Social media? Suzanne paused. She placed the call on speaker mode and opened the webpage.
The moment the page loaded, it froze. It took her a few tries to reload the page for her to finally manage to log in.
That was when Suzanne finally saw the trending post. It had a few photos of her having dinner with Austin and the rest.
When she looked closely at Austin in the photo, she was reminded of everything that happened last night, and she was once again deeply moved.
"Suzanne? Babe? Did you lose signal?"
There was no response from the other end after a long time. Marsha looked at the signal bars on her phone and confirmed that nothing was amiss.
Suzanne snapped back to her senses and answered quickly, "Yes, I'm here."
Marsha sighed in relief as she collapsed onto the bed once more. As she wrapped herself into a cocoon, she lamented, "I thought you disappeared. I bet your app crashed too, huh?"
She clicked her tongue in amusement and added, "You're not even part of the entertainment industry, and your news has already shaken the world. If you're in showbiz, I can guarantee that you'll be the titan of the current day and age."
Suzanne could still be the talk of town even after many, many years. The mere thought of that made Marsha yearn to see it happening in real life.
However, since Suzanne refused to enter the entertainment industry, the flame of hope she had in her heart quickly fizzled out, causing her to lean dejectedly into a throw pillow.
Suzanne placed her phone aside and started to change. She smiled as she said, "You know very well that I hate having to deal with hassles like these."
The entertainment industry was too messy and chaotic. She really didn't want to get involved at all.
Marsha sighed. She had decided that she wasn't going to continue to talk Suzanne into this anymore.
Then, she remembered Austin, and a meaningful smile crept onto her face. "Be honest with me. What base are you and Austin at right now? For him to be celebrating your birthday with you…"
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