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Shawnie's POV

"Do you want to continue this life with me or do you want to start a new one with him?" He asks with a serious face.

"Are you seriously asking me that?" I say in disbelief. "Really, Joe?"

"Yes. After hearing this conversation I think I have to ask. So?"

He just looks at me waiting for my response.

"I want you. I just told you not to question it." I say.

"Aight." He takes both of my hands. "I won't say anything else about it then. We will move on." I nod my head. "I know you will have feelings about this, and if that's the case, talk to me about it. I don't want this to come between us. Also talk to your therapist about it. I want us to work through this because I will not start a life forever with you and this isn't cleared up."

"I promise." I say

"Okay." He pulls me in and kisses my forehead. "I love you, baby."

"I don't know what I did to have someone that's so understanding and supportive. I'm sorry to put this on you."

"This wasn't your fault and I'm happy this was addressed. I'll take whatever you put on me, as long as I know I have every ounce of your love and loyalty." He says

"You do." I say. "I think I just proved that."

After that drama went down the rest of the night was fine. Christian left and the party continued like nothing happened. He was on my mind but I also knew that I made the right decision by being honest with Joe. I said I wasn't going to let anyone between us and I meant that, not even Christian.

I felt bad because he and I had talked about it and I told him I wanted to be only friends and he said he was okay with that. I really thought everything was cool. But I also feel like maybe I should've known something was up with how Shelby was acting. She literally took off her ring as soon as she saw me at his house that day. I don't know what type of conversations they've had but I know he told her about me. That was obvious.

I see the relationship that took place between us when we were younger really did a number on the both of us. Back then, I didn't think he cared much. I had no idea that it affected him as bad as it affected me. I wish someone we could remain friends and move past this, and just be happy now that we have reconnected but I see that can't happen. I'll deal with it as best as I can, but I worry for him. I want him to find what I have.

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We went to Catalina island and had the time of our lives. I only know because he told me so. The time we spent together was needed because of the incident with Christian, and also with life. We had some in depth conversations. He told me what he wanted and I shared the same. All of this healthy and open communication has been making me feel good. I know exactly what he feels and the same goes for him. That's what I love most about this relationship.

While we were there he told me he bought us plane tickets to Italy. He knows I've always wanted to go there and he said he's always wanted to go because he's half Italian and he stated he wanted to go to Samoa as well. I plan on making that happen for him. But the Italy trip is in a few weeks and I'm super excited about it.

We discussed the permanent decisions and we have decided to stay in California for now. We're going to see how our careers go, mine with acting and his with modeling and we said we will have the conversation in a couple of years to see where that stands. Two years. That pretty much goes for everything with us right now. We're serious but we're not gonna take the next step for another two years. We both want more kids but we decided we will wait two years to do so. He said he would have his vasectomy reversed, but that's not gonna happen in two years. He said he might get that done a little bit sooner.

I like sitting down and planning our future together. This relationship overall just seems more mature than any relationship I've ever been in and to be honest I don't know how to act with all of this maturity. I feel like I don't have to worry with Joe and that's something that I've always had to do in past relationships. It's very freeing and I just love every part of this.

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When we got home from my birthday vacation, there were four cases of Meili waiting for me, minus two bottles. My dad couldn't wait for me to come back. I didn't care, I'm just excited to be a part of the Meili brand. I would say it's like a dream come true but that's not all the way correct. It's a dream come true that I'm gonna be working with him on two different levels. I think it's absolutely crazy how my crush for him turned into all of this, but I'm not going to question it because it's obviously supposed to happen.

It was now Monday, Joe and I got in super late last night from Catalina. I decided since I hadn't seen the kids in a few days that I would make brunch. We were all sitting in the dining room, talking and eating. I was enjoying my Belgium waffle when I heard my name. I turned around and looked at the TV and saw TMZ was on. The show had just started and they were talking about me? This must be a big deal but what the fuck did I do? I got up and walked into the living room away from everyone else to the TV.

Harvey laughs. "So it was Shawnie's birthday over the weekend and there was a huge boat party. I heard some celebrities were there, not including Drake of course. We have yet to find any footage or photos from the party, but it's not the party that is interesting, it's what happened before the party." He says then Charles chimes in.

"We're gonna watch the video and then I'm gonna comment."

