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t does that me

flinched. I hadn't raised my voice, but something in it

een, her finger unsteady. "She said Cassia Knight is out. Pe

he subject line was bland and bureaucratic, the kind of language com

th her time. She was the right face for this brand, and everyone knew it. The pre-launch materials, the mood boards, the social media strategy had all

ud, testing them. "I spoke to her agent thi

didn't need to. We both knew

who had somehow married an Alpha. She always went on about how close she was with the actress Kyla, and how perfect Kyla and Bryce we

ne and dialed Judi

y ear. "We just got a termination notice from your PR department! The exc

voice low and urgent. "I had no idea. Just

all, my face

ill my project, to take me down and leave m

asked, her voice shaking. "The first w

y eyes hardened. "We go to Director Su

I walked through the office, I felt my colleagues watching me. They had only seen

was about to happen. She was on the phone when I reached her door. Filing her na

n't k

se first, then something more comfortable. A smirk

me up." She set the phone down with deliberate

way you look at a child who has wandered into the wrong roo

lapped a printout of her e

, Brenda," I said, my

"An explanation? It's right there in black and white. Cas