signed to make visitors feel insignificant. Serena walked to the re

with Charles Chen," she

k looked up. Her eyes widened

in a meetin

it," Ser

ur. Then two. People bustled past-producers shouting into phones, a

t. She didn't invite Serena back.

ant said, avoiding eye contact. "The funding for

ope crinkling in her grip.

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photos?" Serena demanded

helplessly. "I just wor

as high and brutal. She felt exposed. Without

est Hollywood. She needed a

on the terrace, nur

erena said, collapsing in

"This town has no loyalty. They smell blood i

divorced," Serena

u doing this the hard way? You're married to a billionaire. Just ask him

ne. If I take his money, it's just another thin

.

partition of climbing ivy, Juli

assed the divide, the familiar cadence of her voice had stopped him cold. He had signaled

iste

he leaves, low and strained. "It makes me feel like a pros

The temperature around him

. A prostitute. That was how she saw their

ed on h

He simply walked away, his stride long and fur

.

d, looking over Serena's sho

Serena

suit jacket disappearing arou

tha

per said, her eyes wid

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re you at

rep

d five mi

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ck. He had heard. He had heard her

he couldn't ask him for money now. It would pr

sh. Fast. Ind

as a Birkin, a gift from her

o you still have the number for

er. "You're going

own movie," Serena sai