rand strategies as a shield. She answered emails, revised pr

ile on her desk. She looked at Celina's pale face with con

ng a tight smile. "I'm fine.

e. "I had Ethan drop off that gift

insulting, it was almost comical. A

acing the phone fa

the Ingram Industries headquarters about the next q

e there, she felt it immediate

warmly now avoided her eyes. Whis

woman she'd been mentoring, looked a

Celina asked, her

hed tone. "Director Ferrell... An actress n

ip a beat, but she forced h

sonal tour of the design d

d w

ying she's... with Mr. Ingram. And that you... tha

e a sister-had become office gossip. She was a public spectacle. The cha

s on her back, a mixture o

Reynolds, appeared at her office door. He was

d out the box with a slight hesitation that seemed out of place for a simple

was th

there, in front of him and the pryi

her favorite artist. She had mentioned it to Blake once, mont

her heart soar. It would have been p

hat she had lost, or perhaps, what she never had in the first place

Please extend my gratitude to Mr. Ingra

id the record into a

er heart may be in pieces, but her career was the one thing left