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“He’ll be staying with Noah I prefer hi muscle behind him”

“Right,” I replied, relaxing into the backseat, and then re to—”

“Thissponsors of the WEWA that you honored last night Beautiful speech, by the way However, in the future, take a second to call o to awards ceres after the fact”

“Austin?” I sat up straighter, looking at him My question was serious “Do you ever sleep?”

He snickered and didn’t anshich had to mean ‘no,’ or at least not an aed to set up an interview for Noah, get ht up to hi

“Are you sure Noah is okay?” I asked Dalila Alexandra wasn’t just any reporter She hadcelebrities, politicians, even princes, with her questions She pulled no punches, and there was no line she wouldn’t cross In some ways, it was an honor to be on her radar, but in most ways, it was an annoyance I had met more than a handful of actors and actresses who just walked out on their intervieith her

“He’ll be fine Contrary to popular belief, Noah is actually very good with interviews, especially if they’re i once it airs”

“Yeah, but he’s your client You should be—”

“You are also ht I usually keep hi to need backup”

“You, backup? You’re like a one-man army I don’t understand hohy you are so … so dedicated Not that it’s a bad thing But I’ve never er like you, who has no boundaries”

“That’s because Oliver was youris siht not have felt that way, but it’s the truth The probleers can’t transition with their clients when they become adults They still see you as a child who needs to be ed And too many actors are so loyal that they allow it The truth of

the er is ie the fact that there will always be anotherHowever, there will not always be an actor worth working for ”

I kneasn’t talking about me, per se, but it was still me I reo, and not because I needed him for my career, but because I was comfortable with him

“And Noah is the actor worth working for? That’s why you left your old job to becoer?”

He didn’t reply, and I didn’t push, though I really wanted to