The collective heads turned. Masonâs smile froze. For a split second, the LA confidence flickered. Jenna squared her shoulders, letting the sheer fabric of her cover-up flutter. She wasnât the 22-year-old heâd left crying in a Thai restaurant anymore. She was 25, she had 800k followers, and she was here to win.
The second the Love Island USA villa came into focus through her sunglasses, Jenna knew she had made a monumental mistake. Not because the pool was smaller than on TV, or because the Fire Pit looked less dramatic in the harsh California sun. No, it was because of him.
But the villa was a pressure cooker. One night, during a challenge called âSpill the Tea,â Jenna got a card that read: âReveal a secret that changes the game.â Love Island USA
And now, thanks to her agent who thought this would be âgreat for her fitness influencer brand,â she was wading into the shallow end of the dating pool with a shark she already knew.
The first recoupling was a bloodbath. Mason, predictably, dumped Chloe without a second thought to graft on Jenna. She let him. She smiled, she touched his arm, she whispered âIâve missed youâ into his ear while her stomach churned. The collective heads turned
He was leaning against the kitchen counter, laughing at something the bombshell, Chloe, was whispering in his ear. He had that easy, crooked smile sheâd fallen for three years ago, the one that said the world was his personal joke. He was the ex who had ghosted her two weeks before their one-year anniversary, leaving a single text: âItâs not me, itâs you. Actually, itâs me. Iâm bored.â
âThree years ago, Mason Stone told me I was forgettable. That I was âbad for his brand.ââ She held up her phone, which production had graciously allowed her to keep for this exact moment. âSo I spent the last three years building a brand of my own. A fitness app. A clothing line. And last month, I bought the production company that runs this show.â Jenna squared her shoulders, letting the sheer fabric
âMason. You have been dumped. Please pack your suitcase and leave the villa immediately. A car is waiting.â