You Looked Down on Me Once, Now You Look Up. novel Chapter 31

“Maybe it’s just that you’re too gorgeous tonight.”

“Oh, stop,” Nina laughed, rolling her eyes as she pulled out her phone to check her reflection. Before she could even open the camera, Joseph’s name popped up on her screen.

“Where are you? Get home. Now.”

She frowned, not understanding why he sounded so frantic. “I’m at the bar with Cindy. Why, what happened?”

Joseph sounded like he was about to lose it. “You’re trending. Go look for yourself. And after you see it, find somewhere quiet and get out of there. Immediately.”

Still confused, Nina tapped open Twitter. But the second she saw the top post—a blurry video that left nothing to the imagination—her whole body went cold.

Her phone slipped from her hand and crashed against the bar.

Everyone turned at the loud crack. The back of her iPhone was shattered, shards of glass digging into her palm as she picked it up, blood instantly welling up and dripping down her hand.

“Nina, are you okay?” Cindy’s eyes widened in concern.

“I’m fine... I just—I have to go. Sorry.”

She barely heard Cindy calling after her, “Nina, that’s the wrong way—” as she ducked her head, hair falling forward to hide her face, and rushed out the back door. She’d hoped to slip away unnoticed, but she hadn’t realized her whereabouts had already blown up online. The second she stepped into the alley, it was chaos—reporters and gossip bloggers everywhere, shoving cameras and microphones in her face.

Honestly, it wasn’t even surprising. Nina had never bothered to make friends in the industry. She was known for throwing shade at other celebs online and talking smack behind their backs.

When things went south, of course everyone would pile on.

Within minutes, every influencer and blogger was livestreaming the scene, turning her nightmare into entertainment for the whole internet.

It took Joseph and his team a full hour to break through the mob and get her out.

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