Chapter 23

There’s more to Grace’s background than meets his eye.

Just as this thought crossed Edgar’s mind. Tim had already hailed a cab to the scene. He was taken aback to see people sca t t e r e d around, unconscious, and he let out a long sigh.

Mr. Fallen was really ruthless!

Edgar glanced at him, “Perfect timing. Bag up these gangsters and take them back for questioning. Find out who’s pulling the strings”

“Understood.” Tim nodded.

“Also, send someone to dig into Grace’s background, I want all the details.”

“Roger that, Mr. Fallen.”

By the time Grace returned to the villa, it was already late.

Patric was waiting for her on the couch.

Grace told him about the night’s events, not leaving a single detail out, which caused Patric to see red. He immediately dispatched people to launch an investigation.

On the car ride home, Grace mulled over the incident.

Apart from the person from the Smith family who had harmed her, Grace didn’t have any known enemies. However, if that person knew her whereabouts, they wouldn’t just send a few small fries to insult her and record videos

This was more like the style of the Fallen family. She didn’t believe Edgar would be impartial after uncovering this. It would be good to get one of Patric’s men to investigate.

After taking a bath, Grace hit the hay.

The next morning, Grace arrived at the company on time. Having familiarized herself with the materials the day before, she was now ready to start managing the artists’ schedules. Lucy was astounded by her quick grasp of things and no longer dared to deliberately make things difficult for her.

After a calm and peaceful morning, Grace stretched languidly, her mood exceptionally light. However, after lunch, the office door was slammed open by someone.

Lucy barged in, with an angry expression.

Grace frowned, “Ever heard of knocking, Ms. Gordan?”

to her, instead, she thrust an iPad in front

took the iPad and saw a photo of their own artist, Tom Walker, throwing a tantrum on set. Fortunately, his agent had intercepted the photo, or else it would be circulated

Tom made such a big fuss just because she got another actor to replace him due to he was so playful and

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popular idol, all because of one day off, you had to replace him! Now you’ve poked the bear, I won’t help you clean up this

her arms and coldly

grabbed her car keys, and

ran after her, asking, “Where are

“To the crew.”

Lucy hurriedly

and his repertoire of dirty tricks seemed never-ending. Lucy was chomping at the bit to see Grace on the receiving end

a meeting, eager

of shooting, with the crew on set at Holywood

arrival at the crew, they were met with the ear-splitting

closer, they spotted a handsome eighteen-year-old man

they dared not breathe a word, and the rest of the crew kept their

mess he’d

your family is

none of it. He picked up a vase, prepared to smash it, his arrogance palpable. “Exactly, my family is loaded! If I dare to smash it, I can foot the bill. This is

“You can’t smash this!”

distance, felt helpless, his

priceless treasure that he had specially borrowed to

menacingly into the air, fear was written all over everyone’s

from Tom, his arm was seized just before he

find Grace’s icy gaze fixed

down

“Who are

His

7.3%

explanation, “Mr. Walker, this is Miss Salen, the new agency director who started just yesterday. It was her who rejected your leave

forehead veins popped out, his eyes

I’ve been acting for two days. What’s the crime of taking a break? You’re only on your second

Grace, Lucy felt a pang of schadenfreude, quietly backing away to

couldn’t be bothered to engage with him.

his anger. “I don’t lay a finger on women, but you’ve really

hearing this could almost visualize the gruesome scene they expected to unfold within a minute. They collectively dropped their gaze, not wanting to witness the scene. But, the expected sound of violence didn’t materialize. Instead,

let go! My arm

turned in surprise to see Tom flat on his face, hands cruelly twisted behind his back by Grace. His awkward pose on the floor, butt propped up by Grace’s high heel, was a sight

hilariously

contrast, Grace, with her ice-cold

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