The scent on Tyler's body felt both familiar and strange at the same time.Perhaps it was because she had just woken up, and she felt dazed still."Vicky, have you been waiting at the door to offer yourself up to me?" She heard his husky voice above her and felt his warm breath against her skin.Vicky snapped out of her daze and instinctively shoved him away, but since the numbness on her feet remained, she soon fell back into his arms yet again."Heh," he scoffed and lifted her chin.As she gazed upon his perfect features, he looked into her eyes and smirked coldly. "That eager, huh?""I'm not—" Before she could finish, she was lifted off her feet.Once they entered the room, Tyler tossed her onto the bed and pinned her down before kissing her fiercely.Terrified, Vicky struggled, but none of her protests was heard as she suffocated in his kiss, so she bit down on his lip with all her might.The taste of blood stopped Tyler, and he gazed down at him as the blood stained his l
"Are you trying to tell me that you didn't dine and return to the same hotel at the same time, nor did he drink your alcohol on your behalf? You haven't bought him any piece of clothing, and you two weren't seen holding each other?"She narrowed her eyes. "We ran into each other inside the elevator and went to the first floor together for the buffet. You saw it as well. He drank my beer simply because he didn't want me to drink too much and hinder the progress of the filming. As for the clothing…" Vicky paused."I lost the jacket he lent me, and all I was trying to do was buy him a replacement. Charlie and I are just friends. I don't like owing others. That's the only reason why I bought him a jacket. That hug... He was simply shielding me from the attack of a hysterical fan of his. We parted ways from that point onward and have not seen each other since."The smoke rose and blurred Tyler's features as he narrowed his dark eyes.Vicky observed the man on the couch, not knowing if h
Vicky's eyes widened. 'Trash? Is he referring to me?'"Tyler, what can I do for you to spare Charlie?""I've already shown him mercy," he said coldly.She looked into his eyes. "I won't see him or contact him ever again."Tyler made no remarks on that, and she finally caved. "Fine. I'm begging you."He lifted an eyebrow. "'Fine'?"She bit onto her lower lip to the brink of drawing blood. "I'm begging you...please spare Charlie."He looked at her mockingly. "Vicky, do you really think that your plea is worthy of anything at all?"She paled and moved her lips to speak but was rendered speechless in the end.After a while, she finally moved and walked toward Tyler.She then proceeded to unbutton her shit, and Tyler scowled.He stood abruptly. "Vicky Shaw, what do you think you're doing?!"She smiled faintly. "You are right. My plea isn't worthy of anything, but I have nothing else I can trade with apart from myself," she whispered with a dazed look in her eyes.Tyler was a bu
"That's right."Vicky gritted her teeth and turned to leave.Instead of stopping her, Tyler made a call on his phone and said, "Give the command to make Charlie's case public. Keep updating any progress made in the investigation to the public—"Before he could finish, his phone was snatched out of his hand, and Vicky hung up the call before turning to glare at him in disbelief."Tyler Hart, are you not going to stop until you destroy this man?!"He took a sip of his wine. "Yes.""You lunatic!"He gazed up and looked at her with a half-smile on his face. "Are you sure you want to keep saying those things?"Sensing that it was a threat, her breath caught in her chest as she clenched her fists."It's getting late. I need to rest. You want to go, right? Give me back my phone and you may leave," he said.She held onto his phone with dear life and backed away, instinctively wanting to escape.It was not until she took a few steps away that she realized that running away with the p
Even until the elevator had started descending, the actresses remained dazed.After a while, one of the girls said, "I don't think she's here looking for Sheila.""I…don't think so either.""But then..."They turned and looked into each other's eyes in realization.There were only two presidential suites on the highest floor of the hotel, and if Vicky was not there to look for Sheila, she could only be there for one other person....A few days later, Vicky received a call from Charlie when she had gotten out of the shower and was about to rest."Vicky, I'm about to leave Zendonia."She remained quiet for a few moments and said, "It's not that bad to leave and start over somewhere new.""I heard from Jules that you've been helping me... Thank you."Vicky glanced outside the window and said, "Don't thank me. To be honest... I'm the reason why you had to go through all that. I'm sorry for making you leave.""Vicky, don't be sorry. I'm the one at fault here," he said gently an
"Miss Shaw, this is one of the actresses in the cast, Miss Maria Sparks. She had other schedules earlier on and couldn't join the filming until now."Based on the staff's attitude toward Maria, Vicky figured that Maria only managed to be cast because she brought in investors.Though Tyler was the movie's biggest investor, he was not the only one.It was not that Tyler could not afford it, as he could easily spend billions without batting an eyelash. However, the business and finance world have evolved and connections have become far more important than money itself.It would be best for everyone if no one tried to take over everything. Hence, there were also a few other investors supporting the movie apart from Tyler."Oh, my. Miss Vicky Shaw!" Maria was not at all surprised but exclaimed regardless.The staff looked back and forth between Vicky and Maria. "Miss Sparks, do you know Miss Shaw?""Of course." Maria smiled. "Miss Shaw was all over the news in recent days, so how cou
...That afternoon, Tyler, who had not been seen at the production site, appeared.As the movie's biggest investor, his appearance sparked chaos among the staff.Everyone stopped what they were doing to wait for Tyler to come, while Sheila stayed by Tyler's side during his entire visit."This is your first time here, right?" Sheila started pointing to different spots and introducing them to Tyler. "That's the room for tools, and that's the dressing room..."As they walked past the costumes room, Sheila stilled. "This is the room that stores costumes."Just then, Vicky stopped working to welcome Tyler like all the other staff.Recently, news that Vicky had lured Tyler into bed had spread within the production crew, and everyone judged her in silence.Since Tyler was visiting, the others started to look at Vicky with odd looks on their faces.It was the first time Tyler officially visited the production site. Before this, he had only been seen sharing dinner with Sheila, and the
By the time shooting ended, it was close to one in the morning.Since the scenes filmed that day were extremely important, Vicky followed the crew until the very end and had been so busy the entire time that she skipped dinner.Once the shooting ended, everyone started discussing where they were heading for supper.Maria spotted Vicky organizing the costumes and raised her voice. "Vicky, we're all going for supper! Come with us.""I'll pass. Enjoy yourselves," Vicky said.As Vicky walked away, the other actresses who were close to Maria came over and whispered to one another."She is just a wh*re who'd crawl onto whoever's bed given the chance. Who does she think she is?""Isn't that right? Maria is being nice by inviting her along, and she just said no... How dare she?""What a joke. So what if she managed to sleep with Mister Hart? She even tried to fall to capture his attention this afternoon, but Mister Hart didn't even look at her. It was hilarious!""I guess all her effo