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.

people to find faults and gossip. If he acts with someone who has no skills, it could harm

doubted himself. His

the audition was so terrible that if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand, he might not have survived to

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

cast list for the movie had been released, and all the costumes and character designs had been finalised, he suddenly decided not to act? All their

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make changes, but they were about to start. The media had arrived for the opening ceremony today, and pulling out now would cause

care if he’s vomiting, has diarrhea, or even a terminal illness. He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go, bring him to me immediately!” Alan’s handls were shaking

at a loss.

that he didn’t want to go, he was just afraid that Oliver would come

deep breath and

and instantly swallowed his

Milly nodded.

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

Oliver…

sounded familiar. It seemed like she

new actress, so it’s normal for there to

was quite tactful and had high emotional intelligence. His impression of her improved significantly.

with his transition. If Milly could

frowned and

of investment riding

and his tone revealed his

Milly was puzzled.

ask what he meant, a

between them.

are you worried about Oliver? I can help. After all, I’ve worked with Oliver before, and we have a pretty