Delilah widened her eyes and pouted in frustration.
"It was just a kiss on the cheek—do you really have to act like this? I’m your childhood friend..."
"Get out," Everett said coldly. "And don’t co bothering again."
Delilah felt like her heart had just been stabbed. She stared at Everett in disbelief.
Everett reached over, grabbed her bag, and—right in front of her shocked face—pulled out the notebook and tore out the page with Aurora’s signature.
"Ugh... You’re so petty! Everett, do you want to punch you?!"
Delilah swung at him. "Fine, I’ll get out. But give back my goddess’s autograph!"
Everett raised a brow. "100,000."
A hundred thousand?
Delilah blinked. She had once been obsessed with Everett—but that obsession faded fast. Just from this move, she could tell where his heart really was: with Aurora.
Strangely, she wasn’t mad. She wasn’t jealous. Just... mildly disappointed.
"Everett, you used ! Hmph. You only brought here to see Aurora. So you owe . I won’t bug you again, but... I want 500,000. Pay up."
Delilah grinned, eyes sparkling.
This man had never truly cared about her. There was no point holding on. Besides, she liked him—but she didn’t love him.
They barely even talked growing up, really. Their childhood connection? Just surface-level.
Still, she’d gone through a phase of being totally into him. So if she didn’t milk him a little now, she’d be a fool.
"You’re really out here hustling, huh? Fine. One million. Keep the change," Everett said with a cold smile as he pulled out a card.
There was a million on it. Originally, he’d planned to give it to Aurora. But after learning she’d tossed the last card he gave her, he’d dropped the idea.
He didn’t want to humiliate her again by handing her money.
What they shared—that night, and the closeness that followed—it was all forced. But she was never in it for the money.
Delilah took the card and nodded with satisfaction.
"Wow, she must really an a lot to you. A signature worth a million? Damn. Anyway, I’m out. Bye!"
She hopped out of the car, carefree as ever. Everett gave a faint smirk.
To him, Delilah was like a little sister.
She was loud, dramatic, and always joking around—but sohow, he didn’t completely dislike her.
Because Delilah wasn’t fake.
Unlike Gianna—just looking at her made him want to throw up.
Everett picked up the paper and stared at the neat, graceful signature. He ran his fingers across it gently.
There’s a kind of love called unrequited.
It’s beautiful. It makes the whole world feel warr and brighter.
But it’s also brutal. It makes you realize how far away she really is—completely out of reach.
That sweet, aching feeling might be insignificant in the grand sche of life, but in this Chapter of ti, it’s the thing you’ll rember most vividly.
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The next morning, Director Z pulled Aurora into a eting and handed her the script.
This ti, the male lead had been switched—it was a newcor from LXL.
Apparently, the company was trying to promote this rising male singer by pairing him with Aurora.
His na was Alaric, a fresh face LXL had scouted from a college campus.
Aurora didn’t object. She thought helping a rookie get exposure was a good thing. If Alaric ever beca famous, and sothing happened to her down the line, maybe he’d return the favor.
Unless he turned out to be the ungrateful type.
After the eting, Aurora and Dominic went for a walk, bought a few little things, just to unwind and clear their heads.
They still had about a week left here—once the MV was done, they’d pack up and leave.
"Alaric’s flying in today, but it’ll take him about ten hours to get here. That ans we get an extra day to relax!"
Dominic pointed excitedly toward the towering spire ahead.
"Aurora, how about we check out that Sky Piercing Tower?"
Even though the weather was cold, Aurora had been cooped up in the hotel for days and was starting to feel restless. She nodded in agreent.
She gave Director Z a quick call. He imdiately arranged for Brown and Amanda to drive over and pick her and Dominic up for the little outing.
The Sky Piercing Tower was about 20 kiloters from Y City, roughly a 20-minute drive.
It was Aurora’s first ti there, and she looked genuinely thrilled—her worries seed to lt away, at least for now.
The area around the tower was lined with statues of famous figures. Trees were neatly planted, and as night fell, the place lit up with glittering lights. Soft, elegant music floated out from a nearby café.
It was all incredibly beautiful. Romantic, even.
Dominic stared up and gasped.
"It’s so tall! Oh my god, who would even dare to climb that?"
The tower had stairs, but they were narrow iron steps, going straight up with no curves—just the sight of it was intimidating.
Aurora shook her head. "No way I’m going up there."
"Sa," Amanda laughed, then nudged Brown beside her. "Brown, your turn."
"No thanks. I’m terrified of heights," Brown said sheepishly.
They all laughed. The visit wasn’t about conquering anything—it was just to kill ti and relax.
A few brave foreign tourists started climbing the tower, whistling as they went. Cheers and excited gasps erupted from the won below.
Aurora tilted her head back, watching. It had snowed the day before, and while it was still cold, the sky was starting to clear up a bit.
"Wait... isn’t that Everett?" Dominic suddenly exclaid.
Aurora’s heart skipped a beat. She followed Dominic’s pointing finger—and sure enough, Everett and Tobias were walking off to the side. They didn’t seem to have noticed her.
Aurora quickly tugged on Dominic’s sleeve. "Don’t say anything. I really don’t want to deal with him right now..."
Amanda couldn’t help but chuckle. "Aurora, honestly... you two do look good together. Why are you so against him?"
Amanda didn’t know the history between Aurora and Everett.
Aurora shook her head. "Our vibes just don’t match."
She was itching to get out of there—but then Brown wandered off to a small vendor to buy so old heavy-tal rock CDs.
Aurora started heading toward the car—but then she heard soone call out to her.
"Miss Wilson?"
She turned and saw Tobias walking over with Everett. Her mood instantly sank.
Of all people, they had to spot her.
The square was big, and the lighting was dim, so it should’ve been hard to spot anyone. But Aurora had this weird gut feeling—like he had co specifically for her.
Truth was, Everett wasn’t there for her. He actually had business to take care of.
"What a coincidence," Aurora said politely. "Didn’t expect to see you here."
Everett gave her a half-smile. "You don’t look thrilled to see . Am I that terrifying?"
Aurora didn’t want to discuss anything so touchy in front of everyone. She lowered her eyes.
"Excuse . I need to go."
But Everett reached out and grabbed her arm. Aurora was just about to tell him off—when suddenly, a boom rang out across the plaza.
Screams erupted. People scattered in all directions in panic.
"Don’t move!" Everett barked, his voice sharp as ice.
He grabbed Aurora and dove to the ground, rolling with her several tis as chaos broke out around them.
Dominic, Amanda, and Brown hit the deck and scrambled toward the edges of the square for cover, terrified.
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