Chapter 153: DreamState Immersion
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Hollywood Hills - Regal's Residence - 2:47 a.m.
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After the little talk with Stephen, Regal decided to get back to his work.
...that is before pulling something behind.
....and today? For the first time in weeks, Regal slept in a bed.
A proper one.
Not a couch, not a chair in a dark corner of the studio, not his office desk with a scarf as a pillow - but his actual room, with its neatly made sheets, blackout curtains, and a faint scent of lavender from the diffuser Gwen insisted on setting up.
The day had been long. Costumes. Camera checks. Alfred Molina's test shoot.
Regal barely remembered walking from the editing suite to his room.
He collapsed on the mattress, the script pages still open on the side table, his glasses resting unevenly on a hardcover.
And yet... even as his body drifted into sleep, his mind didn't follow.