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Chapter One Hundred and Forty-Nine

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Celeste’s POV

“Everything alright with you and Ryan?” Grace asked from the doorway.

I ended my call with Damien and sighed.

“I really don’t know.” I tapped my phone against my chin. “I think that was his misguided attempt at looking out for me. Or maybe he just hates Damien–I mean, who could blame him?”

She snorted. “No one. Ever.”

But then she stepped into the room and chewed her lip, clearly anxious.

“What’s bothering you, Grace?”

“You need to get him under control, love. We can’t have an assistant running around the studio, barking out orders. Things are different now.”

She tried to lessen the blow with a thin smile.

“It’s frankly unprofessional, Celeste.”

The criticism hit hard.

It was valid, but that didn’t stop the sting to my pride.

“You’re a CEO, Ryan’s an assistant–you need to keep that hierarchy in mind, okay?” She said, squeezing my arm once before leaving her office.

I stood alone, gripping my phone.

Day one with our new hires and I was already getting a talking to from
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