We Will Love Again – Episode 35
Alaina read the producer’s warning until the words blurred. The project had existed in her private notebooks for years, yet someone was asserting that Crazy Maple owned it.
She searched her old employment agreement. Its language claimed work created within the scope of her job, but her series predated the company and had never entered its development system.
Sophie urged her to call a lawyer. Alaina hesitated when she saw the likely cost, then remembered how debt had trained her to surrender before fighting.
She contacted Peter, who connected her with an intellectual-property attorney willing to review the evidence. Every dated notebook strengthened her claim.
At Crazy Maple, Joey denied filing the ownership notice. His alarm seemed genuine, but access records showed the claim came from an executive account.
Only a few people possessed those credentials. With Abigale gone and the acquisition frozen, suspicion settled on Evonne.
Alaina did not confront her. She followed the attorney’s advice and preserved every draft, email, and timestamp.
Noah learned of the dispute through Aaron. His instinct was to deploy Triple AI’s legal team, but he stopped before calling Alaina.
Instead, he sent one message: I heard about the claim. If you want resources, ask. If you don’t, I will stay out of it.
Alaina stared at the screen. The offer respected her choice without pretending he lacked the ability to help.
Thank you, she wrote. I have counsel. That was all, but Noah treated the boundary as an answer rather than a rejection.
Evonne approached Alaina before the scheduled mediation. She insisted the filing was meant to keep the project at Crazy Maple, where it could save everyone’s jobs.
“You used my work without asking,” Alaina said. “Good intentions don’t change that.”
The words echoed Noah’s confrontation with Nora. Control did not become love merely because the person exercising it claimed a worthy purpose.
Evonne admitted using Joey’s credentials and withdrew the claim in exchange for the studio declining further action. Joey agreed, weary of scandal.
Alaina’s attorney sent the clearance to the interested producer. The meeting was restored for the following morning.
She should have felt victorious. Instead, the repeated betrayals left her wondering whether independence always required constant defense.
Noah waited outside the building after mediation, not because she had asked, but because reporters still surrounded the entrance.
He did not approach until Alaina nodded. Then he opened the passenger door and offered a quiet ride home.
Before she entered, the producer called again. “We want the series,” the woman said. “But only if Noah Preston agrees to become its public executive sponsor.”