So the video starts and I see me sitting on the boat with my back turned, and the video seems like it was taken from the land because it was very zoomed in. I'm just sitting there, then a few seconds later, you see Joe's head pop up.

I covered my mouth with both of my hands out of pure shock.

It goes on to show him helping me to my feet and squeezing my butt then us making out.

"This may be one of the craziest things we've aired. As a matter of fact, I had to get approval to show this. I don't think we've shown a video like this before." He says. "It's clear that they are indeed together if he's doing what it looks like he's doing."

"He was tying her shoe." Charles says as a joke and they both laugh.

Harvey says, "I'm a little surprised because that kind of makes me think back to when Drake was saying that she was cheating on him with her bodyguard...this could make Drake look like the truth teller."

"I don't think that was true. I think Drake was just throwing a lot of accusations out there and trying to see what would stick." Charles says. "I don't think she was cheating on him. However—."

Harvey cuts him off. "They're full on making out. They look very comfortable with each other..." he tries to argue.

So now Harvey is team Drake? Whatever.

"I was going to say, I believe that they got closer over time because of everything that was going on, and they're together all the time. Feelings happen. But I will say, I think they are dating now, it seems like this is something new."

"How long are you thinking?" Harvey asks

"Maybe the last few months. They were making out in Vegas last month, months before that they were making out in a car in Vegas as well. They have yet to confirm anything and I think that's just because they want to keep it private because of Drake's alleged accusations. We all know she's not someone who likes to be in the spotlight. When she was married to Drake, their marriage was private and he's Drake. We thought they were completely happy and then out of nowhere she filed for divorce...."

I turned the TV off. I didn't care what else they had to say, seems like it was going in the Drake direction.

I was mortified at this TMZ episode.

"Joe!" I called out, and he came in within a few seconds.

"What's wrong?" He asks

I stared at him for a few seconds. "TMZ had a video of us on the boat...."

He laughs, "Not doing what I think..." he says

"Doing exactly what you're thinking."

He just stares at me for a few seconds. "What do you mean?"

I laugh, "Exactly what I said. You can't really see anything in the video, I look like I'm just sitting there but then you pop your head up, when you were done and that's what the video is of."

He laughs. "So they didn't really see anything?"

"No, but it looked exactly as it looked. People are going to know what you were doing."

He shrugs his shoulders. "I mean if that's embarrassing for you then I'm sorry, but everybody gets head. I don't think it's anything to be embarrassed about."

"I get that but... I guess we just confirmed our relationship that we were trying so hard to keep a secret." I say

"Well, we kind of agreed that if it came out then it just came out, and we weren't going to try to hide it anymore." He corrects me.

"Okay... Well, we are now public." I say. "I don't know how to maneuver this, but I can only imagine that this will be a huge thing."

"We'll just take it one step at a time. You don't have to say anything. It can still be speculation. Whatever you want we can do." He says

"This just gave me some severe anxiety..." I say. "I guess it's not that bad that everyone knows now because everyone around us knew anyway and I'm not married anymore. I guess I really don't have any damage control to do but I know Amanda's gonna be ringing my phone in like three seconds."

Right on cue she called.

"Hey Amanda!" I answer. "I already know. Why didn't you know about this?"

"It has to be a regular person. What do you want me to do? I can shut it down but I don't know who all has this..." she says

"Joe and I just talked about it and it's okay. We were caught and we're adults. We can handle it. So just leave it alone."

"Are you sure? I can—."

I cut her off. "Nope, it's okay. We're just going to deal with it." I say

"Okay, don't forget you have the meeting in a few days."

"Will you be there?"

"I'll be there only because they contacted me. You have to get yourself a manager to handle things like this. You're in demand right now."

I sigh, "I understand...but I was thinking maybe I could just do this Jason Momoa thing and that's it."

"It could open more doors for you. There's no way around it, get a manager."

"I'll see what I can do." We end the call and believe it or not I'm more stressed about everything now.

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The following week came, and it was now time for me to have this meeting with Jason. Needless to say, I was extremely nervous. I did full glam and had a stylist at my house at 5 o'clock in the morning. It's not a big production, obviously it's only a meeting but I guess I have an image to uphold. Everything that I pretty much post on my social media pretty much only when I'm done up and I have to give them that person.

