After the competition, Joshua offered to give Thalassa a ride home, but she politely declined.

As she watched Joshua's car pull away, Thalassa lowered her lashes, about to hail a cab, when a smooth voice stopped her. "Thalassa."

Turning around, Thalassa caught sight of Callum approaching her with a gentle smile.

She blinked in mild surprise. "Mr. Gordon, you haven't left yet?"

"I was waiting for you," Callum replied, his eyes twinkling with a neighborly warmth.

"Waiting for me?" Thalassa echoed, puzzled.

thought I might give you a lift. Saw you almost got into Mr. Whitman's car and figured I'd be driving

Gordon, so formal, waiting around to

Callum replied, the picture of a gentleman. "Skipping out on my private invite to compete, huh? Strutting your stuff in the competition isn't a bad way to

smoothly shifted

Even if I create

side as you, we'd all starve," Callum joked

before she could refuse, Callum added, "Hop in. We can talk about Susan on

get her into the car, especially since she was eager to know more about the

were on their way, Thalassa finally spoke up. "Thanks for

well beyond formalities at this point, aren't we?" Callum said

When I saw Susan take that tumble on the runway, I knew she was up to no good, so I snuck backstage to dig around

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