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

scene. Not only did Isabel overtake Isabella out of nowhere, but the unfortunate likeness of their names meant that most people searching for Isabella online ended up getting redirected to Isabel who was

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

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

sabotage Isabel’s career, all to no avail. How was it that they suddenly managed to snatch a female lead

kind of trouble did you get into?" Amanda asked anxiously when she failed to receive a response

darkened, and her mind immediately went to what Decker said to her

put in a lot of effort in boosting her career. Still, Amanda commanded a lot

resourceful person involved that was for some reason

person who could fit

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

before asking, "Who did

does

Rockwells from Southboro," Isabel clued

him? Even I wouldn't dare to upset someone of his level.

my ex-boyfriend and wanted to take advantage of me, so I slapped

by the candid revelation.

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