In the days following the scandal with James, Alex disappeared from public view.
Her routine narrowed to two places: Royalstar's rehearsal rooms and Eliott's house. She attended every acting class, worked through her scenes with the dialogue coach and left through the underground car park before the reporters gathered outside could spot her. Invitations went unanswered. She stopped posting photographs, short videos or even the occasional message she usually left for the Ocean Eyes.
Her silence worried her fans and delighted the people who had been waiting for her to stumble.
The story about James had already begun to fade, but another rumor took its place. Anonymous accounts claimed Alex had stolen her role from a trained actress. Others insisted Ethan had forced the director to cast his girlfriend. A few posts even presented carefully cropped photographs from the earlier scandal as proof that Alex collected powerful men whenever she needed something from them.
