Chapter 7 - The Press Conference
Flashbulbs blinded Clara as she stepped out of the black SUV.
Julian held her hand tightly, his thumb rubbing reassuring circles on her skin.
Reporters screamed their names, desperate for the scoop of the year.
They walked up the steps of the Sterling corporate headquarters.
Julian pulled her to the microphone, facing a sea of cameras.
“I canceled my previous engagement because I found my true love,” Julian announced.
The crowd erupted into frantic questions.
“Is it true she was just a waitress?” one reporter yelled.
Julian smiled, wrapping his arm securely around Clara’s waist.
“She is the woman who saved my life twenty years ago, and I am the luckiest man alive to marry her.”
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Clara looked up at him, surprised by how real his words sounded.
For a moment, she completely forgot they were only acting.
