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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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As such, Cordy did not drag her feet and went straight to the point. "Since you've been honest, Ms. York, I shall do the same. You may not know that Starstream Group was under my father's charge before this, but I've recently taken over… So, what I'm saying is that while the Starstream Fashion designs were bland before, that won't be the case now or in the future. Here are the templates for our designs next season, please take a look."Zoe studied Cordy then.While she did not know much about Cordy, she had heard the rumors about her, and all the drama revolving around her. She had come to believe that Cordy was reliant on men, since she and Kyle were an item when she returned to North City.But Cordy's words were certainly enough to change Zoe's opinion of her—she was competent, direct, and knew how to stand her ground.In the end, the rumors were just… rumors. Zoe took the tablet that Cordy held out to her then, her eyes immediately lighting up when she saw the templates. Hav
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It was past 11 pm when the three ladies were done drinking and started to leave. "Let me take you home," Cordy's vision was blurred as well, but she thought that she should give them a ride home considering that she brought them out here."Burp…" Zoe belched, and she was seeing stars as well. "It's alright. Quinn can take me home since we're going the same way."With that, Zoe dragged Quinn along and left the room.Cordy quickly followed them.Although they were all drunk, they were not at the level they would lose control—Quinn seemed especially sober as well.Cordy always had self-control, but considering that today was her first meeting with Zoe, she naturally had to play along since Zoe was a real alcoholic. She could not seem to stop after the first glass, but Quinn somehow remained controlled despite Zoe's crazy streak.Cordy walked with them until they entered a black sedan before returning to Walter's sedan. She reclined over her seat, her stomach a misery.She stared
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After Jay put Zoe to bed, he did not leave immediately. He lowered his gaze, staring at her cheeks that were flushed from excess alcohol, and her red, moist lips. He suddenly remembered the scene of her filming that kiss…His Adam's apple bobbed, and he placed his long fingers on her lips, gently rubbing it as if wiping filth off it. He did so solemnly for a long while, until her lips were almost swollen red.When he lifted his finger, he leaned downward ever so slightly, but straightened himself at the very next instant and left.He shut the door behind himself, and therefore could not see a trail of tears quietly trickling down the sleeping beauty's face. -Cordy was feeling a slight headache.Going to work with a hangover was utter misery.Zoe was too good a drinker, whereas she had thrown up the entire night, the world almost turning upside down for her.As she drank some black coffee to clear her head, Vince was politely reporting, "Ms. Sachs? The contract is ready.
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Cordy complained, "I was asleep.""Sorry for waking you." John apologized.Even so, she never did feel any sincerity from any of his apologies—as if he said it just for the sake of saying it."Is there a problem?""Just wanted to tell you that I'm back.""Got it," Cordy said coolly, adding when she noticed his exhausted appearance, "You could've texted me. You didn't have to come all the way here.""I thought your phone was dead," he replied, clearly accusing her of not replying to his texts."I've been busy." Cordy simply came up with an excuse. "Cordy…""It's late, go home," Cordy said, cutting him short right then. "I have work tomorrow."As John swallowed his words, she finished, "Goodbye."With that, she shut the door in his face, and he was left staring at the closed door. He was right—he was not imagining it.Cordy was deliberately avoiding him.But he never did anything out of line that other night… In fact, his intuition told him that Cordy was starting to acce
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Soon, another nurse emerged from the delivery room with a small bundle. "Is the mother's family here?""Yes!" John exclaimed loudly."The delivery was successful," the nurse said. "The baby weighs eight pounds—""How is she?" John asked in agitation, not caring about the child."She's fine. The doctor is just helping her clean up and she'll be out soon," the nurse replied.As John breathed a sigh of relief, the nurse reminded him, "Aren't you the father? Here's your child."John took the baby off her arms, staring at her for a moment as the others flocked around him. "Oh, she's so fair!" Zoe could not help exclaiming. "That's the most beautiful baby I've ever seen.""Are you saying that your son's ugly?" Bob teased."To be honest, yeah," Zoe replied without thinking.Jay cleared his throat—even if it was a subjective opinion, it still hurt to have his own baby called ugly."Let me carry her," Zoe volunteered just then, and John did not hesitate to hand her his baby.As Zoe
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"What?!" Zoe exclaimed in shock.Beside them, John's face fell despite being usually stoic.Still, even before anyone could react, he scooped Cordy up in his arms and left.Zoe did not hesitate to follow, but Jay reminded her, "We're the hosts, Zoe.""Don't care." Zoe was completely unconcerned. "Ask my mom and your sister to handle the guests. I'm going with Cordy!"Jay hesitated for a moment before deciding to follow since there was no reasoning with Zoe.Sam and Quinn also realized that something was out of place.As they pulled away reluctantly, Bob shouted from below, "If you're done kissing, we're going to the hospital! Cordy's going into labor!"Quinn hurried after them as soon as she hurt, but Sam caught her. "Slow down. We can catch up."In fact, most of the guests were leaving as well—it was as if the banquet for Zoe's son was actually intended for everyone else.The poor boy was certainly unlucky to have such unreliable parents!-As everyone rushed to the hospit
