Too late for a second chance (Lila and Dorian)

Chapter 143

Billy's eyelid twitched even more intensely.

He awkwardly glanced at Dorian, sitting silently beside him.

Lila let out a quick laugh. "Mr. Johnson, think carefully. If I don't leave, even if I do nothing, the company still has to pay me a large sum every year.

"Now I think about it, getting paid to do nothing isn't so bad."

Dorian's eyes were cold, and his face had a sarcastic look. "You might live the high life, but have you considered how the company will deal with your two underlings?"

She nodded, leaned on the desk with her arms crossed, and stayed quiet, deep in thought.

Dorian watched her, and the mockery in his eyes grew more evident.

Lila's loyalty was one of her strengths, but also her weakness.

Dorian couldn't think of a way to force Lila out if it weren't for those two troublesome newcomers.

Lila thought briefly, her eyes down. Not long after, she looked up with a gentle smile as if everything had become clear to her.

"Jamie and Teddy are the company's artists. Dealing with them later is just a matter of arranging some unpleasant tasks.

"They can simply refuse to do them, and the end result would be to have them frozen out and blacklisted."

looked at her without

no sign of defeat

voice was still as calm as usual. "The company pays

have the chance to earn that much in their entire

support the three of us with the money, it doesn't seem like such a big

projects from other companies. If I'm lucky, maybe I can land a TV series or a movie role for Jamie and Teddy. That seems pretty good,

if the company decides to blacklist them, the money I make would be enough for us. We're already in the best situation if I

not need to leave the company. Don't you

had figured out that it was his decision to force her

made him lose his

about those two newcomers, but how could the ambitious

on Lila as if trying to catch some

bit confused and unsure how to handle the

to what Lila

without doing anything was

to stay silent so that if things went south, he wouldn't be blamed for it in

neither of them spoke, Lila straightened her back, adjusted

else, I'll be leaving

walk out, looking as though she had accepted the

the door handle, Dorian spoke up as she had anticipated. "Lila, the company

neither fully warm nor cold. "No scenes can be deliberately cut for the TV series they're filming. They