All Chapters of Stars and Scandals: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

|ATHENA|“You can’t do this to me.” I whispered, staring at the divorce paper agreement sitting on my lap. “This can’t be happening.”Our third wedding anniversary was coming up this weekend. Jason and I were supposed to go on a big dinner date to celebrate. This divorce… It couldn’t be real.“It’s happening, Athy. Sign the papers. Hurry.” Jason said with a snappy tone.I lifted my head to look at his face. There was no trace of the man I had fallen in love with in high school. I couldn’t even look into his eyes since they were covered with shades.“If I’ve upset you in any way or done anything annoying, please tell me. I’ll change. I promise.”As I spoke, tears ran down my cheeks. I put the divorce papers away and got down on my knees in front of Jason.“I love you. You love me, too, don’t you?” I grabbed onto one leg of his trousers.Then, I instantly felt a sharp pain on my head. It took me a second to realize that Jason had grabbed a fistful of my hair. He used his grip on my hai

|ATHENA|The audition was a bust. It wasn’t that I forgot my lines or stuttered, I fucking over-acted. In the second scene where I was supposed to play the part of realizing that ‘my’ lover was a bad person, I got too emotional.I even cried. As soon as I finished acting out the scene, I thanked the judges and ran out of the audition room before they could say anything. It was actually foolish of me to do so, but I already did it.Outside of the building standing beside Mina, I hit my forehead with my palm repeatedly.“Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.” With every self-insult, I facepalmed myself. “Stop it. That’s enough!” Mina held my wrist and put my hand down.“I blew the audition, Mina. What am I supposed to do now?” I whined without thinking.Mina let out a sigh and said, “Stop saying you blew the audition. It’s not over yet. You may be surprised. In a week or two, you might get a phone call informing you that you got the role.”I gave Mina a deadpan look. What she was talking

|ATHENA|[Unbelievable News: Have you guys ever wondered about what Film Emperor Jason Lamar was doing before he became a film emperor? Well, let me tell you. I recently got a few videos of Jason’s life beforehand. Bro used to be one of those extras who hold umbrellas for main characters around the set. He also once acted as a rock in an action movie where the female lead stood on top of him. So many other little pathetic roles can be traced to his name. So, how come he never mentioned any of these roles beforehand? There are hundreds of visual proof of him saying that ‘Battlegrounds’ was his first movie and that he was lucky enough to get fame at a first try.Why is he trying to bury the steps he took to get to where he is now? Isn’t that disrespect to screenwriters and producers of the films he previously begged to serve water to the crew for?Tsk tsk. I always knew that the man was a fake. But let me hear what you guys have to say. What do you think about the goody-two-shoes imag

|ATHENA|North was standing in front of me with a glower on his face. I internally grimaced as I walked over to him.“You can blame your staff who didn’t believe I had an appointment with you.” I threw the bouncer at the entrance under the bus to save myself, but with the look on North’s face, I might have just doomed myself even more.“Come with me,” he said, but he might as well have said, “You’ve been sentenced to an immediate execution,” because of the stern look on his face.Nonetheless, my legs moved behind him as he led me deeper into the second floor. There was actually no one on it, unlike on the first floor where there are a couple of people relaxing.North and I reached a path where there were only four doors, two on each side. Then, he led me to the second room on the right side.I walked in to see that it was a private room with dim neon lights and a large-sized cozy couch against the wall. In front of the couch was a table that was set with drinks and snacks. I was a bi

|ATHENA|It was almost ten when I was welcomed back into my home by darkness. Since I had munched on the snacks laid out in the private room at Zina’s lounge, I wasn’t really hungry.I had a brief shower and fell asleep. In the morning, I woke up to the sound of my phone buzzing.I didn’t remember setting an alarm. I pried my eyes open and yawned before reaching for my phone that was resting on the bed alongside me. I glanced at the screen and realized that someone was calling me.The caller’s ID read ‘Colin’. I didn’t hesitate to accept the call.“Hello?” I said with an inquiring tone.“Athy, you’re still asleep when the entirety of LA is alive and bustling!?” Colin exclaimed with an enthusiastic voice.Colin was an old friend from when I was still a young star. And coincidentally, he was the director of the movie I recently auditioned for. After coming out from rehab, I got in touch with him and our old friendship rekindled.So it wasn’t weird for him to call me at 7 a. m. to yell i