Jay looked at the hand before him. Was it because of her makeup? Her hand seemed slightly rougher. Zoe's hand stiffened in the air awkwardly because Jay did not respond for a long time. She thought that he would pretend in public. After all, he shook hands with every actress before her. Unexpectedly, he still resisted her so much. Smiling, she retrieved her hand in a seemingly very composed manner. She then walked past him to Harry. She was again meek and humble. She did not notice that Jay had stretched his hand out after she left. He then slowly retrieved his hand. After the actresses greeted the judges, they returned backstage. Zoe sat in the public makeup room to remove her makeup, where Claire was doing the same too. She had advanced to the next level and was one of the first few ones to do so. Although the host explained that the name list of the actresses who had advanced to the next level had no placing, they were arranged according to placing. Zoe was
She did not want to talk any further.The more she said, the more fault they would pick.She stood up intending to leave."Stay right there." The actress ran toward her. "Shouldn't you apologize to Yvonne?""Why should I?" Zoe found it ridiculous."You took her spot. Don't you think she deserves an apology from you?""The judges were the ones who gave me that spot. If you find it unfair, you should look for the judges and not me.""You're great at passing the buck, aren't you, Zoe?""I'm telling the truth.""Let me tell you another piece of truth. If you don't formally apologize to Yvonne today, you can forget about leaving this place."Zoe furrowed her brows."Let's see who wins this time." The actress blocked Zoe's way to the exit with a smug look on her face.Zoe tried to compose herself. If this had happened three years ago, she would have kicked the woman aside. What an eyesore!But now, she had to admit that she did not have the guts to.She did not have the guts
Earlier, he had been looking forward to Zoe's retaliation. Even if she were to bring trouble upon herself, he would help her secretly resolve the situation. But she eventually decided to give in.She clearly was not at fault, but she would rather be misunderstood than cause further trouble.Jay subconsciously pursed his lips.-After Zoe left North City TV station, she went straight to the train station.She wore her mask and cap, ensuring that she was all wrapped up so that no one would recognize her.In reality, gone were her days of popularity that right now, no one would recognize her. But she wanted to avoid all unnecessary trouble if she could.She started to walk briskly.Just then, someone called her from behind. "Zoe."Zoe's heart began thumping harder.She stopped in her tracks, but dared not turn back to look.She bit her lip as she saw Cordy walk toward her.Yes. Cordy did not think that she was hallucinating.Lucas was not a hallucination as well. He really
"I'm back now, aren't I?" Zoe smiled cheekily."I thought you were never coming back!" Quinn complained.Of course, Zoe would never dare to admit that she had considered that possibility before.She had become a lot more tactful over the years."I just went elsewhere to get a breather. Now that I'm in a better mood, I'm back." Zoe tried to explain herself."Why didn't you reach out to us over the past three years?" Quinn could not get over herself."Can't I just wallow in self-pity for a while? All of you ended up rich and famous, while I'm down and out. Can't you give me some time to be jealous of you guys?" "Zoe! Be serious!""Yes, yes. I was just afraid that if I reached out to you, you would betray me. There are many people in North City I don't want to see, so I had to hide.""Who are they?""Don't you already know?" Zoe tried to skirt the topic."Jay Parker?" Quinn cut straight to the chase."Not just him, really.""Did you know that back then, Jay…""Can we not ta
Despite having not met for three years, the three of them simply picked up from where they left off.Zoe was still as lively as she was.Did she really manage to let everything go over the past three years? Did she really manage to let go of Jay, Bob, and the Levines?!The atmosphere remained excellent throughout their meal.After dinner, they settled the bill and left without lingering for too long.When they left the restaurant, the three of them stopped in their tracks.They saw Nancy.Next to her stood Bob and Cora, walking hand in hand.They were probably just done with their dinner and about to leave.Coincidentally, they bumped into them.More specifically, Zoe bumped into them and the atmosphere was so tense.Nancy was clearly shocked to see Zoe.Ever since she threatened Zoe, Zoe disappeared for three whole years.Just when she had almost forgotten about Zoe's existence, Zoe appeared right before her eyes again. Their meeting this time…Was not as volatile an
The three of them left the restaurant."I'll send you home," Cordy and Quinn said to Zoe at the same time.Three of them exchanged glances and smiled.What chemistry.Zoe shook her head. "I'll head home myself. This place isn't far from my apartment and it's quite convenient to get home.""Why don't you let us send you home?" Quinn's eyes narrowed. "Are you going to refuse to meet us again from tomorrow onward?""How could that be? I've set my mind to taking root here," Zoe said exaggeratedly, "I forgot to tell you guys, I'm participating in this variety show called Actors on Set and I just progressed to the next stage.""So why aren't you letting us send you home?" Quinn was adamant."My house is shoddy and I'm afraid I won't be a good host to you both. After I strike it rich and buy a huge mansion, I'll invite both of you to my house and extend amazing hospitality.""I'm afraid I won't live so long to see that day come." Quinn joked with a roll of her eyes."Hey, how can yo
"Can I not tell you?""It was so painful for me to see you two get together at my expense, and yet you two did not stay together? Shouldn't you feel bad about it?""I'm sorry.""Since you are sorry about it, at least let me know the reason so that I know the reason why I lost you back then." Bob pursued the matter."It's just…sigh, how do I put it? If I told you that I asked Jay to put up an act with me because I felt inferior and not worthy of you, would you believe me?" Zoe started babbling."Do you think I'm a three-year-old?""No, but that's the truth.""Zoe York, you've never been someone with an inferiority complex.""That's all in the past. The moment I left the Levine family, I felt more and more inferior about myself. Each time I was with you, I felt so much pressure. I thought it was better to cut short the pain instead of prolonging the agony, so I asked Jay for help.""Just because of some so-called pressure?""And also because I realized that I truly didn't like
Zoe's eyes shifted.All of a sudden, she saw Jay appear, and he was surrounded by many cameras too.They were probably filming behind-the-scenes of the rehearsal.There was not much footage to offer here, though, given that she was all alone. "Where are Candice Lowe and Wynn Yaden?" the director asked."They aren't free.""You're the only one rehearsing?""I don't have anything else to do anyway," Zoe said with a smile.The director did not say anything further, and he led the camera crew away without a word."Wait," Jay suddenly called out."Mr. Parker, what's the matter?" the director asked politely."Since we're already here, let's have a look at Zoe York's solo performance.""All right." The director agreed before turning to Zoe. "Give your movie excerpt a shot."If Zoe were honest, she would have said that she was not willing to do it.There were many scenes of conflict which made it hard for her to get into the mood all by herself."Zoe York, put your best foot fo