Chapter 122
Nicolas
After I got the call from JP, I actually smiled my girl was having a good time with a friend which was so good for her. But after 15 minutes Geoffrey called and everything changed, it wasn’t an innocent brunch anymore the paparazzi was going to make a big deal out of this and I don’t think any of us was ready for it. I put the notification on, on my google app for anything that had my name attached to it, I normally put it off because I didn’t want to read about myself, it’s normally just a bunch of lies in any case. As I started to work again, I was hopeful that nothing will make it to any sites, the emphasis was on hopeful. Jason came into my office with my coffee and a sandwich I haven’t even notice an hour went by. I looked at my phone and still notifications, I was so relieved. I took a sip of my coffee and sat back to eat my sandwich, I was half way through my sandwich when the first notification came through. I dropped my sandwich and grabbed my phone the head line read “ALREADY PROBLEMS IN THE BROWN HOUSE.” I scanned the article “Famous bachelor Nicolas Brown that just a few weeks ago came out with the story he had a daughter and a girlfriend. It looks like said girlfriend is cheating on him, probably his own fault did he step out on her first? We all know Nicolas Brown he never had a red head on his arm, clearly, he is already bored with child and girlfriend.” I stop reading, because clearly, they were blaming me for this. I mean this isn’t even an issue, JP is gay, there is nothing between them, I will never cheat on Nicol. I hate the fucking paparazzi. I said to myself.
My door swings open and Luther walked in with his phone in hand “Did you see this?” “I did.” “What the fuck Nicolas, is she cheating on you, I told you it was a bad idea going public with her and even a worse idea giving her so much money.” “Luther can you please shut the fuck up.” He looked at me stunned that I just talked to him like that. “She’s not cheating, it’s a friend of hers, a gay friend.” “Well in this picture it looks like there is something.” “She was drunk.” “At that time of the morning now you have an alcoholic on your hands as well? I think we should re-write that contract of yours.” “Luther, can we think about damage control and not something else.” “You are going to forgive her for this?” “Off course I am.” “But she’s an alcoholic.” “Fuck Luther she’s not an alcoholic she had a few mimosas and didn’t eat properly that’s it.” “Mimosas making her this drunk.” He pushed the phone in my face like I didn’t saw it. “She’s not use to drinking Luther now can you please leave I need my PR team in here.” “You are going to regret this Nicolas, they making you the bad guy here.” “I know Luther but I can handle it, but I’m not so sure Nicol or Nikki can handle it, now leave.” “Why are you worried about them?” “For fuck sakes Nikki is my child and I love Nicol off course I’m going to worry about them and they are not use to being in the public eye.” “Fine but I did warn you.” “Fine I heard you.”
A few minutes after Luther left my PR team walked into my office, “Please sit.” I said to both of them I had a female/male PR team getting different opinions from different sexes which I always found good. “Tell me, you guys have a plan already.” Nikita was the first one to speak “Is she cheating?” “No, it’s a friend she went out with a very gay friend, they had a few mimosas it hit her hard because she’s a light weight when it comes to alcohol. That is, it.” “You sure?” Lucas asked. “More than sure I met JP yesterday when he got back from vacation. And JP was the one to call me to tell me she was a little drunk and he didn’t want to put her in and Uber. I called Geoffrey to go and fetch her at the Four seasons.” “In that case I think we should leave it.” Nikita said. “What do you mean leave it, I’m thinking of my daughter here as well.” “She’s right Nicolas, we should just leave it. If we protest too much, they will say you are hiding something.” “What about Nikki she needs to know it’s not true, what they are saying about me.” “We’ve met her if you sit her down and tell her exactly what happened and that everything in the paper is a lie she will understand.” “And what about her friends?” “We are not going to put a statement out to please a few 12-year-olds Nicolas, making a big thing out of this is a waist of time and money, the public is going to believe whatever they want to. If you want to make a statement, take Nicol out to a restaurant where you know the paparazzi is, look as in love with each other as you can possible be and don’t answer any questions.” “You think that would do the trick?” “Well, they will have something else to write about.” “And that is the only advise you are giving me?” “Yes, Nicolas you know that everything they wrote was a bunch of bullshit and Nicol knows it to so stop worrying about it.” “Okay I’ll follow your lead on this.”
When Nikita and Lucas left my office Luther’s words where still stinging, yes I know Nicol is not an alcoholic but how on earth will I ever get Luther to like her and not jump to the worse case scenarios every time something happens because let’s face it this will not be the only time Nicol will be in the papers, when she’s pregnant the media will make a fuss about that to, and I’m sure Luther as well and I don’t want to defend her the whole time I want everyone I work with to know who she is and that she will never do anything like that. If something happens I need them to defend her before I even asked them to. I need away to do it, and soon.