CONFIDENTIAL" was stamped in red ink on the front. Carma stared at i

gainst his thigh. "Take the money. Go back to

t money can buy you a very nice little house in whatever

ough paper of the envelope. She picked it up

ntact with the media. She was to relinquish all rights to the Kirby name. She was to admit th

on dollars. For thre

ted for him late at night. The fan mail she had sorted. The family gatherings she had catered. The dry c

aren't going to negotiate with someone who doe

g in her stomach. It wasn't sadness anymore. It

unnatural on her fac

of papers with both

ith a loud rip.

e tore the pages that called her a mistake. The sound of shredding paper filled the s

red. He lunged forward, but Carma threw

was ice. "If you want a divorce, fine. But

k at the shock on their faces. She climbed the stairs, her

e leaned against it, breathing hard. The anger was sti

n behind a shoebox was a small safe. She punched in the code and pulled o

the number

was upbeat, loud. Background noise of clinking g

's

e ready. The CAA gala starts in an hour. Marcus Thorne is practically salivating. Kendal

he lights of Los Angeles sprawling below her. T

l it,

el the gala? Xen, are you sick? This is the de

e was flat. "I'm not signing with CAA. And I

his as his Oscar follow-up! He needs this IP to transiti

oss the sky. "I don't work with hypocrites. Tell Marc

, wa

e and put it back in the safe. Her hands we

hrill ringtone of Kendall's phone. She heard h

n she canceled? Marcus, what t

fting up the stairs. Kendall was screaming about betrayal and sabotage. He ha

just locke