Her Precious Baby

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.

heaved a sigh of relief and quickly ordered one

Mr. Golding,” he said

the frontmost spot of the pool like an invigilator

felt an invisible force compelling her to obey,

could not go against Evander. Silently enduring her fate, she listened for Gordon’s cry of “Action!” before

of hers underwater was executed to perfection. Even the smile she flashed

“Cut!”

Gordon asked Evander gingerly, “Is

you satisfied?” Evander answered with

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

him to be this picky, and it’s obvious that they’re unhappy from the way he

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.

Angeline answered dully,

even though she instinctively knew it was near

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

body going numb from the cold, she did

of Evander’s anger, she thought herself spared any feelings of indebtedness if he could be appeased this

of Angeline submerging herself repeatedly without raising any objections did not

water. She tucked her hair behind her ears and ran her tongue around her

of it and

to have gotten nicer of late.

doing the

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

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

Mr. Fuller. What happens if she catches