<h4>Chapter 116 - Twins III</h4>
<strong>Chapter 114</strong>
The next day, Laura, Carly, and I were at my ce in Santa Monica.
"I can''t believe you didn''t go, Carly," I said, referring to the partyst night.
"I was with Sam..." Carly replied with a shrug. "And Sam didn''t want to go to the same ce that Mnie was."
She murmured, "...and see her dating Freddie."
"About that," I said, "they kissed."
There were a lot of people at the party—Carly and the rest would hear about it sooner orter. It''s not like they were being discreet about it, especially kissing right in the middle of the dance floor.
"They did?" Carly said, astonished.
Just then, the doorbell rang. A momentter, Freddie appeared at the door.
"Look who''s here," I said with a grin.
Freddie stepped in and greeted everyone with a wave.
Noticing he looked a little awkward, I asked, "What is it, Freddie?"
"I can''t believe I kissed Sam for the second time," he replied.
"You kissed Sam?" Laura asked, trying to sound surprised.
We all looked at her, and she quickly added, "Yeah, Jake is better at this—even though I''m the actress..."
"Now you''re ndering me," I said. "And no, Freddie. You kissed Mnie."
"Can we stop this?" Freddie said, clearly still thinking it was a prank.
"Freddie, Mnie is real," I said. "They''ll be here soon."
Freddie looked a bit skeptical, but we kept chatting casually until the doorbell rang again.
Momentster, Sam and Mnie appeared. Mnie greeted everyone with a cheerful "hi," while Sam gave a more subdued "hello".
"There are two of them?" Freddie said, astonished.
"Yeah, and you kissed both," I murmured close to him.
Carly, who was beside me, jabbed me in the ribs.
Freddie red at me but then gave a small smile and murmured, "Yeah, I did."
The six of us sat down, gathering around the table. Sam immediately began attacking the food that wasid out, wasting no time at all.
"How could you make out with Freddie, Mnie?" she said through a mouthful.
Freddie choked on his drink.
"What? He''s adorable," Mnie replied, ncing at him with a yful smile.
He coughed a bit and turned red with embarrassment.
"I can''t believe you two are sisters," Carly said.
"Me neither," they both responded in unison.
"You know, one time she tried to convince me I was adopted?" Mnie added afterward.
We allughed about that.
"So are there any more secrets we need to know about your family, Sam?" I asked.
"Not that I can remember," Sam replied, though her tone didn''t exactly convince anyone.
Mnie chimed in, "I don''t know what you already know about our family, but here''s a fun fact: our mom also has an identical twin."
"Huh, it is a fun fact..." I repeated absentmindedly.
The six of us ended up talking the whole afternoon away.
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In the blink of an eye, the end of July arrived—and with it, the recording with Britney.
Pepper and I were gathered in one of the many recording studios at the facility.
This particr studio belonged to one of our subsidiaries—JDS, a joint venture between JD Company and Sony Music. We held 51% of the shares. As Pepper always said, we didn''t need topete on every front. Sometimes, it was smarter to partner with a giant.
And with our ten-year agreement in ce, I wasn''t worried about being swallowedter. Ten years from now, forget about a subsidiary like Sony Music, I could probably buy Sony entirely.
We''ve already signed with Evanescence, Justin Timbeke—who, until recently, was part of the boy band <i>''N Sync</i>—and Maroon 5, which regrouped and added James Valentine to their lineup.
Also, Avril Lavigne, who fired Cliff Fabri and signed with us instead (recording+agent)
Thus, no famous artists yet. But out of all of them, the most debatable would be Maroon 5 (considering, <i>cough</i>, I''ll be singing their songs before they even release them. <i>It''s not stealing if they never had it</i>).
"So, My Big Fat Greek Wedding passed $330 million worldwide?" I asked Pepper.
"Yes. Brokeback Mountain is nearing $90 million worldwide," she replied.
"It''s because of prejudice. Why can''t everyone be like me? I don''t care what people do with their own holes at home—I just want to take their money. I mean, <i>cough</i>, sell something, and then take their money," I added with a smirk.
Pepper just rolled her eyes but added, "But Brokeback Mountain was very well received by the critics. We might ever win an Oscar..."
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I went to get dressed in the Marshmello outfit. A few minutester, I came back fully suited.
"Jake, have you decided?" Pepper asked.
"Yes, I''m going to introduce myself to her," I said. "But it needs to be done with a proper ta-da—pulling off the helmet."
At that moment, more people entered the studio—Cher, Regina, Laura, Carly, Sam, and Freddie. Right behind them came the adults: Charlie, n, Judith, and Evelyn.
I walked over to Cher and Regina. "You two are incredibly calm," I said, surprised.
"We''re tired," Cher corrected. "Pepper introduced us to your personal trainer and said we could onlye if we worked out with her this morning."
"Wow, you met that demon," I said with pity.
<i>Yeah, I had a personal trainer. She is a demon. But the results are excellent, I </i>nced down at myself
"She made us run 10ps," Regina said with fake teary eyes.
Then the moment everyone had been waiting for finally arrived—Britney walked into the room alone.
Before Cher and Regina could scream, I quickly covered their mouths with my hands.
But then, everyone heard a high-pitched, girly scream of "It''s Britney!"
My eyes twitched.
Everyone turned toward the source of the shout.
"I''m sorry, I''m sorry," n said, noticeably embarrassed.
I facepalmed (in my helmet)
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