▁been . ▁After ▁this ▁revel ation , ▁she ▁stops ▁speaking ▁to ▁Dan . ▁This ▁cannot ▁last , ▁however , ▁when ▁her ▁b oss , ▁Jane , ▁requires ▁Ser ena ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁movie ▁rights ▁to ▁Dan ' s ▁book . ▁He ▁agre es ▁eventually ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁trust s ▁her ▁and ▁she ▁gives ▁him ▁her ▁word ▁to ▁protect ▁him ▁and ▁his ▁work . ▁However ▁when ▁Ser ena ' s ▁b oss ▁tries ▁to ▁sm ear ▁Dan ' s ▁character ▁and ▁his ▁real ▁life ▁image ▁in ▁the ▁movie , ▁she ▁k ills ▁the ▁deal ▁to ▁protect ▁him , ▁but ▁when ▁Dan ▁finds ▁out , ▁he ▁acc uses ▁her ▁of ▁killing ▁the ▁movie ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁negative ▁way ▁she ▁is ▁port rayed . ▁Heart bro ken ▁over ▁his ▁accus ation , ▁she ▁reve als ▁that ▁her ▁real ▁reason ▁for ▁killing ▁his ▁movie ▁was ▁to ▁protect ▁him , ▁not ▁herself , ▁then ▁wal ks ▁away . ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁fired ▁by ▁Jane , ▁Ser ena ▁is ▁h ired ▁by ▁N ate ' s ▁b oss , ▁D iana ▁Pay ne , ▁to ▁start ▁a ▁blog ▁based ▁on ▁her ▁life ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁take ▁down ▁G oss ip ▁Girl . ▁Later , ▁N ate ▁and ▁Ser ena ▁discover ▁a ▁list ▁of ▁sources ▁for ▁G oss ip ▁Girl , ▁which ▁would ▁be ▁the ▁silver ▁bullet ▁in ▁D iana ' s ▁campaign ▁against ▁G oss ip ▁Girl . ▁They ▁struggle ▁over ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁use ▁it ▁and ▁ultimately ▁decide ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁too ▁dam aging ▁to ▁release .