Vivian sent the friend request.
Derek had gotten what he wanted and didn't push further. Before leaving, he flashed her a smile. "Stay in touch, Ms. Shaw."
Vivian smiled back but said nothing. The moment he was gone, her face shuttered into coldness.
She handed her phone back to her assistant.
"Just stick to the work stuff when you talk to him. Don't engage with anything else."
The assistant took the phone, her face buzzing with curiosity.
"Vivian, that Mr. Hayes seems pretty into you."
Her staff had all been with her since the studio days. They were more than her employees.
But Vivian felt a knot of disgust at the comment.
She shot her assistant a sharp look. "Don't let me hear that again."
The assistant quickly dropped her head and kept quiet.
Vivian drove home, crashed onto h
