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.”

was not loud, but it was too quiet in the corridor. Milly overheard the conversation and raised an

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

so someone attacked our family. The only person I had a conflict with in school was Milly. It must be her. Please help me! Can you ask Milly to

corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Milly standing at the door, leaning lazily

silk pyjamas. Under the orange light, she looked like a fairy in the sunset. She had a very ordinary face, and even the big, thick glasses blocked most

and malnourished. She didn’t realise when Milly

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her fists hard, her teeth chattering with jealousy. How could this girl from the countryside act so superior in front of

a deep breath and forced her voice to sound normal, whispering. “Melanie, don’t be sad. Don’t worry. I will help you and plead

joyfully came from the other end of the phone, “Stephanie, you are so kind. You are really

and said gently, “Milly, I’m sorry. It was Melanie who called just

at her lazily, not curious,

said softly, “It’s nothing. She just called me to ask me about my homework. Milly, you already forgave me earlier, so can you just forget about the apology under the national flag? After all, it was

found it

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

heard words such as “bankruptcy, “conflict,” “pleading, and 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

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

know this since your just arrived, but the Spencer Group is nothing compared to our Burnett Group. She only approached me for her benefit. You also know we are classmates.

ask, “So, you mean that you don’t actually want to be

you and making a bet with you, I didn’t know about any of these things. If I had known about it, I would definitely not

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

if she didn’t expect that she would agree, “Thank you, Milly. Then, you can rest. I will

that, she turned around