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Rina remembered him from the previous night when he’d offered to take a picture of her. Without the cloak of the night hovering behind him, he looked taller than she remembered, with his hair tousled, like he had just rolled out of bed. He directed a lazy smile her way, and pulled his gaze off her, saying something to the director of media. But at intervals, his eyes found hers again, as if searching into her.She had to change the dress she had on into the last one for the day. It was a part of the denim line and the shoot was meant to be done with the rest of the models – a single shot for each of them and then a group shoot. She got handed the denim and the bodysuit that was to be paired with it, but before she could walk back behind the screen, the man from the previous night approached her. He was still in the same pair of pants he’d had on the previous night, and Rina was tempted to ask if he had really rolled out of bed.“I was hoping for a more mind-blowing entrance but I had

Rina sucked in a sharp breath as Zayn’s words hung in the air, the beginning of a tension weaving out. By some chord binding them both strongly her eyes strayed to his lips almost at the same time as he did, and a groan escaped his lips, causing her to look sharply into his eyes.“You are not making this any easy. You know that, don’t you?”“How?” her lips barely moved, but Zayn heard her clearly.“Rina, you know how irresistible you are. It’s a chilly night, and you are standing in front of me in a bathrobe with your cleavage peeking from the top. All I can think about is the last time my hands roamed your body, the last time I had you pinned against my door, your soft moans imprinted in my being. It has plagued my every moment since then, and I cannot bear to stare at my door without remembering that day.”“I’m going to change into something else.” But her feet didn’t move an inch, keeping her rooted to the spot, her eyes growing hazy, and her desires fighting to be let out. The air

“What are you talking about?” Rina's eyes searched his face, trying to decipher what he meant. But because she didn’t exactly know Adam, she had no way of knowing if he was just messing around or was hinting at something. It was too coincidental to everything that had been happening since she stepped out of her room.“Wait,” his eyes lit up. “You haven’t seen it.”“Seen what, Adam?” Rina appeared laid back and indifferent, but in her mind, she was reeling about the possibilities of what could have happened. She had run through a list in her head, but she knew it wasn’t one of those. It looked much more than that.Adam retrieved his phone from his pocket and scrolled through it for a few seconds before handing the phone over to her. Rina’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets as she took in the article published earlier that morning with already over a million reads. At the top of the page was a picture of Zayn and Rina leaning into each other at the door of the hotel room, their ey

The air crackled with a mixture of indifference and tension as Rina strode into the conference room. The long polished table shone under the overhead lights, just the way it did the last time she was in there, discussing the contract. She wasn’t supposed to have any interaction with the whole board until the expiration of her contract, but the person responsible for taking the picture and the publishing of the article expedited it.Nut as Rina took her seat, taking in the faces around the table, etched with varying degrees of seriousness and concern, Rina knew it wasn’t the end of her contract with Pages of Claire. In fact, her reign only just started and there was no way she was going to allow Kayla, or whoever it was, to win this round. Claire watched her from the head of the table, her usually radiant face clouded with worry. But Rina knew it had nothing to do with the outcome of the meeting. Claire was worried about what the sudden publication would do to the reputation Rina was o

Rina was certain Kayla was going to do everything within her power to stall Scottsdale's announcement. She would be on her knees now, searching for something to get Rina back into the dirt she was rising from, but Rina was going to fight as hard as she could. The battle was unequal for the longest time since Kayla had her family backing her up with their wealth, but now that the plains were leveled, Rina considered that an equal fight. And she was going to emerge victorious.Alighting from the limousine, Rina told Michael not to bother walking her inside, even though he insisted because of the article in circulation. Telling him it was no bother since the hotel’s security was tight, she walked into the lobby barely paying attention to the stares since she knew what they were about already. The whispers were hushed, still, tongues wagged and eyes roamed. Rina would have taken the time to smile at a few people to show that she wasn’t in the slightest affected by it, but her mind was som