Master Odell’s Secret Ex-Wife

Chapter 2006

It was a dreamless night.

The next morning, before Isabel’s alarm had even gone off, she received a call from her manager Amanda who was supposed to still be recovering from her illness. Her shrill voice blasted through the speakers, "Isabel, what trouble did you get into this time?"

Isabel rubbed her sleepy eyes and asked in a dazed state, ” What happened?"

Amanda said without the least attempt of concealing her anger, "It’s Isabella. She managed to snatch the female lead role in the show 'Legend of the Goddess'! She also managed to steal the special guest spot on the variety show I was just talking about with you the other day!"

Isabella was another celebrity who had launched into stardom several years earlier than Isabel. However, ever Isabel’s first big hit, she had always been more popular than Isabella was.

Both of them were household names in mainstream media. Due to the extreme similarity of their names, people had always referred to them as the Isabel sisters.

The people in the circle who were in the know were all aware that the two were anything but sisters; they were rivals.

Isabella’s popularity was trending upward for a while before

the unfortunate likeness of their names meant that most people searching for Isabella online ended up getting

same age and starred in the same genres of movies, a narrative eventually formed

was competitive enough as is, so it was not surprising that these circumstances led to them essentially turning into

had tried every trick in the book to sabotage Isabel’s career, all to no avail. How was it that they suddenly managed to snatch a female lead role and

into?" Amanda asked anxiously when

eyes darkened, and her mind immediately went to what

in a lot of effort in boosting her career. Still, Amanda commanded a lot of respect and influence in the industry, hence there was no chance that Isabella and the person

was unless there was another more resourceful person involved that was for some reason plotting against

elimination, the only person who could fit these criteria

this person I slapped last night," Isabel said without any attempt at deflection to ease Amanda’s nervous

before asking, "Who did you

Why does

Rockwells from Southboro," Isabel clued

slap him? Even I wouldn't dare to upset someone of

"He was my ex-boyfriend and wanted to take advantage of me, so I

was startled by the candid revelation. "He's