All Too Late

“Ha!” scoffed Kathleen as her scarlet lips curled with cold derision.

Spencer frowned and asked, “Do you or do you not want to proceed?”

Astrid froze in response as she took in his question.

Spencer exclaimed angrily, “Get lost if you’re not continuing with the filming! I’m warning you, don’t bother with all these useless schemes when you’re in my film crew. I don’t buy a single one of them! I don’t care who you have backing you. I’ll personally shame you on the internet if you dare to create a situation where I can’t continue with the filming!”

Astrid’s face stiffened and was stony as she returned Spencer’s gaze. He was clearly different from the other directors she had worked with and certainly commanded significant influence within the entire film crew.

She bit her lip in thought as she recognized she hadn’t achieved her objective and thus had to find a way to prevent herself from being kicked out of the film crew. With that in mind, she didn’t dare to retaliate despite being reprimanded by Spencer at length. She cradled her face and grudgingly accepted that she had taken the slap for nothing.

Later that evening, the film crew had packed up for the day and were ready to leave. Kathleen strode out and immediately caught sight of Samuel.

Why is he here?

His tone was heavy as he said, “Get in the car. I have something extremely important to tell you.”

“I’ve promised Timothy that I would have dinner with him,” replied Kathleen as she gazed at him curiously.

Samuel frowned slightly in response to her sudden announcement.

At that point, Timothy strode over and asked, “Mr. Macari? What brings you here?”

Samuel coolly replied, “I heard that you were planning on treating Kathleen to a meal. Is that right, Mr. Currah?”

“That’s right,” replied Timothy readily with a nod. He continued, “The director told us to familiarize ourselves with one another, or we would only be awkward and distant in the scenes that we acted in together. That would then impact the overall effect that the film brings to people and its success.”

A stark coldness emanated from Samuel’s gaze as he asked, “You wouldn’t mind if I joined you for your meal tonight, would you?”

“Of course not,” replied Timothy, dumbfounded.

to know each other

speechless by his comment. Timothy was a little

Samuel as

and asked, “What are you up to,

cold look that was more than capable of freezing anything in its tracks but didn’t respond to her query. Instead, he merely put

“Seatbelt,” commanded Samuel irately.

put on her seatbelt. Samuel didn’t speak another word and proceeded to drive off. He followed closely behind Timothy as

had arranged for a stew for sharing. Kathleen absolutely loved having this kind

was clear that Timothy knew Kathleen very well. Even as she sat beside Samuel, she could feel the waves of displeasure cascading off him. However, she made up her mind and decided to ignore him. For the entire meal, she only focused her

picked up on the fact that Kathleen was giving Samuel the cold shoulder. Instead of helping the latter out, he conversely began to engage

up. He was infuriated beyond measure at how things had developed but also knew that he didn’t have

remember your newcomer performance during your first year of university. Your performance was a contemporary

You actually saw my performance?” asked Kathleen

the first day of school. I mean, how could it not? They claimed that a peerless beauty had joined our faculty of performing arts, so everyone inevitably knew of you,” explained

rather embarrassed and commented shyly, “To be fair, there were

there were several directors who had already picked you out for parts in their productions. It’s just that no one expected you would stop coming to school once the mid-year break

her glass of water before she explained, “My family wanted me to maintain a low

and meaningful look as he said, “It’s a pity. You could have gotten

Kathleen at school during her university days. He didn’t know what her university environment and experience were like either. He had only picked up from the occasional whisper here and there that she had been

saying all

counter to foot the bill. However, Samuel reacted faster and beat him to it. He pulled

staff at the counter hesitated for a moment but finally

this meal?” asked Timothy as he stared meaningfully

much about Kate and her university days. This is nothing more than my way of showing my appreciation to you,” replied

but wonder why he

the case, I’ll take you up on your kind offer. Let me send you home,

next day?” asked Samuel aggressively. He continued, “Don’t you know just how viciously and cruelly your fanbase will

there’s nothing going on between Kate and

there would believe that?” demanded Samuel as he grabbed Kathleen’s wrist. He continued, “She doesn’t need you to send her home. Also, I feel that both of your acting skills are excellent. In