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you anymore, unless it's

important, but this could be.

You might want to know

about this one. You don't

want to be surprised

during an interview or

something.

She sent Ana a screenshot summarizing the content: a blurry picture of them the night before, followed by a title:Ana Lira doesn't think her relationship with Liam McMillan will last. Trouble in Paradise?

"Fucks' sake," Ana growled. She placed her phone face down on the table and rubbed her forehead with her fingertips, as if it could prevent the headache of it.

Liam stopped with his coffee mug mid-way. "What."

"Some blog is saying I said we're gonna break up."

"Do you know where they got that from?" He finally brought his mug to his lips.

"No." Ana scoffed. "Ely only sent me the start of the post."

Liam raised an eyebrow. "I'm going to guess it was taken out of context."

Ana's hands jerked away from her face. "Of course it was!"

He put his mug back on the table with a deliberate movement. "Then that's all that matters."

He went back to texting Mo, and with a big sigh, Ana went back to texting Ely.

Ana: yeah, I don't

want to be surprised

if someone asks

me about it. Thanks.

Ely: I'm sorry :(

Ana: This isn't shaping

up to be a good day

Ely: I love you

anyway

Ana: I love you too.

Ana: Gtg. I need to get

ready now or we'll

be late to the interviews.