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Killian suddenly remembered something. He reached into his jacket and pulled out Serena's phone with an apologetic look.

"Almost slipped my mind - you might want to check this before we really get this party train rolling'," he said with an exaggerated wink, sliding the device across the table towards her with a casual flick of his wrist.

"We don't need any buzzkill calls from the real world to ruin our night."

Serena's brow furrowed slightly as she scooped up the phone. Her fingertips swiped across the screen to check for any missed notifications. Sure enough, there were a handful of missed calls - a few from Jenkins and a couple more from her manager Kate.

She briefly debated whether she should call them back with her thumb hovering over the return call icons as she chewed absently on her full bottom lip.

But the lure of a carefree night out on the town, unburdened by any stresses, was simply too tempting to resist.

She gave out a soft sigh and turned off her phone fully be