Cataleya's face remained expressionless, but her tone betrayed her rising anger. The only reason she didn't fully express it was because of the cameras around her.
After all, as an actor, keeping emotions under control was a basic skill required to survive in the entertainment industry.
Someone like Bailey, however, owed her position entirely to her agent, Amber, and her influential parents. Without them, her personality alone would have seen her kicked out long before entering the industry.
“I suggest you all rein in your arrogance. The entertainment industry isn’t a place where just any stray cat or dog can come and snatch a share!”
After reprimanding them briefly, Cataleya shifted her focus to identifying the issues with their play. Once she clarified her points with the group leader, she prepared to leave.
Just as she was about to step out of the rehearsal room, a team member, unwilling to let it go, called out.
“Mentor, should we replac
“How about I introduce you to a driver? You can have them drive you around whenever you go out, I really can’t feel at ease otherwise.” Damon, who had just sat down, still couldn't relax. After all, because of Agatha, Hazel had been in an accident before. And as soon as Hazel took the wheel and avoided the professional driver he hired, Damon’s concerns couldn’t be shaken off. “I don’t need it. Have you ordered yet? Let’s eat, I’m starving.” Not wanting to hear more of Damon’s nagging, Hazel quickly changed the subject. Damon handed her the menu. “Here, take a look. The items I’ve already ordered are marked. Let me know if you want anything else.” Damon had already ordered enough, and most of it was food that Hazel liked. She only ordered a glass of water for herself, then shifted the conversation to the hospital. “I’m really sorry about how my mom treated you in the hospital. It’s my fault, I should’ve explained things to her beforehand. After I ta
The shares had all returned to Hazel’s hands, and it was impossible for anyone to buy them back from the person they had sold them to. After learning about the situation at Queen Corp, Jonah went to Mr. Will, trying to offer a higher price to buy back all the shares he had previously sold. However, Mr. Will no longer held any shares in Queen Corp, so there was no way he could fulfill Jonah's request. But Mr. Will didn’t mention that he had sold the shares to Hazel. Instead, he flatly refused to sell. Now that Queen Corp’s prospects were looking up, any businessman would hesitate to sell shares they had worked so hard to acquire, especially at this moment. However, the fact that Mr. Will had transferred the shares to Hazel couldn’t be kept a secret. Eventually, Jonah found out. The reason Jonah had sold the shares to Mr. Will in the first place was to try and trick Hazel. Now, he hadn’t managed to deceive her, and instead, all the shares had ended up back in
Jonah cleared his throat, trying to make himself seem a little more authoritative. "Hazel, I came today to ask you something. How many shares of Queen Corp do you have now? Did you buy the shares that I sold to Mr. Will? How much did you pay for them?" "What shares? Uncle, are you saying you sold all your shares?" Hazel pretended to be surprised, covering her mouth. Her acting was worse than Bailey's, and it was all for Jonah’s benefit. However, Jonah couldn’t tell, and he thought Hazel genuinely didn’t know about it. "You don't know? That can't be right. Yesterday, your aunt guessed that you must have fifty percent of the shares by now." So it was Adele who had guessed it. No wonder—considering Jonah's intelligence, he could never have thought of that himself. "No, that's just a joke. How could I have that much money to buy back all those shares? You guys know how much assets I have, right?" When Hazel returned, Adele and Jonah had already in
Adele clearly noticed that something was off with him, but when she asked, he insisted that everything was fine. After they finished eating, when Jonah was about to return to his room, Adele directly guided him to sit on the sofa. "Come on, tell me. What happened? Is there some kind of conflict at the company? Or did you find out something about Hazel?" Jonah hesitated for a long time. When he saw Adele about to lose her temper, he cautiously revealed everything he had done today, including what Hazel had told him to say to Adele. This time, it was Adele’s turn to be stunned. When the video incident came up, it wasn’t a lie to say she wasn’t scared. After all, she had been involved in the arson, and whether or not her actions had directly caused the death of the person, the fact remained that the person was dead, and she couldn’t wash her hands of it. After thinking for a long time and finding no solution, Adele, in her anger, grabbed the pillow next to
The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up. As soon as the call connected, Delilah immediately asked, "Marcus, is everything okay on your end? No special situations happening?" On the other side, Marcus was sitting in his room packing up his things. From the gossip he’d overheard from the neighbors recently, he’d figured out that the unfamiliar faces around town were likely here because of him. They were probably people from the Price family, but Marcus still didn’t know why they hadn’t taken action against him yet. If the Price family had really figured something out, they wouldn’t let him off. "You really know how to ask," Marcus said. "I just noticed someone watching me, and then your call comes in. Is something happening on your side? Is the child really not Demian's?" "What nonsense are you talking about!" Delilah became agitated immediately after Marcus's words. She had just given birth, and if Damon figured out something was wrong wit