So, going with me, was only gonna be Amanda. Only because they contacted her, but I am looking for a manager, which I will probably go through Chris's manager to find one. Joe also has a meeting. We both were bummed we couldn't attend the others but we agreed we would give this shit a try. We know we will have conflicting dates that the other one can't make it to, so we're just gonna deal with it and will fill each other in afterwards.

Amanda and I walk into the building and I'm kind of thinking that I didn't even know he had an office and for me to be so into him and thinking I know everything this is something that I didn't know. It was very professional. On the main wall it had both of his liquid brands and then at the top in the middle it had the production company name.

The receptionist took our names, and she walked us straight back to the conference room. I didn't even have time to breathe or take in anything, I was pulled directly into this.

The door was closed. Thankfully, that gave me a couple seconds to actually breathe because I was holding my breath and I didn't know it. She knocked on the door and immediately opened it...and there he was. Jason fucking Momoa.

My knees got a little weak and I could feel my body temperature rising. He's so fucking hot.

When she escorted us in, he sat his phone down on the table and quickly walked over embracing me in a big hug then shaking Amanda's hand. He was so excited.

He had one french braid going to the back, displaying the shark teeth tattoo on the side of his head. He had on a pink So ill t-shirt, which is his brand as well, with faded brown pants.

"It's so nice to finally meet you in person." He says to me.

"Yes! I know..." I smile, but I can feel my body temperature rising even more, and I know my face is turning bright red.

He extends his hand, and I shake it. His hands were big. They almost swallowed up my little hand. His hand were a little rough, but it seemed like he tried to cover it up with hand moisturizer or something, but you can still feel the calluses. I love it. His fingers were big and meaty too. Made me think about how it would feel if he slide them inside of me. I bet he knows how to use them too. I wondered how long it would take for him to make me cum with those things.

New fantasy unlocked. Get fingered by Momoa.

STOP IT, SHAWNIE. FOCUS.

I try to push those naughty thoughts to the back of my head. I didn't realize I was still holding his hand. When I came back to earth. He was looking me dead in my eyes. He smirked as I let go of his hand.

"Have a seat." He says walking back over to his side of the table. Amanda takes the nearest seats but Jason pulls out a chair next to him and looks at me. I guess he wants me to sit next to him. I walk over and take a seat and so does he.

I noticed a cell phone sitting on the other side of the table. I guess his business partner, Blaine, is here too. I'm happy to meet him as well.

"So," he looks at Amanda. "Blaine is running late. You know Meili is our company together. David is out of the country until next week and Damien, the director of the film, will be joining us as well. He just has a few documents to go over with someone." He explains.

"Okay." she says, looking down at her phone. "Damnit! give me a second guys, I have to take this call." She answers her phone.

Jason sits back in his seat and looks at me. "Although it is, I don't want you to think of this as a business meeting. This is just a meeting. We're getting to know each other and talking about our future together."

"That's a good way to think about it." I say with a smile.

"We're all sold on your image and we have a few ideas for you." He says

Image? I so don't have one but okay.

"What type of ideas?" I ask

"Well we gotta get the business part done first." He smiles

Oh my fucking god. That smile. That's one of my weaknesses.

"But, there's a couple photo shoots ideas, one being with me." he says. "The movie is a big production. We have some big companies backing us and Damien will talk to you about that."

"Before we get into this, can I ask you something?" I ask

"Yes."

"Why did you pick me?"

He smiles. "That'll be a conversation for the road."

"The road?"

"I guess we can start this meeting now." He says. "Meili is going on a launch tour! Me, Blaine and a small crew, will be traveling to some cities and I want you to be a part of it."

"Oh, wow!" I say. "For how long?"

"As of right now there are 15 dates, but depending on the demand that's gonna change. Once we announce that and when they see what we're doing, they're gonna want us to come. So I don't know for long." He explains

"Well, that's definitely something we need to figure out because I have two kids that I cannot be away from for too long."

"That's very understandable and I am willing to work with you. So depending on how many dates there are I'll only ask that you come to at least half and you can pick the cities."

