As Claudia reached her car, before she could utter a word, Mathews waved goodbye, turning back towards the company. “Drive safe. Let me know when you're home."

Claudia reciprocated the wave, pointing at the keychain in her hand. “You are welcome. Thanks, I really love it!" Her fondness for rabbits was obvious.

Once settled in the car, she pulled out the rabbit keychain, admiring its cuteness.

The payment arrived in her account faster than anticipated. A bank notification appeared before she was even home.

Her account balance was now swelled by 808, @@@ dollars.

Mathews’ generosity left her astounded.

She shared a screenshot of the deposit with Mathews. "Payment received. Thanks! Please let me know about more of such well-paid collaborations."

Mathews was quick to respond, "Good! There's another opportunity coming up."

Intrigued, Claudia asked, “What's it about?" She attached a cute, curious emoji to her message.

“I'm working on a new album, as you know. We're shooting a music video next week and we need a piano-playing lead actress. Half-day shoot in the afternoon. Interested? It pays well!"

This task was no piece of cake! Looking at her still recovering leg, she replied, “I'm not sure if I can. My Leg's not fully healed yet...”

Truthfully, the thought of being the face of a music video made her uncomfortable. Hence, she decided to decline.

Mathews didn't press. “No worries. I'll let you know about other opportunities. Are you home?"

“I'm nearly there. You should get back to work. Bye.” “Alright. Bye."

Having ended the conversation, Claudia decided to surf the Internet for a while.

However, upon opening Twitter, she found that Delilah and Anthony were trending, again.

Worse still, she was also being dragged into their story.

The trending topic was "Anthony and Delilah's affair".

At first, Claudia found herself disoriented. The hot topic was neither leading the list nor trailing it, positioned instead at number eleven.

Intrigued, Claudia clicked on the trending hashtag. Only then did she grasp the scandalous episode between Delilah and Anthony this time.

Apparently, around 2 AM, candid snaps of Delilah and Anthony entering a hotel had surfaced.

Not just pictures, there was a video too.