The media dinner was a smaller affair than the Met gala—forty people instead of a thousand, seated around a single long table in a private room at a restaurant in Tribeca that Vivian had never heard of, which she suspected was the point. The guest list was a curated mix of editors, journalists, and a handful of people whose professions she couldn't immediately identify but whose confidence suggested they were someone. Sebastian had warned her about this one. "The seating is less controlled," he...
A glimpse of what's next
Next in Chapter 20: Sebastian announces Vivian as his girlfriend at a Monday editorial meeting — in front of Richard and the entire features department.
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