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?”

respond to her, instead, she thrust an iPad in front of her, “Look at the fine mess

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

another actor to replace him due

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because of one day off, you had to replace

arms and coldly

grabbed her car keys,

after her, asking, “Where are you

“To the crew.”

this, Lucy

infamous for his volatile temperament, and his repertoire of dirty tricks seemed never-ending. Lucy was chomping at the bit

this up in a meeting, eager to see how long Grace

TV series was bankrolled by Angle. It was still in the early days of shooting, with the crew on set at Holywood in Frant City.

met with

a handsome eighteen-year-old man in the throes of a

so petrified that they dared not breathe

cleaner, appalled by the mess he’d made,

because your

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 none of your

“You can’t smash this!”

distance, felt helpless, his heart

vase, a piece of a priceless treasure that he had specially borrowed to ensure the props were

menacingly into the air,

just before he could bring the vase crashing to the

turned around in surprise to find Grace’s icy gaze fixed

down and

Tom let out a scornful laugh. “Who are you? How dare

His

7.3%

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

that, Tom’s forehead veins popped out,

two days. What’s the crime of taking

Lucy felt a pang of schadenfreude,

engage with him. “One last time, will

couldn’t restrain his anger. “I don’t lay a finger on women, but you’ve really asked for it

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

go! My arm is

face, hands cruelly twisted behind his back by Grace. His awkward pose on the floor, butt propped up by Grace’s high heel,

contrasted hilariously with his furious

with her ice-cold

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