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She wrinkled her nose "Unfortunately, I’m here to tell you that is incredibly naive and possibly career suicide We live in a platform-based society where hits, likes, and interest are cultivated by personality and personal anecdotes The world o Although it’s possible to grow a fan base, it’s very easy for customers to become disinterested, for their attention to be drawn elsewhere We will need you to nurture your fan base on socialtone and the way she drew her eyes up and down my body made me bristle It also s fully to her

I gave her an unfiltered look of irritation "Tellurian had nine ram My personal account had just as many as that I know the power of socialentertain her lips together in obvious annoyance

"I was the lead singer of a co artist who loves theyou clearly find irritatingly naive I’ve experienced fame so I can say with absolute certainty that I love the music and I hate the fa attitude? Get rid of it I was a kid when our band beca me I needed to shareback fortheive the public that kind of access? They begin to believe they have a right to you A right to your decisions, your choices, and your opinions No one has a right to those things No one My deal with Killian," I flicked a look at hi away, "was that I put out a record but I stay out of the lile or the albuotiate We’re here to work out how to ain"

Lois shifted unco like she wanted to laugh The two publicists seemed mildly affronted for their boss

And Killian Well, he aze head-on and I saw the warmth of his respect in it

"Skylar is correct And we’ve already spoken about it Lois has been briefed Whichto talkshe has absolutely no plans of being talked out of"

Lois sed and her cheeks flushed with embarrassment "Of course, Mr O’Dea I didn’t mean to insult Miss Finch I only wanted her to be aware of the difficulties in growing a career with that kind of constraint"

"And so you did What’s the plan?"

"Wellit has been a while since the tabloids have speculated on Miss Finch’s disappearance from the public eye That’s partly due to the aforementioned short attention span of the public, but also because without Miss Finch, the usual tabloid frenzy set off by her relationship with band member Micah Murphy fizzled out After Micah’s stint in rehab a year ago, the partying, the groupies, has all ended His Instagra the tabloid anything to chew on The band has continued on in relative peace from the tabloids, but they’ve also suffered a loss in sales"

None of that, thankfully, was news to et back online and see what had become of my band in my absence, Autumn came over to the apartment with her laptop Killian wanted to be the one to sit with me while I opened that door to the rest of the world, but I wanted to react honestly to what I discovered I didn’t want to worry about how Killian was feeling as I looked into the guys, ie, Micah

Autuled Tellurian

The top headlines that came up were old ones

Ones that made me feel sick

PARENTS OF POP-ROCK PRINCESS FOUND MURDERED

STAR’S FAMILY SHOT DEAD IN MULTIMILLION DOLLAR HOME

NO LEADS IN TELLURIAN MURDER CASE

I’d felt Autumn’s hand on my shoulder as I stared at the bold headlines I’d avoided for so long

"Are you all right?"

The pain was an old friend now "I’m okay"

"Skylar, you don’t have to do this"

"It’s tiine