The news of Brandon and Abigail's past relationship blew up online, just as expected.
And just like James and his team had gambled on, a normal breakup gave people little to attack.
Still, the public blamed their split for Abigail's depression. Brandon's popularity took a pretty hard hit.
Not long after he got out of the hospital, Brandon went straight back to filming. He slipped back into his old role, the cool, distant A-list movie star, except now there was a gloomier, sharper edge to him, like he wanted to keep everyone far away.
The hype around Abigail faded little by little. Outside of her fanbase, no one really talked about her anymore.
There was always some new drama popping up in this industry, every single day.
Soon after, Gloria—one of the biggest rising starlets in the bu
