“I don’t quite understand what you mean, Mr. Golding. What has displeased you?” he asked, bewildered, after fumbling for his voice.

Evander scoffed with a stony glare. “You’re the director. What good are you to me if you have to ask my opinion on such a trivial matter?”

“Yes, I should not have done that.”

Gordon shuddered. What rotten luck for me to have to deal with this loose cannon that is Evander.

“Please enlighten me, Mr. Golding.”

“The actor is not a right fit. Any additional effort to prove otherwise is futile,” Evander said casually as he pointed at Angeline.

An assistant wrapped a towel around her shoulders as soon as she came ashore, but she still shivered.

When she overheard Evander, her gaze stiffened, and her lips pursed.

Sure enough, there’s an ulterior motive to his visit.

Stunned, Gordon wondered if he had misheard. “Are you sure, Mr. Golding?”

As soon as he raised the question, Evander shot him a glare so severe that Gordon’s back grew damp with cold sweat.

Then, he gazed at Angeline with a conflicted look and wondered how he should begin.

“I will reshoot the scene if you’re unhappy with it, Mr. Golding.” Angeline spoke up bravely at that moment. Her voice was hoarse from the time spent underwater. “I don’t have a problem with that, as it’s part of the job.”

When she stood up, the towel slipped off her fair and smooth skin. She stalked back toward the pool with a scowl.

If Evander is being difficult on purpose, I’m not going to let him take it out on the others.

relief and quickly ordered one of the crew

he said with an unctuous

offer with a grunt and sat at the frontmost spot

impassive face and felt an invisible force compelling her to obey, against which her

go against Evander. Silently enduring her fate, she listened for Gordon’s cry of “Action!” before diving into the pool without a

was executed to perfection. Even the smile she flashed upon turning back was her most contagious

“Cut!”

gingerly, “Is this

with a

manifest within him. Despite his experience

this picky, and it’s obvious

Angeline’s comfort, Gordon did not hold back. With a scowl, he ordered, “We’ll do another take,

got it,” Angeline answered dully,

though she instinctively knew it was near impossible to satisfy

row. Angeline had swallowed so much

body going numb from the

she thought herself spared any feelings of indebtedness if he could

any objections did

the water. She tucked her hair behind her

Evander caught sight of it and felt himself

late. I

the take

already, by that point,

pile. Despite that, she felt Angeline’s body becoming increasingly colder and instinctively

girl, Mr. Fuller. What happens if she catches a cold from being underwater for

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