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CHAPTER ELEVEN: Cunning Actress
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Scott alternated his gaze between his friends. "What is it? Did Zara or someone else release something else about me again? Am I in the news for something bad again?""Nah!" Anthony finally spoke, "This time, it's only about Zara.""Spill!" "Well, a gossip blogger released a video of her having lunch with a top model earlier today," Leonard chimed in, scratching his nose.Scott's face fell for a brief second. Then, he shrugged with feigned indifference. "What's the big deal? She's a businesswoman, after all.""You see, that's where you have it wrong. It wasn't just lunch, it was a date. The guy revealed that they are actually in a relationship. It seems they have been together for quite some time," Leonard explained.A look of hurt and disappointment fell on Scott's face again. He scratched the corner of his mouth and mumbled, "Oh, I see. Good for her then."Anthony held out his phone after locating the video online. "Would you like to see the video? Actually, the voice in the backgr
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Tension rippled between both parties the very moment they came face to face. The air in the corridor seemed to get colder.It was as if none of them wanted to lose the staring contest as they didn't break eye contact until a nurse walked by and looked at them as if they all had double heads."Zara, it seems we just keep running into each other. What brings you here?" Cora finally broke the silence.With an eye roll, Zara uttered, "That's none of your business."She was just about to turn around when Scott piped up, "Who's this guy?"Zara tilted her head and gave him a bombastic side-eye. She wanted to repeat the last words she said, but when she noticed Cora clinging to him tighter, she blurted out, "This is George Thatcher, my boyfriend!"The corner of Scott's left eye twitched when he heard this. He set his mouth to a grim line and alternated his stare from Zara to her quasi-boyfriend.He had pretended not to give a hoot about Zara's new relationship when his friends told him. But n
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