over the tarmac at LAX as Kinsl

iversal Studios Hollywood, wearing a tailored charcoal pantsu

ors of the primary productio

ion designers, and union reps instantly died down. The e

e desk, a wide grin spreading across his tanned face.

s deep voice carrying clear across

over the blueprints and continuity boards pinned to the cork

Kinsley said smoothly. "Show me t

r, hurried over with a thick leather

" Emma said, pointing to a highlighted line at the top. "We

ed at the bold red text: Blair Jo

Kinsley's lips. She tapped th

her tone entirely neutral. "How

ed his throa

cker personally signed the term sheet with the studio board. He dem

nder onto the glass t

ould buy vanity projects for their mistresses," Kinsley said, her voice dropping into a razor-sharp

neasy, shifti

calling every hour. If we don't give her a VIP privat

to Emma's eyes, her expres

t matters. If Miss Johnson cannot wait in line with

he room like a whip. Emma swallowed hard, nodd

Kinsley with

," Julian chuckled softly. "

ian," Kinsley replied calml

callback auditions b

in black baseball cap low over her brow, and sat in the far corner

running the front-facing evaluations. In the back, the silent woman

h Scene 14-a raw, emotionally devastat

the soundstage

off-the-shoulder white Chanel dress, oversized gradient sunglasses, and carrying a small Pomeranian in

he floor, wrinkling her nose at

he script supervisor. "There isn't even a proper green room. Where d

g director forc

rs late. Please step onto the

s, handing them to her assis

r with. We all know who's

oked up at the panel. But as her eyes swept across the darkened a

baseball cap, the sharp angle of Kinsley's jaw and

rylic-tipped finger toward the back row, h

the hell are

rear of the stage. The casting assistants sh

e armrests of her chair, watching Blair with the cold

sudden, hysterical realization seemed to dawn on her face,

elight. "Look at you! You ran away from Christian to work as a

ent dead silent.

table, pressed the red rejection button on Blair's file, and sp

s over. The exit