"After the award show is over, I’d love to see if you two won’te crawling back, asking me to star in your movie," she muttered, curling a few strands of hair around her finger as a smirk yed on her lips.


    Selene wanted to head back to Xavier. However, with each step she took, someone always stopped her. Either asking her about her experience as a newbie actress or how the entertainment industry had been treating her recently.


    Selene nced around but couldn’t spot her manager anywhere. Realizing that Yna managed other artists as well, she surmised that Yna must be attending to them after having given her instructions, considering it was Selene’s first award show.


    Once Selene was done talking to the people she met, she excused herself to leave. She pulled her dress up as if she was about to take a race to where Xavier was. But someone stopped her.


    "Selene." Someone called from behind her.


    She silently huffed, but maintained a smile on her lips before she turned.


    When she saw Liam, she didn’t know how to react to him standing before her.


    Liam was nominated in the best actor category, and he’d won that award for five years straight.


    "Liam, I’m so d to see you here tonight," Selene said, her arms wide to give him a brief hug.


    Immediately, she regretted it as she felt a piercing re from behind her. Liam seemed to sense it too. Stylishly, Selene turned to see who was watching her, and her eyes locked with Xavier’s.


    Instantly, she turned away from him to look at Liam who’d also seen Xavier.


    "Where’s Martha?" Selene asked confusedly. Martha might not have gotten a nomination, but she was invited to the show as a special guest and MC.


    "Ahh...she’s talking with a few people..." He stared at her. "You look beautiful. The dress suits you so much, but didn’t I just see Michelle wearing a simr dress?" He asked, wondering if he saw right.


    "Yes, she is. A coincidence isn’t it...." She drawled.


    Since the day she rejected Liam’s offer of watching a movie together at the theater, they’d not spoken since. So, the conversation was a little awkward for both of them.


    "So, are you ready to win?" Liam asked to reduce the tension between the both of them.


    "I’m not winning." <i>I’m winning. </i>Selene replied with a softugh. "I’m not good enough."


    "But you got a nomination, which clearly states that you are good enough," said Liam. "You will win and I will be cheering you from the sidelines," he wished her.


    Despite the slightly busy noisy crowd, they could both hear the heavy steps of someoneing from behind Selene.


    "Anyway, I have to go. The show will be starting in less than 10 minutes." cing his hands on Selene’s shoulders, he added, "I would love to see more wins in your name." Selene’s eyes watered at that moment. She never truly had a friend, but Martha and Liam had been there for her, battling Michelle along with her.


    As soon as Xavier arrived, Liam bolted out from there.


    "You scared my friend away," she muttered under her breath without looking at Xavier.


    "I didn’t do anything. I wanted to talk to him but he didn’t give me the chance to," Xavier defended himself immediately.


    "Of course. You wanted to talk to him so bad you red hard at him," she remarked.


    Xavier merely shrugged at her remark.


    "It’s not my fault he’s scared of me."


    Selene rolled her eyes before she walked off to her seat, while Xavier stared at her back, sighing. He just wanted to tear that dress off her body and have his way with her.


    In another corner of the bustling hall, ady in an icy blue gown, her hair perfectly styled and her lips painted red, gracefully swirled champagne in her ss while her gaze remained fixed on someone across the room.


    An evil glint passed through Winter Augusta’s eyes as she red at thedy in a red dress.