Leaving behind a stunned crowd, they walked through the grand entrance as whispers rippled in their wake.
"Did you hear? Sterling family…!"
"Impossible, aren't they never seen together in public?"
"And that young man—who is he?"
Even in a place where millionaires came to sip cocktails like it was lemonade, the word Sterling hit different. In LA's upper crust, they were the kind of family people only saw traces of… like a shadow passing behind a curtain. To have nearly the whole clan waiting at the front steps? It was like seeing unicorns casually grazing in Beverly Hills. And the fact they were there for him… well, Rex had just been upgraded from "handsome stranger" to "new gossip headline."
By the time the group entered the hotel, the buzz was already taking root. Unknown to Rex, tonight his name would start circulating in every cigar lounge and wine cellar where the city's elite gathered.
But he wasn't paying attention to any of that.
