  Augustus welcomed them into his office, &quot;I knew you would love her to wear one of the clothes for tonight which was why I tried my best to make sure they were available.&quot;
  &quot;That s very good of you,&quot; Sean replied, leading Athena the couch in the office.
  &quot;How nice it is to see you again,&quot; Augustus took her hand and kissed her knuckles, &quot;I must have you know that designing these dresses with you in my mind is the best work I have done all my life.&quot;
  Athena smiled at him, &quot;don t flatter me but thank you.&quot;
  &quot;It s not a flatter but the honest truth.&quot;
  Normally, Sean would have smiled at their conversation but seeing the flirt in Augustus eyes and the way Athena was smiling at him, the smile she hasn t given to him since yesterday, he felt the same feeling like the night in the party and was enveloped with the urge of shunning 

  Athena raised her head high on seeing Esperanza and she clung onto Sean s arm more tightly as they both walked through the part made for them. When they were on the red carpet, camera flashes rained on them and many microphones, phones and recorders appeared in front of them as well as thousands of questions. Everybody wanted to know who Athena was and why she had appeared as Sean s date, and also their relationship and if Sean has finally gotten a girlfriend.
  As much as Sean wanted to say yes to their questions and claim that they were dating and in love, he just smiled and ignored the question while he went ahead an announced her as Brand s new Face. The reporters were shocked as well as Frank and Esperanza. Esperanza was more shocked, so it was true? Gloria wasn t just bluffing that night? Sean was really replacing her and with Athena? How can that be possible? Why replace her wit

  Athena can t tell when she fell asleep last night but it had been so hard to even think of sleeping, all she knew she did was that she cried. She cried so hard that her chest felt heavy and her eyes hurt including her nose. 
  There was a knock on the door and she heaved a deep sigh, although she slept so late she still woke up early because she had a very disturbing dream and couldn t sleep again. Taking off the bed covers, she climbed out of the bed and stalked to the door. When she opened it, she saw him, the reason of her sleepless night, the reason of her pain and the reason she had cry so hard last night even though she doesn t know why.
  Sean felt his heart miss a beat when he saw her, she looked like hell, her hair was a mess and her eyes were red and swollen, he didn t know when he reached out to caress her, &quot;are you okay?&quot; he asked but she moved away before his han

Augustus welcomed them into his office, &quot;I knew you would love her to wear one of the clothes for tonight which was why I tried my best to make sure they were available.&quot;
  &quot;That s very good of you,&quot; Sean replied, leading Athena the couch in the office.
  &quot;How nice it is to see you again,&quot; Augustus took her hand and kissed her knuckles, &quot;I must have you know that designing these dresses with you in my mind is the best work I have done all my life.&quot;
  Athena smiled at him, &quot;don t flatter me but thank you.&quot;
  &quot;It s not a flatter but the honest truth.&quot;
  Normally, Sean would have smiled at their conversation but seeing the flirt in Augustus eyes and the way Athena was smiling at him, the smile she hasn t given to him since yesterday, he felt the same feeling like the night in the party and was enveloped with the urge of shunning him away and reminding him of his place. But rather than do that, he sat on the couch and tried a

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