After Edith recovered from her illness, she had completely relied on Marcus. At that time, the hospital had already issued a critical condition notice, and the expensive surgery fees caused Edith’s family to hesitate, but this man never gave up on her. It was because of this incident that Marcus had fallen into the deep pit he was in now. How could Edith abandon him at this moment? Marcus was an honest man, often clueless when it came to navigating tricky situations. If it weren't for Edith's guidance, he wouldn't have been able to grow his business this big. And now, in this situation, with Edith’s advice, Marcus had ultimately decided to go directly to the Price family. Since Damon had already sent so many people to watch him, it was clear that he had already gained control of the situation. If he didn’t surrender now, it would be too late to use this tactic later. Since he had already decided to give up on Delilah, investigating her situation w
After listening to Marcus, Damon stayed silent for a long time. When the truth about Demian's death was laid out before him, Damon couldn’t bring himself to face it. The paternity test results hadn't come in yet, and he still didn’t know if that child was really Demian’s. But in his heart, Damon had already decided that Delilah would have to pay for what she had done. “President Price and I, are already aware of the situation. If you don’t have anything else to say, you can leave now. Don’t worry, before then, we will make sure you and your family are safe.” Marcus’s visit to the Price Corp would definitely reach Delilah’s ears, and who knew what illegal actions she might take next. After Marcus left, Kin, noticing that Damon’s mood wasn’t good, also left the office. Damon sat alone in the office for a long time. Even as the day turned to night, he remained in the darkness, as if he couldn’t feel the fading light from the outside world. When it got
In fact, the second episode was supposed to feature quite a few shots of Bailey. It was a suggestion from Amber, who said that having more screen time for her would boost the program’s popularity. However, when the director saw the scene online two days before the broadcast, he immediately called the editing team to work overnight and re-edited the episode, cutting out many of Bailey's scenes.Even so, after the episode aired, it still received a lot of criticism.After all, the director had promised Amber he wouldn’t overdo it. He had only cut a few scenes, not made drastic changes.But even this was enough to make Bailey lose her patience. She called the director's phone directly, shouting angrily.“Are you even fit to be in this industry? Miss Amber said that as long as I have more screen time, the program will keep the buzz going. What’s this mess? How can the show be popular now? No wonder you can't even make a decent program.”Although
Hazel thought for a moment, then waved her hand dismissively. "Alright, I’m not mad at you. Just don't do it again. It’s so late already, you should go back now."With that, Hazel turned to leave, but Chrissy grabbed her wrist."Hazel, you really don't like Damon that way? But the girls in those idol dramas always like guys like that. Even though no one has ever treated me like that, I thought about it, and I think I’d like it too. After all, I really like those male leads."Chrissy didn't understand why, after all her studying of romance tactics, Hazel didn’t like them. She was completely swept up in those dramas herself.Hazel gently pulled away Chrissy's hand, not liking being touched by strangers."Because I'm not a child anymore, and I'm a selfish person. The person I love most in this world is definitely myself."After saying this, Hazel turned and left. Damon and Chrissy didn’t follow. It wasn’t until Hazel had
"No way, I feel like there's a big difference between Damon now and when he was a kid. He actually talks to me now." Agatha scoffed. "It's because he's been dealing with people and business all these years. After interacting with so many people, if he were still the same as before, the Price Corp would've collapsed by now. Speaking of which, Demian's personality was always more lively. When he was young..." Before she could finish, Agatha stopped herself. She wasn’t sure when it started, but she found herself occasionally mentioning Demian's name. At first, after the incident, Demian's name was a taboo subject for her. Time truly was a strange thing—it could dull even the pain of losing a child. "Auntie, how about we go to the garden? The flowers you planted seem to have bloomed, and they look pretty good." Noticing the awkward atmosphere, Chrissy quickly changed the subject and helped Agatha walk outside. "By the way, my boyfriend said he’l
Playing with drones in the city required reporting in advance, and she had heard the procedures were pretty troublesome.But since Damon was involved, those formalities were definitely handled beforehand. Hazel only said this to get rid of them.She slammed the phone down, and when she saw the drones outside again, she felt even more irritated.She immediately drew the curtains and turned on the lights, shutting herself in the office, pretending to read files—though she wasn’t really focused.Downstairs, Damon called her phone repeatedly, but it was still turned off. Just as he was about to head upstairs, a security guard approached him."Mr. Price, please bring down the drones. Ms. Queen said that if you don’t leave, she’ll call the police."The security guard did his best to keep his tone respectful, afraid of offending this powerful man in front of him.Although he worked for Queen's company, offending Damon could cost him his job.
