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“Only one of us is actually paid to be beautiful,” I point out, and he laughs softly.

“Night, Seb.”

“Night, Marcus.”

And with that, Marcus disappears off my screen.

I fall asleep with a giant smile.

20

Marcus

I slouch in the back of the limo, my smile finally dropping as the tinted windows shield me from prying eyes. It’s been a full-on day.

5 a.m. - gym session with my personal trainer

7 a.m. - talk show

9 a.m. to 12 p.m. - press junkets

3 p.m. - hair and styling

6 p.m. - premiere ofLove in Zero Gravity.

Now, at eleven p.m., I’m headed to the after-party.

“You look tired,” my personal assistant Erica comments from where she’s leaning back in the leather seat opposite me.

“Is that just another way of saying I look like shit?”

“I don’t think you’re genetically capable of looking like shit,” Erica says.

“Should I take that as a compliment?”

Erica snorts. “It’s more of a factual statement. But seriously, Marcus, are you getting enough sleep?”

“I’ll sleep when I’m dead. Or when Jake stops booking me for dawn interviews.”