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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.”

was icy.

on his popularity. It’s easy for people to find faults and gossip. If he acts with someone who has no skills, it could harm his

His gaze towards Robin was full

if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand, he might not have survived to see

role and even publicly stated on

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

care if he’s vomiting, has diarrhea, or even a terminal illness. He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie.

at a loss.

just afraid that Oliver would come and

Milly took a deep breath and stepped

and instantly swallowed his harsh words.

Milly nodded.

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

Oliver…

It seemed like she had

new actress, so it’s normal for there to be some concerns about me. How about this–I’ll go talk

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

could greatly help with his transition. If Milly could persuade Oliver to continue, it

Alan frowned and didn’t

dollars of investment riding on her. If she got bullied and the Burnetts and the

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

Milly was puzzled.

could ask what he meant, a coquettish

between them.

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

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