The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 199

Both Clarence and Seraphina had powerful connections-people you simply couldn't afford to offend. But then again, Obsidian was the author of *Innocent*, and upsetting her was equally out of the question.

The director's gaze darted anxiously between Clarence, Seraphina, and finally landed on Citrine, caught squarely in the middle of an impossible situation. These were all VIPs; nothing he did would please everyone. With a deep, frustrated sigh, he wondered if it wasn't time to quit this job altogether.

Seeing how serious Citrine looked, the director realized there was no simple fix here.

Helpless, he shot a covert pleading look at Clarence and Seraphina, silently begging them to show a little more professionalism.

Finally, he mustered up his courage and made the introduction. "This is Obsidian, the original author of *Innocent*."

"What? That's impossible!" Clarence and Seraphina blurted out in unison.

"The internet says Obsidian's a middle-aged man. How could it possibly be her?" Seraphina's eyes swept Citrine from head to toe, utterly baffled.

than a teenager-how

forward to clear things up. "I'm Obsidian's editor. There's really no reason for us to

matter how shocked they were, Clarence and Seraphina had no choice but to accept

one acclaimed novel to her name, and that she

to Citrine. "Obsidian, we have a few more scenes to shoot this

could hope for now was that Clarence and Seraphina would show a little more professionalism this afternoon than

lunchtime, Citrine and Edith joined the crew for a quick meal from

soon as they sat down,

Citrine. I should've done more homework before we

the production team to be this unreliable, and now she felt she'd let Citrine

could've predicted things would turn out like this."

was so touched she nearly

like a child. If only she'd vetted the production company and their cast more thoroughly, Citrine's "child" wouldn't be suffering this