Master Rockwell turned as pale as a sheet of paper while he shifted his attention back on forth between the expressions of Odell, Sylvia, and Isabel. His lips seemed to quiver like he had something to say, but no words were produced from him. Clarice had turned so white that it looked like she was going to faint. Her eyes were wide with disbelief. How could this be? Isabel Ross, the third-rate actor who should never deserve a place in the spotlight was the daughter of the chairman of the Carters of Westchester?! Decker was stiff and quaking all over, his face colored entirely with shock and disbelief. Never in his wildest dreams had he ever thought that the same woman he had once slapped and abandoned when he decided to get with the Houstons to climb up the social ladder was the daughter of the Carters. Everybody else was extremely silent. The venue turned into a graveyard in the dead of the night in an instant. Even the two older shareholders, who were supportive of Roland
A stiff silence hung over them. Then, Isabel poked Odell's arm. "Dad, don't be angry." Odell made a face and ignored her. Isabel poked at Sylvia this time. While Sylvia took a deep breath, she could relate to how Odell was feeling. Even now, she was rather upset about the things she read online, and what people were saying about her dear daughter. "Isabel, your father and I have talked about this and decided that we are fine with you continuing your career as an actress, but only on the condition that you cannot keep hiding the fact that you are our daughter. If you are not okay with that, you’ll have to come home and take over the family businesses instead.” Sylvia’s tone was stout. Isabel was slightly troubled to hear this. Still, she understood that they were deeply bothered by what people were saying online about her. After a while, she answered, “Alright, I understand.” They sat in silence together for a while again until Liam, who was in the middle row,
Isabel turned to Liam, making sure to not neglect him. “Thank you too, Liam.” Liam turned around to give her a faint smile before turning back to face the front. Without warning, Odell suddenly addressed Roland, "Roland, what’s your plan after this?” Roland was silent for a moment, then he said with a resolute look, "Uncle, I will make sure to do right by Isabel.” Odell cocked an eyebrow and remarked, “Alright, I’ll be patiently waiting.” Roland nodded. “Sure.” With that, he cast a look at Isabel with a faint smile. Isabel smiled back at him. … Shortly after that, the car parked outside the seaside mansion. Martha must have received a heads-up from Roland and knew that Isabel’s parents and brother were on the way. As soon as the group got out of the car, they saw Martha striding toward them with a warm, welcoming smile. She even put on a cute dress for the occasion. Roland introduced his mother to Isabel’s family, “This is my mother.” Then, he walked
“That’s what people in my parents’ circle and other outsiders refer to me as,” Isabel said with a candid smile. "But as far as I’m concerned, you’re still my agent and you don’t have to treat me any differently, so don’t worry about these titles.” Unbeknownst to her, Amanda’s hand was quaking with excitement. She was this close to dropping the phone. How could she possibly not be concerned? The actress she had been working for as an agent for the last five years turned out to be the rumored daughter of the wealthiest family in Westchester! As much as equality in society was valued, one could not deny that there were clear distinctions between social classes. She had run through the gauntlet in the entertainment industry and built a solid reputation for herself, meeting countless wealthy people in the course of her career. Despite all that, it was nigh impossible for her to come into contact with someone of Isabel’s social class! She came from such a background that even the
Triss was online as well. Mere seconds after she received Isabel’s text, she replied with a grouchy cartoon figure. Isabel chuckled and sent her a voice message, “Triss, thank you for speaking up for me back then. Triss replied, "I get that you only wanted to be an actress without the extra attention, but I’m still a little mad. If I knew that you came from such a powerful background this entire time, I wouldn’t have needed to try to defend you.” Isabel chuckled to herself. She was just about to reply when she received another voice message from Triss. “Anyway, I’m glad everything is fine now," she expressed in a heartfelt voice. They briefly chatted for a while longer, then Isabel went to scroll through her feed again. Half an hour ago, everyone was in an uproar over the exciting reveal of her true identity. Right now, everyone was severely criticizing the media outlets that had been defaming her the entire time. Furthermore, many other artistes such as Isabella, w
Isabella’s manager dragged a long, extended sigh. Then, she proceeded to advise somberly, “No use praying for a miracle now. Just use this chance to take a long break.” Puzzled by this, Isabella asked, “What do you mean? Don't I have a commercial shoot lined up tomorrow?” “It’s been canceled. Not just tomorrow’s commercial shoot, but every single endorsement, variety show contract, and all of the pending scripts are gone. There’s nothing left.” Isabella's face turned pale. “Was it Isabel?” "Probably not. All of the showrunners and business managers approached me on their own initiatives. They probably know that there’s bad blood between you and Isabel, so they made the business decision of keeping their distance from you to avoid upsetting the Carters.” Isabella's eyes turned red with tears. She looked for something to say, but the only thing on her mind was the picture of the lawyer's letter written on behalf of Isabel and posted on Carter Corporation’s official page.
Master Rockwell weakly beat his fist against the mattress and cried out sourly, “How could this be?! How could she have turned out to be the daughter of the Carters of all people?” It was all over, beyond over! As Decker lowered his gaze, a shadow was cast over his face. After a while, Master Rockwell grabbed him tightly and said with a fervent, burning look in his eyes. “Decker, listen to me. You two had a thing in the past, didn’t you? Go to her in private and give her a sincere apology. As long as you can get her to forgive you, her family will go easy on you as well!” Her father was at the helm of Carter Corporation, and her brother was the owner of Carter Tech City. Both of them were not to be messed with! If Decker could not get Isabel to forgive him, he was going to be ruined! Decker took a deep breath and said with a dejected look in his grey eyes, "Dad, she’s never going to forgive me." He had betrayed her trust five years ago. Furthermore, he had tried
They wound back the clock and managed to dig up plenty of older videos, some of them from when she just emerged into the scene. There were compilations of her most iconic scenes as well as many lighthearted, comedic moments. Just like that, she gained yet another large batch of new fans. However, she had not been paying attention to these ongoings since she was mostly spending her time these three days with Sylvia and Odell in Coastrock. After three days had passed, the internet was more or less cleansed of any negative news about her, and the situation had largely been sorted out. It was only after Odell, Sylvia, and Liam had left Southboro when she was finally caught up to the latest developments online. Most of the netizens who had been badmouthing her scrambled back to her and apologized to her in her private messages and her comment sections. Isabel wore a wide grin on her face while skimming through the messages. "What are you looking at?" Roland, who was sit