The Spare Wife by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 142 I’m Just an Employee

Abigail looked at him in surprise, but she shifted her gaze forward soon after that. “Oh, well, it has nothing to do with me,” she replied impassively. Even if there were still emotions in her heart, these emotions would always fade away after spreading. She calmly accepted that she couldn’t immediately let go of the three years she had devoted herself to Sean.

After hearing her reply, Anthony instantly wore a satisfied expression. “That’s true.”

Upon entering the film set, she immediately became busy, taking measurements of everyone from

the helpers to the leading actors and even the seasoned actors. Of course, she had to match the

leading actors’ costumes to their skin tones, temperaments, appearances, and makeup. After more than a month of hard work, L.Moon completed the basic costumes, except for the ones planned for the very end of the production.

After the filming started, she mostly stayed in the hotel arranged by the film crew.

One morning, she planned to help Laura Martin, the leading actress, with her costumes. Just as she was about to enter Laura’s private dressing room, she heard the woman’s arrogant voice coming

from the inside. “What kind of costumes are these? They’re so gaudy and in garish colors. They

look awful!”

Hensey Lockheart, her assistant, chimed in, “I heard they looked up a lot of references and even

consulted some professors, and yet they ended up designing this heap of ugly stuff, talking about

clothing invasion by foreign cultures. Some male characters would even bare their chests in the

middle of production. What a disgusting sight it’ll be!”

sounded displeased. “I heard my makeup is going to look like that of a hostess, and it’s

last fantasy drama, the costumes and jewelry were as gorgeous as they could

she’s close to Mr. Booker, who got her connected with

anything,” Hensey muttered.

deep breath and knocked on the

was Abigail, he immediately greeted her with feigned enthusiasm.

nodded before walking into the

and stood up. Glaring at her, she warned, “If

it. Are you inserting your own ideas? If that hostess- like makeup gets aired on TV, the entire show will be condemned by netizens

air!”

talk to Director Lewis about it,” Abigail replied

costumes.

foreign powers’ invasion of Central Plains,

in the southern region and the clothing in the

gradually influenced by foreign cultures. Laura’s character initially

the scenes featuring traditional attire would only be completed near the end of

between the northern and foreign attire, the colors and styles

the turbulent. situation of the time. These clothes reflected the plight of people during that era, who were forced to abandon traditional attire to survive the wars and foreign oppression. It wasn’t until later, when the chaos of the war gradually subsided, that

This eventually led to the emergence

period.

Abigail realized that

by the ancient dynasty during the foreign

example, the attire. mentioned by Hensey, which exposed the chest, reflected the passive and negative

the people who were pushed to the brink during that

clothes just to survive.