Entwined Futures Whispers in the Halls

Whispers in the Halls

Hawthorne Academy (Elite Private School)

School Courtyard – Morning]

Clara Montague

(text)

Clara Montague

Where are you??

Ethan Grey

(text)

Ethan Grey

Still recovering from being sold like a vintage handbag.

Ethan Grey

I’ll be there in 10.

Hawthorne Academy – Front Gates]

[Ethan steps out of a sleek black car. A few students turn to stare.]

Student N1

(whispers)

Student N1

That’s Ethan Grey, right?

Student N2

Yeah. Heard he’s marrying Adrian Vale. CEO of Vale Enterprises.

Student N1

No way. He’s like... eighteen.

Ethan Grey

(thinking

Ethan Grey

Great. The gossip mill’s working overtime.

Hawthorne Academy – Rooftop Garden Lounge]

[Clara, Julian, and Vivian are waiting with iced coffees.]

Clara Montague

There he is! The boy with a wedding ring in his future!

Ethan Grey

(flopping into the seat)

Ethan Grey

Ugh. Please tell me you spiked this coffee.

Julian Cross

So it’s true? You’re really marrying the “Ice King” of the corporate world?

Ethan Grey

Yup. And he’s still as emotionally available as a dead cactus.

Vivian Langford

(softly)

Vivian Langford

But you used to be close, right?

Ethan Grey

Yeah. Before he ghosted me for ten years and came back with a Rolex and trust issues.

Hallway – Just Outside]

[Annalise Sinclair scrolls through her phone, fuming as she sees the online headline: “CEO Adrian Vale Engaged to Grey Heir”]

Annalise Sinclair

(thinking)

Annalise Sinclair

No. No no no. This has to be a mistake.

Annalise Sinclair

(out loud)

Annalise Sinclair

He wouldn’t choose him. He was mine first.

[She glares down the hallway where Ethan just walked past, surrounded by friends.]

Annalise Sinclair

(thinking)

Annalise Sinclair

You’re not going to take him from me, Ethan Grey.

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