CHAPTER 266

Parker stood in the kitchen, keeping out of the firing range of Talia and Carter.

He was torn.

His journalistic persona was lapping up the inside information he was hearing, but the more human side of him was struggling with the same information.

“You have got to be fucking kidding me!” Talia yelled for about the fiftieth time since she’d come out of her room.

“Calm down—”

“Don’t you fucking tell me to calm down,” she spat at Carter. “That arsehole just violated so many privacy laws that I want to throat punch him and then kick him in his inconsequential ball sac.”

“No, he didn’t,” Carter said with a sigh.

“What?” Talia’s voice was low and controlled, but that was what made it so alarming.

“You’re both celebrities—”

“So that means he has the right to talk about our sexual relationship and even release photos of me, and it’s okay? Isn’t there a revenge porn law or something? I’m sure I remember reading about something like that.”

Talia’