Alex and Ethan looked like something out of a painting; radiant, composed, unmistakably a matched pair. The energy radiating off them as they stood at the top of the stairs was enough to still every conversation in the room.
They were, without question, the two people everyone had been waiting to see all night, Alex especially, given how much attention she'd absorbed over the past week. Every artist in that room understood exactly how difficult a Royalstar contract was to secure, and yet she'd materialized out of nowhere and become the face of practically every brand under Royal Corp's umbrella. The curiosity in the room was palpable and the jalousy too.
