insley watched the central monitor

ne hand against her chest, tilted her chin at an angle she had practiced in the mirror, and launched

s have chosen for me?" Blair gasped, her voic

When they wouldn't fall naturally, she raised her left hand to wipe her

rd the broadcast en

ft wrist," Kinsley commanded.

rig smoothly glided forward, locking it

el of the antique Patek Philippe were broadcast in crystal-clear definition across t

sley, the live-stream chat exploded

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t was cataloged as a private collection piece be

r wearing a half-million-dollar m

l sponsored girl? Did she steal it

al feed, continuing her wooden, hollow performance, flailin

onto the giant stage display showing the macro shot of the wrist. His posture went completely rigid. He yanked his phone from his coat and punched rapidly at the screen, but the red i

rical gasp, collapsing slightly to one knee before standing

remained d

leaned forward, reached out with a single finger,

h the sound system, bathing the stag

t. "That was not acting. That was a high school drama club rehearsal performed by an

oze. Her eyes widened in sh

, grabbing her microphone. "I studied und

"You have zero depth, zero presence, and your connection to the t

ntly. On the wide lens, she looked up desperately to

ed frozen behind the glass, making n

watched Blair's crumbling fa

to the live public feed,"

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g sight of the giant words THIEF and KINSLEY

of her crimson dress, and she collapsed directly onto the stag

, sobbing hysterically as the cameras continued to broadcast her b

ge, grabbed Blair under her arms, and h

contorted in sheer fury. He spun around and sprinted out of the VIP box, sl

rned to Kinsley with a look of pure, unadultera

ad grin. "The streaming numbers just broke the all-time stu

ity monitor as Christian's frantic figure ran through the ba

iful smile to

g scene, Christian," Kins