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.

gossip. If he acts with someone who has no skills, it could harm his

His gaze towards Robin

Oliver’s acting during the audition was so terrible that if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand,

that the author of the original novel “Silent Sea” specifically requested Oliver for the role and even publicly stated on Twitter that Oliver was the

that the cast list for the movie had been released, and all the costumes and character designs had been finalised, he suddenly

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about to start. The media had arrived for the opening ceremony today, and pulling out now would cause nothing but trouble for

needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go, bring him to me immediately!”

was at a

was just afraid that Oliver would

the scene, Milly took a deep breath and stepped

her and instantly swallowed his harsh words. However, his

Milly nodded.

had been made, especially when the situation was partly

Oliver…

seemed like 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

His impression of her improved

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

and didn’t immediately

the Burnetts and the Tates. She had two billion dollars of investment riding on her. If she got bullied and the Burnetts and the Tates found out, his investments would go up

tight knot, and his tone revealed his irritation. “No, I don’t want

Milly was puzzled.

what he meant, a coquettish voice suddenly interrupted,

between them.

Hawkins, are you worried about Oliver? I can help. After all, I’ve worked with Oliver before,