Chapter 31 I Won't Give In

Lila Cross awoke to a room bathed in morning light, her pillow damp with the remnants of a restless night. She plugged in her dead phone and headed to the bathroom, fragments of the previous night haunting her thoughts. Locked in an empty dressing room, her phone dead, darkness closing in—until Adrian Quinn appeared, a savior in the shadows. The memory of him made her cheeks flush and her heart race. A shrill phone ring jolted her back to reality. It was Chloe Fortune, her voice urgent. "Lila, why aren't you answering your phone? Something huge has happened!" Chloe explained that Sylvia Evans had uploaded footage of Lila and Charles Jackson, sparking a scandal online. Lila's heart sank as she opened Sylvia's microblog, seeing the video and the accusations against her. Chloe's voice was frantic. "Netizens are demanding Yvonne Smoke expose her stunt double. They're digging into your identity!" Lila realized Sylvia and Charles's plan was more than just locking her away—they wanted