was worried about you."