“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.

ordered one of the crew members to bring

he said with an

the offer with a grunt and sat at the frontmost spot of the pool

felt an invisible force compelling her to obey,

she listened for Gordon’s cry of “Action!” before diving into the

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

“Cut!”

gingerly, “Is this take

Evander answered with a question. His

Despite

It must be a personal grudge for him to be this picky, and it’s obvious that

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

got it,” Angeline answered dully, her

even though she instinctively

Evander dismissed five retakes in a row. Angeline had swallowed so much water

the cold,

of Evander’s anger, she thought herself spared any feelings of indebtedness if

herself repeatedly without raising any objections did not

She tucked her hair behind her ears and

sight of it and felt

to have gotten nicer of late. I

the take again,

Gordon already, by that point, knew what he

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

if she catches

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