𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚅𝙰𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙲𝚈 𝙸𝙽 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚃.

𝙷𝚎'𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝚃𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕, 𝚊𝚛𝚝.

"I don't know babe... You really want to move all the way to Philadelphia?" Blake skeptically looked at Brad as he brought up the topic of possibly moving. "I thought you loved LA and New York."

"I do... But that's where I'm from, all my family is there. It'd be nice to go back there for a little bit." He explained. "How about, we make a deal?"

She rose an eyebrow, intrigued. "What kind of deal?"

"We move there for a year, see how it is, feel it out. If you still don't like it after a year, we'll come back or move somewhere else." Brad proposed.

Blake thought for a moment. She really wasn't up for packing up her life and moving to the east coast. But change is good a majority of the time. And she did want to get closer with Bradley's family.

"Fine." Blake agreed. "But I get to house hunt and you have to come with me."

He smiled, full of content. "Thank you for agreeing to this. Maybe a new start and a new house is what we need."

She leaned over and kissed him quickly before pulling back.

Her mind immediately went to Joe's text. It had been a week since he sent the message, after contemplating a response, she agreed to meet him.

"So I fly to Miami tomorrow to do a campaign for Gucci, will you be okay without me for a few days?" Blake teased.

It really wasn't a lie that she was going to Florida. She did have to work, but just for one day, not three days like she told her husband. Joe lived down in Tampa, she just didn't inform Brad on the detour she was going to be taking.

"I think I'll manage." Brad laughed. "Are you sure you don't want me to come with you? I can always reschedule my meetings."

Her eyes widened. "No no. I don't want you getting in trouble. I'll be back before you know it."

But will it still be the same between them when she comes back? What did Joe have to say to her? Their story was unfinished, there was no doubt about it. Their book had many empty pages in them. Blake already wrote her own story though. She'd written another book. And it was her and Brad. It was always going to be her and Bradley Cooper. Joe was just another one on her shelf sitting right next to Finn Balor collecting dust bunnies. What could he say or do that would rewrite the ending?

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The humid air in Miami had took its toll on Blake. Or maybe the fact she'd be driving down to Joe's house in a few hours.

The photoshoot for Gucci had gone well. She was shocked the photographer had gone with a natural look for her as she was used to makeup artists caking her face.

After thanking the crew for the shoot, she said her goodbyes and made her way to her rental car. Thankfully paparazzi only spotted her at the airport and turned their attention to Drake who luckily was also in Miami this week.

She'd been staring at the address Joe sent her for so long that cars had began honking at her, wanting her parking spot.

"Stop being such a pussy." She grumbled to herself and hit start on the GPS.

For once shockingly in her life, she wanted to call her sisters and ask for advice. She didn't know what she'd be walking in to. But she also didn't want a scold from them on how she's a married woman and shouldn't be hiding where you're going from your husband.