Chapter 590

Within a week, the scandal of Mary giving birth overseas faded quickly.

During that time, Starlight Entertainment's new faces took advantage of the situation, grabbing the spotlight and building up a fresh wave of buzz.

Mary's personal drama did impact Starlight's reputation, but the newcomers' momentum all but neutralized it.

Starlight Entertainment remained securely in the industry's top ten.

Since that day, Ferdinand hadn't made another appearance.

Briony assumed he'd be staying in Nortia for a while, what with Mary's pregnancy and everything.

***

By mid-February, the snow in Northborough had finally stopped.

The weather was still bitterly cold.

After work one day, Briony received a text from Mary.

Mary: [Briony, I'm back in the country. Can we meet?]

Briony was caught off guard.

Why would Mary risk flying back while pregnant?

this is about terminating your contract, you can just talk to Bill

and honestly, I probably won't

Mary's mother's funeral?

knew a bit about Mary's

a poor rural village

steeped in old-fashioned

sacrificed for the

Mary ever escaped was her

mother who secretly scraped together enough money to buy Mary a visa and a plane ticket out-money she'd

used every penny she had to get her daughter out of that backward, suffocating

her hard-won freedom and career away for a man

nothing more

saw Mary these days, she couldn't help but think of her own

end, she

morning, Blair drove

Blair. "Has anyone ever told you that

think I

"My late husband."

Blair fell silent.

I didn't really get a good look. Why don't you take

I have scars. I'm not comfortable showing my face in public. Please don't make it hard for

a faint, knowing smile. "It's fine. I'm just going up to see a friend. Wait for me here and

she got out of the car and walked into the

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