Chapter 20
Their remarks scraped at my pride, but I did not yield. I stood tall, pulling my shoulders back and holding my chin high. After all, I was not alone.
I had known that this particular couple was going to harass me at this event. In my previous life, they were "shippers" of Noah and Zoe who held a strong hatred for me. I was accustomed to their shouting and insults Even worse, they had relentlessly pursued Zoe in my other life, causing Noah to place Zoe in the most heavily guarded estate he had. Of course, he could not spare the same resources for me, leaving me vulnerable to the dogged paparazzi and the escalating conflict that followed. I wouldn't be made to fear them this time, though. No, this time I was embracing the paparazzi by inviting a journalist to an exclusive interview and documentary on my life. This journalist just happened to be capturing random moments for the documentary when we ran into the Noah/Zoe shippers I glided across the red carpet toward the palace's entrance, maintaining my composure as the couple continued to yell at me. By my side, journalist Zhang Emily filmed the entire encounter.
"Does this happen often?" she asked, swiveling the camera from my threateners to me.
"More and more frequently lately," I said nonchalantly. Did you get enough footage of the dinner?"
"Yes, I think so," Emily replied, though she sounded a bit distracted. I was surprised that she could focus on anything over the couple's yelling. "Back to the remarks currently being aimed at you, any information that you can provide on that?" "Oh, that?" I waved the matter off, as though the couple were nothing more than a pair of annoying mosquitoes buzzing in my ear. "They're just a couple of harmless Noah/Zoe shippers."
Anyone watching this video would be able to see, based on the looks on their faces alone, that these two were anything but harmless. However, if I acted as though they were, then I would come off as calm, cool, and collected. Emily even seemed to be put a little more at ease just by my words.
"So, you aren't worried about them causing any problems for you?" she asked.
I glanced over at the couple. When Emily's camera landed on them, they froze in their spots. I smiled. kindly "No, not at all."
The interview took place in my living room the day after the big Alpha/Luna dinner. I set out a plate of salami and cheese slices and two glasses of wine for Emily and me to enjoy while we went through the questions. Emily set up her camera across the table from us to film us while she also wrote my answers down on a pad of paper. 1All content is property © NôvelDrama.Org.
After she pressed the button to record and returned to her seat, Emily cleared her throat and began the
Interview.
"Thank you f
for having me
today, Luna Hannah," she began.
"Thank you for being here, Emily," I replied. "Please, call me Hannah."
"Of course, Hannah. It would be my honor."