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"I'm swelling from my pregnancy," Quinn explained. "It's not your fault."Sam was left staring at her for a while before asking, "So, what should I do?""I'll put it on when I slim down.""Oh." Sam was a little disappointed, since he had always dreamed of having her put on the ring he had custom made.But this was fine—they had all the time they needed, and the most important thing for him is that Quinn was marrying him!He rose to his feet just then, and everyone was cheering as soon as he did. "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"Quinn blushed right then, and Sam could see that she was embarrassed.He did not want to make things awkward for her, even if he was quite eager at the moment.Heaven knows how much he missed that night's drunken fumble they had. In fact, during the times he remembered it in dreams, he had to wash his pants when he woke up.Still, just as he took Quinn's hand and started to leave, he felt a softness on his lips—Quinn was kissing him! Sam's heart pounded thunderous
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Everyone waited patiently for the final outcome.Quinn's eyes were welling up with tears, threatening to gush if she so much as blinked.She did her best to hold back her tears—to be strong!Sam pursed his lips in turn, his Adam's apple bobbing.A long while passed, and it felt like a century for Quinn when she finally heard him say, "Yes."Quinn's tears started falling in happiness as Sam declared loudly, "I'll marry you, Quinn—it's what I've always wanted to do! I won't let you go even if you regret it eventually! You only get to be with me, and I'll never let any other man claim you! I'll become very overbearing… eventually!""I won't regret it," Quinn said, determined.She certainly would not regret marrying him!Zoe walked up to them with perfect timing just then, and Sam did a double take.He finally remembered that Zoe was the host of this luncheon and was going to leave with Quinn when Zoe whipped out a small red velvet box."You know what's in here, don't you?" Zoe a
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However, Sam had already pushed Quinn away before she could tell him. But even if he did not love her or did not want to be with her, she would never stay with Ryan.She had been disappointed in Sam, wondering why he would give up so easily.Was she that unimportant to him?Therefore, if it were not for Zoe and Cordy showing her that video or telling her so much, she would never have known that he loved her for years…Sam's heart ached even as he looked into Quinn's tearful eyes.He reached out a hand, but soon withdrew it—would he not burden her?Even so, it hurt to restrain himself as he watched her, and he was actually getting the feeling that Quinn loved him…But she already had Ryan's child…Well, he was fine with that, as long as the child was Quinn's.But would she not mind?"I will marry you, Sam," Quinn said slowly and clearly then. "Not because you're a good man, not because you prepared so much for me, and not because of how much you prepared for me, but because I
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Everyone in the hall was staring at Sam and Quinn, while Quinn took center stage, staring fixedly at Sam.He stood in the middle of the crowd, watching her silently.She in turn felt fear that he would turn and leave, just as she did not know if she had the courage to stand before him again and to declare her feelings for him in front of so many others.Nonetheless, amid the deafening silence, Sam suddenly walked toward the stage.His pace was slow as if his feet were made of lead, but he was also unusually determined.Quinn's heart raced uncontrollably right then!Everyone else was watching them nervously, especially Cordy and Zoe, with the latter being especially concerned that the cowardly Sam would bail.Fortunately, he was a man who showed responsibility. He would not leave Quinn alone and embarrassed.Hence, as everyone looked on, Sam stood before Quinn, his gaze flickering as their eyes met.He gulped ever so slightly, his emotions clearly ruffled even as he did his bes
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The guests were encouraging, loudly asking, "Why?!""Because of a woman," Sam's recording replied."Who is it?""Quinn Summer," the Sam on the screen said slowly and clearly, leaving the Sam who was in the hall stunned.What the hell?! That was the proposal video he prepared before! Why did it show up here? Did Zoe make a mistake?!He knew it—leave anything to Zoe, and she would mess it up!He started striding toward the stage, intent on stopping the recording, when John and Bob intercepted him with a look of utter guilt while the recording continued. "Quinn is my wife, and we've been married for years, but I've never really loved her—not because I don't, but because I'm afraid to. I feel too insignificant in comparison to the one she loves, so I'd always hurt her… painfully and childishly. I regret that so much now, Quinn. How could I have abandoned you for so long because of my own jealousy? I'd rather hold you in my sleep every night, but my damned pride denied me that for y
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At the banquet hall, Jay and Zoe were thanking their guests with their children in their arms.Then, Zoe announced excitedly, "Please give my best friend, who is also my son's godmother, a warm applause as she comes on stage!"Sam stood at a corner of the hall, watching as Quinn walked up the stage, only realizing just then that her belly was clearly swelling despite her baggy clothes.Time flies—he had not left that long ago, but she and Ryan already had a child.She was not worried about giving him a stroke, was she?He watched as Quinn took the mic and looked around below searching, seemingly searching.After a while, he thought she was looking at him, but by the time he looked up, she had already turned away.Maybe she was looking for Ryan before remembering that Ryan was not there?Nonetheless, Quinn spoke into the mic, saying, "I'm honored to be chosen as the godmother to Zoe's son, and she's been saying he'd be engaged to my child if it's a girl. I already love my godson
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As their eyes met, Sam turned frantic and averted his. "Of course.""Really?" Quinn asked."Would I lie to you?" Sam asked a little grumpily."And you didn't bring her back?" Quinn asked."I'm on a schedule, and it'd be taxing for her if I bought her along," Sam said, making things up as he went along. "I'll bring her along when things are less busy.""Is she pretty?" Quinn pressed."What, have I ever picked an ugly one?" Sam snorted smugly. "You know I prefer curvaceous types, and there are plenty of those abroad.""Do you have a photo?"Sam was silent for a while and eventually said, "Yeah.""Can I see it?""What, does she have to pass your assessment?""Just curious about the girl who can tempt you to settle down," Quinn replied. "You'd be humbled." Sam hastily came up with an excuse."I won't," Quinn said, determined."You'll see her when I bring her home." Sam refused nonetheless."I would like to see a photo now.""No, she's not that photogenic. It'd be slander a
