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ADELINE’S POV

I walked down the hallway, towards the elevator my high heels clicking furiously on the polished floor.

My secretary, followed me keeping a comfortable distance, clutching a stack of files. I haven’t felt this furious in a while.

"Reject every advertisement offer with Xander," I snapped, not bothering to look back at her. "Any show offer, anything that has Xander or his company on it."

"Got it." She nodded, her voice tense.

Nothing had prepared me for how viral the clip of us talking at the show had gone. The internet had exploded, our conversation dissected and re-edited into countless versions.

My company website was getting so much traffic and everything I wore on the show was sold out. We were getting thousands of emails, and the media had dubbed us the "couple of the century." It was absurd, the world seemed convinced we were soulmates. .

I got to the last floor entered my office and collapsed into my chair, my head pounding. The constant buzz of my phone and the