Hollow

Thirty Nine | Outlaw

Miami, Florida

"Morning boss." Maddie greets as we walk towards my office.

"Good morning, Maddie."

"You have a pretty busy week but I did my best to make sure you get enough time to breathe in between meetings." She explains, scrolling through her iPad. "So there's your interview in an hour then you have to head over to production for a meeting with Scott and Jack, then finally we're going to go over the last details for the launch party later."

"When's the interview?"

"In an hour."

"Thank you."

She nods, walking away. Reaching my destination, I scan my palm in the pad next to the door. As the doors open, I see Alex heading my way with a cup that he hands to me as we enter my office.

"If it isn't my favorite person." I greet, walking to my desk and placing my bag on my desk before plopping myself in my chair.

"I take it you had a great time in Mexico." Alex chuckles.

"What makes you say that?"

He pulls out his phone, fumbling with it before handing it to me. I look at the screen to see pictures of Killian and I from yesterday. I read the headline and snort before scrolling down to read the full article.

'Killian Ferreira and Billionaire Girlfriend Hold Hands In Miami— Pic

Killian Ferreira's romance with Zahra Pierce is showing no signs of slowing down. The 26-year-old football superstar was photographed holding hands with his the billionaire tech mogul, looking positively smitten in Mexico.

Zahra showed once again how naturally gorgeous she is by going makeup free on their date. She stepped out in a white crop top paired with a denim skirt and white heels. Killian went with a casual hairstyle, letting his curls free. The football player wore a navy blue hoodie by with black shorts and sneakers, courtesy of J Balvin x Nike.

Zahra and Killian are now about four months into their romance, and the pair can't seem get enough of each other. They were first photographed partying at a club in Barcelona, and put on their first major PDA just few months later.'

I chuckle before handing him his phone back. "How do they even know all of this? Even I didn't know we've been dating for four months now." I ask sipping on my tea.

"Right? Soon, they'll be planning your wedding."

"They'll have to wait w—"

"Zahra, you have to leave for your interview." Pearl's voice says over the intercom.

"Thank you, Pearl." I reply standing up. I grab my bag and cup from my desk and follow Alex out of my office.

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I have like 5 minutes before the show starts as Alex, Marcus, my glam team and I head through the backstage room where I spot people coming into the building, filling the rows of chairs set up for the audience to sit. A young man strolls towards us and says to follow him to the set.

"It's truly a pleasure to have you here. I'm David." She says, offering a warm smile.

"Zahra. Thank you for having me." I grin as he stalks over to a man with a camera in his hands. He gestures for me to take my place on one of the couches on the set.

"1,2,3, Go."

"Hi, this is David Morgan with a special guest with me today." David pauses to look at me. "She is the CEO of Pierce Industries, a leading manufacturing company with one of the highest rankings on Wall Street."

I smile, doing a little wave.

"Zahra, what does a normal day look like for you? What do you do in your spare time?"

"It depends, when I'm not sleeping, I spend some time with my family and friends." I reply, making the audience laugh.

David lets out a soft chuckle. "There reports that you're going to be part of a campaign organized by UNICEF as a Goodwill Ambassador? Can you tell us more about that?"

"It's a campaign to promote quality education. You know sometimes when we hear education, we only think about teachers or tuition and take for granted the fact that in some areas, there are kids who study under the scorching heat of the sun because their class' roof is falling or there's none and so many other reasons. I believe that every single child deserves to study in good conditions with access to the necessary resources and learning material."

"Would you say that entrepreneurs get enough time for philanthropic projects? I'm sure it must not be easy especially in your line of work."

"I think work is an excuse people use because it doesn't take thirty minutes to sign petitions or to donate to a cause."

David smiles, probably satisfied with my answer. "I understand you're dating Killian Ferreira?" I nod with a smile, making the audience erupt in cheers. "How's that going? Is it true what they say about dating football players?"

"Oh, you mean meeting their fans everywhere? Yes." I reply with a chuckle. "To answer your first question, it's going great."

He nods then decides to take a couple of questions from the audience.

"Who's the most stylish?" A person from the front row asks making the crowd murmur.

"Killian."

"Isn't it hard to constantly be in the spotlight?"

"You know, at first, I was scared to date him because of that." I confess, letting out a soft chuckle. "With my career, I'm always meeting new people and attending social events but the only difference is, before I could easily pass incognito but things are slightly different now. I learnt that how to manage the aspects of my life that I want people to see."

"Maybe one last question before we take a break." David jumps in.

"What do you love about your relationship?"

I pause to think before answering. "I think it's our connection; we are two different people and have very busy schedules but whenever we come together, it's like we never left. I love that we can be transparent and vulnerable together."

"Thank you so much for being on the show, Zahra."

I nod, smiling. "Thank you for having me."

David turns toward the camera and smiles. "We'll be back after the break!"

The camera man moves the camera, switching the green light to red.