heart pounding wildly as

of it all lef

meant their stagnant relationship wo

t his distance, and now, out

ment, her body stiffening as she st

," Ricky ordered, his to

is dark, unyielding stare. Before she could voice her shock, Ricky's voice came again, laced with dis

and hurt surge

ky,

shoulders, spinning her around with force. With a harsh

happening, Ricky's weight pressed

gray clouds loomed

st the windows, filling the r

k ceiling above. The space beside her was co

to her bones, making her feel as though she

-up frustrations on her with a cruelty t

to move. Slowly, she made her way to the ba

reminder of Ricky's roughness. The hickeys on her neck

he hadn't kissed her lips eve

al, her phone buzzed with a call from her agent, Lindsay Morley, who was clearly o

asked Harold to arrange a ca

mid-tier agency with decent resources and minim

be greeted with a reprimand from her. Lindsay huffe

ole alongside Brody Curtis, an aw

d. She spent over an hour skimming through it,

miss this, don't expect ano

briefly but f

g budget, huge visibility. You have to grab t

's focus wavered, the rest of Lindsay'

st in the film industry, but every proj

e company, the clock rea

herself into studying the script

ness trip. Emma, meanwhile, was consumed by her own hectic schedule-photo shoots, p

n the film crew. Without delay, she packed her ba

ranged accommodations nearby. Emma's assigned room reflected her moderate fame from her three-y

as she had a clean bed an

kick-off ceremony. The event was lively, filled with photo ops and

er hotel room, eager to immerse

enting love transformed her into the story's main antagonist. It was a layered role, d

layton, entered to relay a message. "The crew is gatheri

ate went to open it, and the moment she saw who was standing outside, she