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Taylor clearly hadn’t expected Jean to say that. His eyes widened in surprise, and he blinked a few times before finding his voice. “Wait–what? Why so sudden?”

Lacey turned her head as well, glancing at Jean’s pale side profile.

She wanted to withdraw?

Did that mean-

Lacey’s heart skipped a beat. A surge of hope and joy flooded her chest.

But the man on the screen didn’t say anything

Easton’s dark, deep eyes locked onto Jean through the monitor. For a long moment, he just stared.

Then suddenly, he smiled.

It was a bright, dazzling curve of the lips, like a rose blooming wildly in the dark–beautiful and impossible to ignore.

“Why do you want to withdraw?”

His voice was casual, almost lazy.

But Easton knew the real reason.

Jean didn’t want to be near him.

Heartless little thing. He’d even been generous enough to give her medicine last time, and now she was acting like he had the plague.

Truthfully, he hadn’t expected to see her face here today,

Taylor had only told him he’d arranged two candidates for the final round of selection, and that Easton could choose whichever one he liked.

And here she was.

The girl from that night.

Easton’s smile deepened, just slightly.

Like a brat with a streak of mischief, he looked at her and said, “Well, since you want to back out, that just makes me want to choose you even more.”

He snapped his fingers, suddenly stood up, and his smile stretched wider.

“I’ve made my decision. Jean–it’s you. You’ll be on the show with me.”

Then, with a little wave, the screen went black.

He’d logged off

Just like that?

caught completely off

audition. No performance. And somehow, this guy

was doing this

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felt

seen this coming

everything she’d done–the effort, the

a word, and somehow, she’d

felt like a

frustration–every emotion poured through

so

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than before. “Well. I guess that settles it. If you’re okay

Jean said nothing.

a beat, she gave a tight

want to get tangled up in a show like this–especially not with someone like

I’m

Taylor raised a hand and held up

“Appearance fee: five million.”

Jean froze mid–sentence.

she blinked o

then again.

I think I’m feeling

contract, then got ready to leave. Taylor offered to have his assistant, Fayne, drive her home, but she

had some unfinished

had slipped away at some point. Where had

over as

wasn’t going to let the

crossed the street, her eyes caught something through

Lacey was sitting inside.

shoulders

She looked fragile. Alone.

slightly

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Lacey to suffer

was nothing more than

the cafe

Lacey didn’t look up

pulled out the seat across from her and

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