he Decker family's private villa in Beverly Hills, Bla
quined designer dresses lay st
t commands the stage!" she muttered to her
e hall, the door to the small guest bedroom Kinsley had used d
hed the d
wood vanity table, resting inside an open leather travel tray, lay a vin
historic piece universally recognized among Manhattan's elite as the symbol of the Decker family matriarch. Kinsley had
he vanity, her breath
icy against her skin. She strapped it onto her left
her an immediate, unmistakab
ile stretching her lips. "She's working as an errand girl now anyway
dome of the security camera blinking silently in the corner of the ceiling molding. Kinsley had installed the private camera month
versal Studios soundstage. Her floor-length crimson gown hugged every curve, and she delibe
neral admission line shouted in protest as Blair byp
esk, tossing her credential form on
son. Number
dinator hesitated, gl
ryone is assigned
an instruction came through from the production booth. She blinked, n
nt that Christian's fifty million dollars had already forced the producers to bend the knee. When the stage
. Ten high-definition monitors glowed in the darkness, showing live feeds of the s
t her phone. A fifteen-second clip showed Blair taking the vintage Patek Philippe from the guest room vanity and stra
from beside her chair. "If the broadcast starts wi
her hand, her amber eyes gl
ter. The higher she climbs right n
.. three million... five million concurrent viewers within sixty seconds. Above the arena floor, anot
a lights
light, radiant in crimson, her left hand lifted dramatically toward her collarbone,
ey's finger hovered over t
resse
ircus," Ki
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