Percival gestured reassuringly for Vivienne to walk in.
Griffin didn't give a damn, shot Audrey a glowering look, and shoved open the door to let Vivienne in, "Grandpa's in your hands now, Vivienne."
Vivienne stumbled a bit from the push. Thankfully, her footing was solid, or she might have ended up face-first on the floor.
Talk about unexpected. No wonder she caught Leopold's eye. Both of them had a way of taking you by surprise.
Meanwhile, Kala was holed up at home.
When Darren got back from wrapping up some work outside, he walked in to find her chilling and watching TV, "Kala, you alright? All that online drama sorted out?"
Kala popped a potato chip into her mouth, "Not even close."
"So, you're just... chilling?"
How could she be so laid-back?
Ronald came out of the kitchen with a fruit bowl in his hands. "Don't mind her. She's been like this since she got back from the studio. Vivienne called earlier. The agency's taking over the whole mess, told her to take a few days off. Kala's over the moon."
"Well, she's happy, at least."
Darren was exasperated. "The agency's swamped. Ramona came prepared; high-def videos are all over the net, and the trolls are practically crashing the platforms with their venom."
As he spoke, he couldn't even understand. "I'm baffled, really. What's your beef with Ramona that she'd set up such a scheme to target you?"
"She's not after me." Kala finally tore her gaze away from the screen. "She's trying to drive a wedge between me and Vivienne, though I can't fathom her endgame."
Kala spread her hands dismissively,
my cousin. I thought you were gonna be mobbed today when I heard you two
had seen more than enough of
dropped from the sky. People in the biz first thought she had some kind of backing, but turns out, zip.
on her was neat and tidy:
rise to fame in the cutthroat entertainment industry was baffling, not just to others but even to Darren, who didn't normally cross paths with Ramona's
thought after hearing Darren's take. "Seems like our adversary
behind her has been laying the groundwork for
organization?" Kala was
to Ronald, they
was largely in the dark about what Vivienne and Ronald were up
"Vivienne's been out of touch
loss for words. Revealing anything might
loose lips, he switched off the TV and ushered Kala
Meanwhile, at CK Penitentiary.
set with coffee paraphernalia, indistinguishable from those outside, with
resting in an unmarked grave, was sitting
alive, his face
focused at all. They were cold, empty, devoid of any emotion,
machine. A flawed prototype of the androids developed by Ronald, capable of mimicking human actions and voice but
escaped destruction solely due to Leopold's
might draw
point, no one from GTO would risk their
his fanciful thinking, saying he
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