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It was for Kendall, but Shane had been fucking pissed, especially when I’d told him that my suit for defamation would exceed the insurance policy they’d taken out on the show and then I would come after the studio for the balance.

I didn’t care what I had to do to protect her. I wouldn’t stop until I got my way.

She was still breathing so fast, her tears leaking through my shirt and onto my skin.

“Kendall,” I whispered, holding her tighter, “tell me what I can do.”

“Nothing.” She gave me her eyes again, the pain inside them hitting me right in the goddamn gut. “I’m just struggling.”

I positioned her across my lap, so I could wipe the wetness that fell. “With the show? Your sister?”

“All of it.” She sighed. “Since the show started, it’s just been … a lot. Things with my sister erupted. I have no privacy anymore. I have to worry about everything turning into a Celebrity Alert, including our relationship when we were really hoping to keep that under wraps.” My hand moved to her cheek as