Although he didn’t want to admit it, Damon found himself once again intimidated by Chrissy’s confident demeanor. He raised his head slightly and looked at Chrissy, a trace of foolishness in his eyes. After a pause, he asked, "So, Hazel actually has feelings for me?" Chrissy nodded vigorously. "Of course! Didn’t you hear everything I just said?" "So, what should I do now? Hazel is out having dinner with Charles. Whether it’s for work or not, I can’t just do nothing, right?" Under Chrissy's influence, Damon had already begun to trust her unconditionally. He didn’t even realize it, but all his hopes were now riding on her. Chrissy stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, tapping her chin thoughtfully. After a while, when Damon wasn’t paying attention, she pulled out a small notebook from her bag and glanced through it. "Chase her! Go all in and pursue her passionately! That’s the most important thing you should be doing right now!" "How do I chase
"You're saying that Charles only came to me with a business deal because he's trying to get close to me?" Hazel stared at Xander, her gaze unblinking.Xander wasn’t sure how to respond—he didn’t want to make things awkward, but it was hard to avoid the implication.He could tell Hazel wasn’t quite seeing things the way he did. It wasn’t just business, he thought; there was something else behind it."Honestly, I used to think the same thing," she continued. "But then I realized, he never actually said anything like ‘if we work together, you have to marry me.’ So, why not agree to the deal? I’m just giving him the chance to be around me. Whether or not he can make something out of that, that’s not my concern."Hazel had known all along that what Charles really wanted was a chance, not her hand in marriage.Xander finally nodded. "I get it now. I was worried about you not seeing through him. Looks like I was wrong."He had watched Hazel grow in
This was the best solution Chrissy had come up with after spending an entire night binge-watching idol dramas. The situation between Damon and Hazel right now was simply because there was no opportunity to push their relationship forward.Chrissy decided to get involved herself and serve as the bait this time."When I went to find Hazel just now, she looked so shocked, like she hadn’t expected it at all. And after I left, probably she and her best friend are already talking about you," Chrissy said confidently.She analyzed the situation with such precision that if the security guards from Queen's company hadn’t arrived so quickly, she would have stayed longer and delivered a whole monologue.Thinking about this, Chrissy felt a little disappointed. She had prepared a whole speech for this, but barely got two lines out before being kicked out.Seeing Chrissy so sure of herself, Damon couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.The way
Hazel had also considered this possibility, but since Damon kept telling her that he had deceived Harold with his acting, she didn’t think too much about it. Now, after Omar’s reminder, she started to reconsider the matter. Before she could figure it out, Omar added, "Unless his real purpose was to tell you these things, but for some reason, he couldn’t tell you directly and had to do it this way instead." When Omar said this, it felt like a sudden revelation to Hazel. After all these years of planning, Harold couldn’t have trusted anyone so quickly, even someone with the same goal. So the only possibility seemed to be what Omar had just mentioned. "Then what’s his purpose in telling me this? Grandpa, do you think my parents' accident has anything to do with him?" Hazel was confused. She had thought she had everything figured out, but now she realized she hadn’t seen the whole picture. It felt like there was a huge net above her, trapping her in t
Hazel focused her gaze on Sully, pausing for a moment before speaking. "Maybe. I feel like I don’t dislike him as much now." "To be more precise, after he told me the truth about everything, I stopped disliking him. He has his reasons, and everything he did was for his late brother. If I were in his shoes, I’m not sure I could have done much better." At first, Hazel had felt uneasy, thinking that if everything had been clarified from the beginning, many misunderstandings could have been avoided. But now, after experiencing the aftermath of her parents' accident, she understood some of Damon's helplessness. Until she had clarified some matters, she didn’t want to share them with too many people, not even Sully or Xander. To Hazel, these two were some of the most important people in her life right now. "I still think there shouldn't be too many secrets in a relationship," Sully pressed. "Can you accept that, after you're with him, he’ll hide things
Hazel was almost ready to directly reject him, but after thinking it over, she decided to be more tactful. Maybe Damon had been so busy with work and studies his whole life that he didn’t know how to like someone properly. Perhaps he had seen someone confess like this before and just copied it. Maybe it was something he’d learned from an idol drama from a few years ago—those kinds of scenes really existed in those shows. "I’ll have the security take care of all this. You should head back to the office. I heard Price Corp is expecting a big client today. Aren’t you going to meet them?" she said, offering him an out. The idea of a big client was just a way for Hazel to give Damon an excuse to leave. How would she know if Price Corp had a big client coming today? But Damon seemed completely confused by her words. He asked, "I’ve pushed all my work to tomorrow. And our company isn’t expecting any big clients today. Did you hear wrong from someone?" He