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Cordy got out of bed and turned to find a glass of yellow liquid on her nightstand.It had a note on its bottom, which read: [Honey helps with hangovers. Remember to have breakfast after you wake up—your belly is empty after vomiting, and it's bad for your health. P.S.: I will be leaving on a business trip and shall return to North City in a week.]The sharp handwriting was just like the handwriting on the invitation to last night's banquet. Cordy picked up the honey and took a sip. There was a sweetness in its chill, which seemed to seep into the chest.She felt a mysterious sensation inside at the same time, and she suddenly wondered why John insisted on making her wait last night, just so that he could give her a ride home.Was it because he had to leave on that business trip and they would not be meeting for a while?Cordy put down her glass and headed to the bathroom, where she took off the dirty gown and took a bath.Once she did that, she threw the gown into the tras
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Meanwhile, Dandy continued. "But since Cordy is clearly having a thing with John Levine, it's high time you go public about your relationship with Noel. You've kept it under wraps in fear that Cordy would cause trouble, which was why you had to wait for her to demand an annulment of your engagement… But now, that doesn't matter at all, and we'd just be laughed at if we allow things to drag on."Kyle nodded. "I'll talk to Noel, and then we'll make the announcement.""Just put together a respectable, glamorous wedding. Recoup the dignity we lost yesterday," Dandy told him… though he was barely hiding his fury at the mention of yesterday. Dandy left with that, while Kyle quickly called Noel.-Noel was lying in bed, googling and skimming through the news after she woke up.She was impressed, seeing that there was no coverage of the Levines' banquet yesterday. They were simply above the rest—the public would know anything they did not want them to know. That was when Kyle's call
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Soon, a week had passed, and Cordy had worked overtime twice.At present, she was in her office, seriously arranging the designs she finished. She only knew too well that she could not count on anyone from the design department since they were all Noel's cronies.Picking up her phone, she told Vince, "Have all heads of department and the design department supervisors gather for a meeting in half an hour. We're discussing the templates for the upcoming season's fashion line—no one is allowed to be absent.""Yes, Ms. Sachs," Vince replied.Every executive arrived punctually at the conference room in half an hour at the conference room of Starstream Group headquarters. Naturally, their compliance was skin-deep because they did not want Cordy to fault them. That was all there was to it too—they naturally would not actually do any actual work. They were just waiting for Starstream to fall and for Cordy to leave.Still, Cordy went straight to the point as usual. "Design has worked l
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Noel was clearly excited. "Zoe York?! She's in high demand in both showbiz and endorsements, and especially so in the case of the former. However, our company might not be able to lure her—her endorsement would cost at least seven figures. We'd never afford her.""You don't have to worry if we can afford her. I just want to know what you think of her."One must certainly admit that Zoe was the best endorser one could ask for, with some even calling her the queen of brand ambassadors. If she could endorse Starstream Group, their fashion business would definitely rise to the next level."You're a good judge of people." Though Noel agreed to the idea, she was convinced that Cordy would never be able to bring Zoe in as brand ambassador. "Alright," Cordy nodded. "That's all for now. You can get back to work."Noel studied Cordy just then, finding everything she did today exceedingly weird. She wanted to ask about it, but ultimately decided against it.After all, the designs today w
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After all, if that certain someone made a call, Cordy would have Zoe's endorsement without the need for a referral."From where I'm standing, you're the best person for the job, Mr. Parker," Cordy said with assurance.Jay naturally did not turn her down. "I'll check her schedule and text you later.""Thank you.""You're welcome."On the other end, Jay was sitting before a video camera, taking a break in between shooting sessions. Turning to his assistant, he said, "Bring me Zoe York's schedule for the next week or so.""Yes, Mr. Parker."Soon, Jay had it in his hands. However, after taking a close look, he got up and headed to a corner to make a call."Johnny," he said once the other person picked up."Yeah.""Cordy Sachs just called me." Jay went straight to the point. Silence ensued from the other end, and Jay smiled faintly. "She's asking me to help her arrange a meeting with Zoe, to discuss the prospect of an endorsement.""Is that so?""I said yes. If there are no
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At 2 pm, Cordy arrived with Vince at a location in the suburbs, where Jay and Zoe were filming the series. Since it was a period drama, they built a castle town as a prop. One of the film crew members led her to Jay, who was sitting behind a large video camera and directing the shooting.He turned to Cordy and politely nodded for a moment before returning his attention to work.Cordy did not disturb him and she simply sat nearby to watch them work—at the moment, Zoe and the male lead, Hal Abbott, were in position in preparation for the next scene. "Scene 3, sequence 1, take 1. Action!" Zoe was abruptly cornered by Hal against the wall, their eyes fixed upon each other.It was Cordy's first time watching professionals film a scene, and she was impressed—especially by the expressiveness in Zoe's eyes.In the next instant, Hal's lips started to close in on Zoe's.There was a struggling look in Zoe's eyes before she quietly closed her eyes, giving in.A tear trickled down the
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Cordy took a deep breath.She had always kept business and pleasure separate.Looking down at the message notification popping on her phone, she decided to ignore it.-John was sitting in the executive office of the Levine Ventures branch over at Rocktown.He scowled at his phone, which was not jingling at all. Randy Martin was standing beside him, too afraid to even say a word.It was not as if things were bad—in fact, the sudden inspection to the branch here revealed that every operation and project was showing more than satisfactory performance.Even so, his boss was glowering with bloodlust."Randy.""Sir?""Book the earliest flight tomorrow. We're going back to North City.""Don't we have an appointment with that key figure in this city?" Randy pointed out—since they were here for the inspection, they had set up meetings with any clients or potential partners as well."We'll leave in the evening," John said, correcting himself.But he was going back tomorrow one w
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Hal and Zoe finally kissed, and the camera zoomed down from wide-angle to a close-up… which clearly captured Hal pushing his tongue into Zoe's mouth.Zoe did a double take, and her fists were clenching harder.However, she stayed still until Jay barked, "Cut!"And with that, Zoe immediately pushed Hal away.The actor certainly knew why Zoe was upset, but he could not help it—she was beautiful, and her lips were irresistibly soft!He might even have kept going if the director had not yelled cut and if Zoe did not push him away.Nonetheless, Zoe turned and started to stride off without caring if the take was good.Hal quickly chased after her. "Zoe."Zoe wheeled on him, her expression icy."I'm sorry, I just…" Hal apologized, and growled through his teeth, "The director told me to get into it so that it's more believable, so that we'd get further into character…"Still, Zoe smirked and asked, "Jay Parker told you to use your tongue?"Hal realized right then that Zoe was in a t
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