Chapter 215

"Come on, don’t thank me. You were always meant to be the director. I just held the title, barely did anything. You’ve been holding the fort these past six months. Honestly, I should’ve stepped down ages ago." "You’re the reason the styling department got its name out there. We wouldn’t be where we are now if it weren’t for you. Don’t say you didn’t do anything. Let’s stop being polite. We’re both directors, and we both want the team to keep killing it. That’s all that matters." Thanks to a few bold and buzzworthy looks Maria Lewis created—not to mention how famous she got herself—the once unknown styling department at Bennett Corp blew up. Their status shot through the roof, both inside the company and in the entertainment industry. And with that rise came serious pay raises. Every stylist got a bump of at least fifty percent. For folks living off paychecks, that kind of raise is real impact. This was just one of many things Maria brought to the team. "We’ve got a bunch of new faces h