A Film Queen

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Milly took a deep breath. “Just listen to me. You’re older than me, so you can just call me Milly”

Joy pressed her lips together and, after a long pause, finally said, “Alright, I’ll call you Milly then.”

“Good.” Milly replied, “As long as you don’t call me Ms. Burnett.”

As they reached the filming location, they could hear Alan’s angry voice booming from a distance, shaking the walls.

“What? We’re about to start filming, and now you suddenly say he won’t do it? What was he doing before. this

Next to him stood a slender man with glasses, bent over and apologising profusely, cautiously explaining. “Mr. Hawkins, please don’t be angry. We really liked the script. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t have signed the contract. But… well, Oliver suddenly fell ill. He’s been vomiting and having severe diarrhea. We didn’t want one person to delay the entire crew, so we had to make a tough decision. Don’t worry, we’ll pay all the penalties.”

Alan’s eyebrows knitted into a tight frown, clearly not buying the excuse. “Vomiting and diarrhea? I saw him half an hour ago, and he was full of energy. I’d love to know what illness can cause such a drastic change in such a short time.”

Robin was at a loss for words. But since he’d already committed to the lie, he couldn’t back out now.

Robin’s mind raced. What illness could cause vomiting and diarrhea?

Food poisoning? Water contamination? It couldn’t be a mental illness, right?

Being an agent was so exhausting. He wished he could just go scavenge for junk instead.

Seeing Robin hesitating, trembling, and unable to speak, Alan had a good guess of what was going on. He snorted coldly. “Just say it. What’s really happening with him?”

Robin bit his lip and sighed lightly. “Mr. Hawkins, the truth is… About the actress you chose to partner with Oliver, he thinks she’s not suitable.”

voice was icy.

still riding on his popularity. It’s easy for people to find faults and gossip. If he acts

this, Alan almost doubted himself. His

was so terrible that if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand, he

Oliver for the role and even publicly stated on Twitter that Oliver was the inspiration for the character, Alan wouldn’t have chosen

all the costumes and character designs had been finalised, he suddenly

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they might have had time to make changes, but they were about to start. The media had arrived for the opening ceremony today, and pulling

He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go, bring him to me immediately!” Alan’s handls were shaking with

was at a

he was just afraid

scene, Milly took a deep breath and

instantly swallowed

Milly nodded.

an actor at the last minute after all the preparations had been made, especially when the situation was partly because of her. She felt she had to

Oliver…

familiar. It seemed like

brow was tightly furrowed, she pressed her lips together and got straight to the point. “Mr. Hawkins, I heard your conversation just now. I’m a new actress, so it’s normal for there to be some concerns about me. How about this–I’ll go talk to Mr. Oliver myself. After all, the one who ties the knot should

quite tactful and had high emotional intelligence. His impression of her improved significantly. “Mr. Hawkins, I think this is a good

it could greatly help with his transition. If Milly could persuade

Alan frowned and didn’t immediately

Burnetts and the Tates. She had two billion dollars of investment riding on her. If she got bullied and the Burnetts and the Tates

brows knitted into a tight knot, and his tone revealed his irritation. “No,

Milly was puzzled.

he meant, a coquettish voice suddenly

between them.

all, I’ve worked with Oliver before, and