A Film Queen

Chapter 29 The Beginning of the Show

Stephanie suddenly lowered her posture to apologise. Not only because it was embarrassing to do so in front of the entire school but also because the swearing ceremony at Crestwood High required parental participation. The purpose was to inspire students‘ fighting spirit and to involve parents in assisting with the college entrance examination.

Although Carlos and Olivia had been taking care of their grandfather abroad and her brother, Jordan, was on a business trip, there were other parents at Crestwood High who stand in as the Burnetts‘ business partners. Stephanie did not want to take any risks, as she knew her family would disapprove of her actions. if they found out she was bullying Milly.

Therefore, despite her reluctance, she had to apologise.

Ding! A phone call rang suddenly.

Just as Stephanie was about to achieve her goal and avoid apologising in front of the whole school, a phone call interrupted the moment.

She ignored the ringing phone and continued to frown, She looks pitifully at Milly, attempting to steer the conversation away, “Milly, can we just forget about the apology under the national flag?”

However, the phone is ringing persistently.

Milly leaned against the door frame and didn’t answer directly. Instead, she said leisurely, “You’d better answer the phone first.”

Stephanie bit her lip and took out her phone reluctantly. The call was from Melanie.

Why did Melanie call me at this time?

After a brief pause, she answered the phone and heard Melanie’s anxious voice on the other end, “Stephanie, please help me. Our family is facing bankruptcy.”

too quiet in the corridor. Milly overheard the conversation

a moment. She turned around quickly and asked softly, “What’s going

I shouldn’t have provoked in school, so someone attacked our family. The only person I had a conflict with in school was Milly. It must be her. Please

a glimpse of Milly standing at the door, leaning lazily on

She had a very ordinary face, and even the big, thick glasses blocked most of her face. But how can she look like a fairy

malnourished. She didn’t

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chattering with jealousy. How could this girl from the countryside act so superior in front of her? I was the true young

her voice to sound normal, whispering. “Melanie, don’t be sad.

end of the phone, “Stephanie, you

phone, Stephanie turned around and said gently, “Milly, I’m sorry. It was

not curious, and

already forgave me earlier, so can you just forget about the apology under the national flag? After all,

found

know how the Burnetts educated Stephanie. How did she become so

so on. These words can be easily connected together. She can guess what Melanie means. Although she doesn’t know if Melanie’s family bankruptcy has anything to do with her, she can tell from her tone just now that she

tilted her head, mimicked her innocent look and asked, “But Stephanie, aren’t you

arrived, but the Spencer Group is nothing compared to our Burnett Group.

frame of her glasses and continued to ask, “So, you mean that you don’t

a bet with you, I didn’t know about any of these things. If I had known about it, I would definitely not have allowed her to slander you like this. I only reluctantly became friends with her for the sake of the

hint of sarcasm flashed in Milly’s eyes, but it quickly dissipated under the reflection of the

she didn’t expect that she would agree, “Thank you, Milly.

she turned around