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 scene. Not only did Isabel overtake Isabella out of nowhere, but the unfortunate likeness of their

the same age and starred in the same genres of movies, a narrative eventually formed around them. People would always compare them to each other which led to a lot of

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

years, Isabella’s team 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 another

What kind of trouble did you get into?" Amanda asked anxiously when she failed

eyes darkened, and her mind immediately went to what Decker

aware of Isabella having a certain benefactor who put in a lot of effort in boosting her career. Still, Amanda commanded a lot of

was unless there was another more resourceful person involved that was

only person who

could say that. There's this person I slapped last night," Isabel said without any attempt

audibly before asking, "Who

is Decker? Why does this name sound so

Rockwells from Southboro," Isabel clued

gasped again. "Isabel, are you insane?! Why would you slap him? Even I wouldn't dare to upset someone of his

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

startled by the

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