“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.

a sigh of relief and quickly ordered one of the crew members to

Mr. Golding,” he said with an unctuous

the frontmost spot of the

invisible force compelling her

she listened for Gordon’s cry of “Action!” before diving into the pool without a

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

“Cut!”

asked Evander gingerly, “Is this

answered with a question.

action at that, but a secret doubt began to manifest within him. Despite

is Evander never pleased? It must be a personal grudge for him to be this picky, and it’s obvious that

scowl, he ordered, “We’ll do another take, Angeline.

got it,” Angeline answered

scene even though she

dismissed five retakes in a row. Angeline had swallowed so much water that her smile was

numb from the cold, she did

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

any objections did not

from the water. She tucked her hair behind

caught sight of it and felt himself

have gotten nicer of late. I have to

the take

Gordon already, by that point, knew

to a small pile. Despite that, she felt Angeline’s body

Mr. Fuller. What happens if she catches a cold

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