Chapter 101

The place was indeed the perfect spot for a shoot. Stepping onto the scene, Snow felt his creativity ignited like a lightbulb flickering to life.

Quintessa paid no mind to Snow’s half–serious, half–joking banter. If she had no interest in playing the flirtation game with a man, she certainly wasn’t about to entertain his every remark.

With a smile that could light up the darkest room, Quintessa said, “When your new single drops, you’d better give me a shout–out.”

Snow replied with a grin, “You know it.”

After Manny finished working his makeup magic on Quintessa, she slipped into her outfit, a pair of bare feet planting her firmly atop an abandoned car. The wind caught her crimson skirt, a flurry of red like spilled blood, and at the moment the shutter clicked, the image was frozen in time, which was a play of shadows and light. Beauty and decay, darkness and brilliance, it was as if two worlds had collided.

Though they lacked staff and a professional photographer, they still nailed it.

The music video was shot with a simple mix of wide shots and shaky, jump–cut close–ups, yet it was still stunning.

All that was left was post–production and scoring, and that would be left to Snow’s personal studio to handle.

After the shoot, Quintessa was gone, off to Zion City, racing against the clock.

Sitting in his car, Snow scrolled through the photos on his camera, again and again.

harbored a mighty force within. Her shadow

said,

muttering, “As stunning as she is, she’s not gonna turn me

Quintessa: “You were born this way,

out,

affirmed, “Yes, I really like her!”

has headed back to Zion City,” James reported

a week since Tyrone had poured over Quintessa’s files, and he still hadn’t

to himself, Quintessa’s face would haunt him–cold, fierce, like

echoed in his ears–Don’t fall in love

on the verge of

he still lacked the courage to face Quintessa,

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wouldn’t

he’d found himself drawn to the building where she

he do

Apologize?

himself to

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