“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.

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

Mr. Golding,” he said

Evander accepted the offer with a grunt and sat at the frontmost spot

at his impassive face and felt an invisible force

Silently enduring her fate, she listened for Gordon’s cry of “Action!”

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

“Cut!”

asked Evander gingerly,

Evander answered with a

but a secret doubt began to manifest within him. Despite his

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

Evander no longer cared about Angeline’s comfort, Gordon did not hold back. With a scowl, he ordered, “We’ll do another take, Angeline. Take it seriously this time. Mr. Golding is not happy with your performance at

right, got it,” Angeline answered dully,

director, she redid the scene even though she instinctively knew it was near impossible

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

body going numb from the cold, she did

herself spared any feelings of indebtedness if he could be appeased this

without raising any objections did not please Evander. Instead,

hair behind her ears and ran her tongue

sight of it and felt himself

gotten nicer of late.

doing the take again,

noticing Evander’s silence, Gordon already, by that point, knew

brought by the assistant had grown to a small pile. Despite that, she felt Angeline’s body

she catches a cold from

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