Gabriel POV
By Wednesday, I received the contract from Christian's new album project. Ruby agreed to be his partner.
I call Christian, and he answers on the third ring. "Thanks, G! I owe you one," he says without preamble.
"Make this count, C! I risked my relationship with Isabella," I say. I still remember when Isabella told me we were going to have lunch with Ruby; I contacted Christian to join us. He said he needed a chance to have a talk face-to-face with Ruby. So I helped him. And now, every day I pray to God that Isabella won't find out about this. I promised myself I would never lie to her again, not only because I didn't want any lies between us, but also because it was killing me to think she would find out. Even though, technically, we can't say this is a lie. But still...
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