"Sounds good. I could probably work with that." I say

He smiles. "I don't want you to look at me as your boss. I'm Jason Momoa. I heard you know about me and exactly who you think I am, that's is who I am. I like to have fun, I joke around a lot and I'm a very easy-going guy. If there's anything you have a problem with I want you to feel free to come to me and I'll get it taken care of. Any demands you have? I'll make sure it happens. I just want this to be a good working relationship. We're gonna be together for at least the next year to a year and a half while filming. So let's start this relationship off with open communication."

Open communication and open legs. STOP IT, SHAWNIE. You have a fucking boyfriend whom you love very fucking much.

"Same goes for me." Damien says walking in with Blaine. They sit down at the table. Blaine at the head and Damien on the other side of Amanda but I noticed no one sat where the phone was. Is someone else joining the meeting?

"I appreciate you guys right now. I was actually thinking of moving away, and this opportunity was brought to my attention and I couldn't pass it up. So thank you for taking a chance on me." I say

"It's all good." Jason says.

"Okay." Amanda says, "Let's start this, now that everyone is here."

We all say our hellos and introduce ourselves. They gave me the background of the vodka which I already knew. They went over expectations and we were discussing the contracts.

"So basically, we're gonna pay you everytime you post about our products. Five thousand a post for both products and as far as any traveling for advertisement, that is completely covered as well." Blaine says. "We're gonna be relaxed when it comes to how much you do or don't wanna post, that is completely up to you." Blaine explains

"And as a signing bonus, we're also going to grant you back pay, 2 thousand a post." Jason says

Woah!! Now they're talking business. Back pay? Cut the check. I know that's at least 20 thousand.

"How does that sound?" Blaine asks

I was about to say I'll accept but Jason spoke up before me.

"You know what, let's up the price, instead of five, let's make it six thousand a post." He says, then looks over and smiles. "We need to take cars off our girl."

"I think that's a generous offer." I say

"So you accept?" Jason asks

"Yes." I say

"Alright." He slams both of his hands on the table. "Draw up the paperwork." He says

Blaine stands up and extends his hand towards me. "It was nice meeting you. We'll be in touch." I shake his hand and he leaves.

"Now, onto the production side." Jason says. "Damien and I have been working on a film for the past year. A little different from what people are used to getting from us. Not the gritty shit you're used to, and I think you're perfect for the role. You've never done any acting before, so you're up and coming. Even though people know who you are, they don't know you as an actress."

"True."

"I'm busy as hell right now. I'm filming two movies. You're welcome to come to set some days and just see how everything works. Take in what you can before we start filming. You can learn a lot by simply being there."

"I'd love to do that. Anything that will help."

"We can make that happen." He looks at me and nods his head, then smiles. "You wanna do this for real?"

"Acting? Yes. I've always thought about it."

"If you're serious about it, I can help."

"I would absolutely love that." I say

"I like you. I'm gonna take you under my wing and mentor you. You're going to be my little protégé."

"I'm grateful you would consider that."

"It's already done." He smiles. "I'll let you look at the script, see how you like it. We can make changes that better fit your personality. I'm open to whatever you have to say." He says. "That's only with me. If this was another screenwriter, they would have a huge problem with it but Damien and I wrote it so we're open to changes."

"I can't wait to read it."

"After the tour we can get started. I'll have to get back to shooting but I'll make sure I give you my schedule and we can set dates and times you can be there."

"Wow. Thank you!"

He smiles. "No biggie. Drink to celebrate?" He gets up and walks over to the bar cart.

Of course he drinks in the office. I laugh to myself.

He starts pouring and I look at Amanda.

"I'm leaving. I have another meeting to get to. Happy to have my presence needed." She stands up.

"Take a shot first." Jason says.

She walks over, takes the shot and walks towards the door.

"Behave yourselves. Shawnie, I'll call you later..." She opens the door then leaves, leaving the door open.

"She's a busy woman..." Jason says sitting a shot glass in front of me as Blaine walks back into the room and grabs a glass.

"Oh, I don't take shots." I say as I take the glass from him.

"You do now. Damien, make sure you get this for her social media."

Damien takes his shot and picks up his camera and starts recording.

"Something you need to know and be okay with right now, is that I film everything." He says, holding his shot up. "I'm happy to be starting this new business relationship with you and I look forward to your success in this business."

We all take the shot, then I hear someone talking behind me.....and I know the voice.

"Here's where I left it. I've been looking for this for an hour now."

I turn around and I am shocked at who I see.

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