Jake Novak asked, as he stood in front of Raven, his eyes shining with warmth. “I said you’re amazing, Raven.” She couldn’t breathe—she could hardly stand to meet his loving gaze. This was everything she’d ever wanted. This moment, and Jake Novak telling her he thought she was amazing, looking at her with adoration, having proven himself to be the trustworthy, incredible man that she’d hoped he might be. And yet she’d just betrayed him. She’d uploaded a video of him playing his most confessional, personal song, to YouTube, where millions upon millions of people would have access to it. She’d done that without asking Jake, because she knew he would’ve told her no. And now it was hitting her just how badly she’d messed up. “I—I need to fix something,” she told him, getting on her cell phone and pulling up her YouTube account. She’d only just put the video up, so if she could pull it down now, almost nobody would have a chance to even watch it. Of course, she’d also emailed it to those bloggers… Jake was watching her closely. “What do you need to fix?”
