From Fan to Wife(4)

6

It was ten in the morning.

On the fourth floor of the Splendor Studio, the auditions for the roles in Mr. Campbell's new film, "Bewitching Concubine", were being held.

Quade Campbell.

He was only twenty-five years old, and he was the youngest genius director in the circle. He had a unique style and was recalcitrant.

In the past five years, he had only made two films. The first film was unpopular, and it was not well-received. In the same year, with his second film, he swept up all of the major international awards and became famous.

After finishing his second film, he suddenly went abroad to study and did not return home until recently.

Now that he was making a big comeback, he could be said to be the most popular person in the eyes of the actors.

I glanced over and found that the huge lounge was almost full of people.

Except for a few newcomers, most of them were first-tier and second-tier actresses with popularity. It could be called the gathering of stars.

While waiting, I suddenly heard two actresses whispering together.

"Have you heard that this role has already been determined? Now it's just a process."

I paused and looked away from the script. I looked up at them.

The actress who was talking was called Roxanne. She looked pure and sweet, and her resources were also good. She was not good at acting, so her shows all flopped.

The other actress was a little surprised and leaned toward her. "What? Who is it?"

Before Roxanne could say anything, she seemed to think of something.

"Could it be Xiana? She became famous overnight because of the advertisement she acted in with Jaden." "

My eyes widened in shock, and my brain stopped working instantly.

Was Jaden's old baby also in the entertainment industry?

Roxanne shook her head. "It's not her."

The other actress obviously did not believe it.

"Xiana appeared out of the blue a month ago. Her first gig was to cooperate with Jaden. She became popular after one month of her debut, but there was no further capital to help her. Who will believe it? I heard that Jaden was her college senior, and they had a close personal relationship. Who else can it be but her?"

The more I overheard their conversation, the stranger I felt.

Was Jaden Xiana's college senior?

I frowned. I was more certain that Xiana was not Jaden's old baby.

Who was Xiana?

Roxanne pursed her lips and spoke after a long while.

"No matter how good Xiana's resources are, she can't be better than that someone who can read the script."

Another actress was surprised. "Someone? Reading the script? What information did you get?"

I stared at Roxanne with a bad feeling in my heart.

Roxanne smiled, and a dark light flashed in her eyes.

"Someone has been entangled with Jaden for a whole year. I thought she was in love with him. Just a week ago, the paparazzi caught her coming out of Mr. Campbell's room in a mess. If someone hadn't immediately suppressed the news, it would have become a piece of explosive news.

The other actress's eyes widened suddenly. She did not understand. "So you mean—"

"Natalie!"

A loud voice sounded at the door.

The two people suddenly froze, looked at each other, and looked back at me in a daze. Their originally beautiful faces suddenly lost color.

When the uniformed staff saw me, they immediately waved to me. "It's your turn."

I stood up and walked out slowly. When I passed by them, I paused slightly and smiled casually.

"If your acting skills were half as good as your gossiping skills, you would have won all the awards."

After saying that, I walked straight to the door regardless of Roxanne's ugly expression.

"Bewitching Concubine" was written by Suzette, a great scriptwriter for Splendor Corp. It took years for her to polish the script alone, and she deliberately invited Quade to shoot it. It could be said that she wrote it to win an award.

I came back for it.

A month ago, when I was relaxing abroad, I happened to meet Quade.

He was wearing a black trench coat with his hands in his trouser pockets, and his eyebrows were both familiar and strange.

At first, he seemed a little surprised to see me, but a moment later, he smiled, and his brown eyes were glistening.

"Natalie, I've been preparing for a movie recently. I'm picking the heroine. Do you want to read the script?"

I narrowed my eyes at him.

Seeing that I did not speak, he looked at me more intensely, but the smile on his lips became more and more casual, and he approached me.

"Don't think that I'm giving you preferential treatment. After reading the script, even if you are really interested in acting, you have to pass my preliminary test first, and then go to the company to participate in the audition."

I smiled carelessly, but the smile did not reach my eyes. "Why do you think I can still act in your movie?"

Yes.

Why would he think that I would fail by working with the same person again?

Oh, I forgot to mention that my first film Monochrome was directed by Quade.

He smiled and hummed. "Are you still angry with me?"

I gave him a big eye roll, accompanied by a curse word, and turned my head and left.

However, in the end...

I returned back to the country with Quade.

After reading the script, I only had one sentence in my mind.

"Ah, this is really interesting!"

As for that night, when Jaden found me coming out of Quade's room, we were really practicing for the show.

Rather, it was a test given to me by the Quade.

The red marks on my collarbone, which Jaden minded a lot, were all made by me in order to better integrate into the character! I pinched myself viciously and endured despite the pain.

"We're here."

The staff's curt and concise words pulled me back to reality.

I calmed down, thanked him politely, and then looked up at the judge's seat.

There were three soft chairs in total.

Sitting in the middle was Quade. He crossed his legs and looked sideways, with some interest in his eyes.

The seat on his right was empty. It seemed that someone was not there because they had something on, but their clothes were still on it. It was a gorgeous fur coat that looked somewhat familiar.

On his left side...

It was so surprising.

Jaden was sitting next to him as he stared at me expressionlessly.