All Too Late

“Ha!” scoffed Kathleen as her scarlet lips curled with cold derision.

Spencer frowned and asked, “Do you or do you not want to proceed?”

Astrid froze in response as she took in his question.

Spencer exclaimed angrily, “Get lost if you’re not continuing with the filming! I’m warning you, don’t bother with all these useless schemes when you’re in my film crew. I don’t buy a single one of them! I don’t care who you have backing you. I’ll personally shame you on the internet if you dare to create a situation where I can’t continue with the filming!”

Astrid’s face stiffened and was stony as she returned Spencer’s gaze. He was clearly different from the other directors she had worked with and certainly commanded significant influence within the entire film crew.

She bit her lip in thought as she recognized she hadn’t achieved her objective and thus had to find a way to prevent herself from being kicked out of the film crew. With that in mind, she didn’t dare to retaliate despite being reprimanded by Spencer at length. She cradled her face and grudgingly accepted that she had taken the slap for nothing.

Later that evening, the film crew had packed up for the day and were ready to leave. Kathleen strode out and immediately caught sight of Samuel.

Why is he here?

His tone was heavy as he said, “Get in the car. I have something extremely important to tell you.”

“I’ve promised Timothy that I would have dinner with him,” replied Kathleen as she gazed at him curiously.

Samuel frowned slightly in response to her sudden announcement.

At that point, Timothy strode over and asked, “Mr. Macari? What brings you here?”

Samuel coolly replied, “I heard that you were planning on treating Kathleen to a meal. Is that right, Mr. Currah?”

“That’s right,” replied Timothy readily with a nod. He continued, “The director told us to familiarize ourselves with one another, or we would only be awkward and distant in the scenes that we acted in together. That would then impact the overall effect that the film brings to people and its success.”

A stark coldness emanated from Samuel’s gaze as he asked, “You wouldn’t mind if I joined you for your meal tonight, would you?”

“Of course not,” replied Timothy, dumbfounded.

the two of you to know each other better, I’m

his comment. Timothy

instructed Samuel as he pulled Kathleen

“What are you

more than capable of freezing anything in its tracks but didn’t respond to her query. Instead, he merely put on his

“Seatbelt,” commanded Samuel irately.

to comply and put on her seatbelt. Samuel didn’t speak another word and proceeded to drive off. He followed closely behind Timothy as

arranged for a stew for sharing. Kathleen absolutely loved having

well. Even as she sat beside Samuel, she could feel the waves of displeasure cascading off him. However, she made up her mind and decided to ignore him. For the entire meal,

on the fact that Kathleen was giving Samuel the cold shoulder. Instead of helping the latter out, he conversely began to engage with Kathleen

up. He was infuriated beyond measure at how

during your first year of university. Your performance was a contemporary dance that truly astounded

You actually saw my performance?” asked Kathleen

how could it not? They claimed that a peerless beauty had joined our faculty

rather embarrassed and commented shyly, “To be fair, there were quite a few gorgeous ladies

with a laugh. Then, he added, “Back then, everyone knew for a fact that you would be famous eventually. After all, there were several directors who had already picked you out for parts in their productions. It’s just that no one expected

she had already gotten married to Samuel at that point in time. She sipped from her glass of water before she

and meaningful look as he said, “It’s a pity. You could have gotten

Samuel had held her back for several years and in doing so, had affected her career prospects. As he listened on, he reflected and realized he had never gone to visit Kathleen at school during her

saying all these on

the bill. However, Samuel reacted faster and beat him to it. He pulled out his credit card

hesitated for a moment but finally

agree that I would be treating for this meal?” asked Timothy as he stared

This is nothing more than my way of showing my appreciation to you,”

him and couldn’t help but wonder why he was behaving

smiled and said, “If that’s the case, I’ll take you up on

her to appear on the headlines the next day?” asked Samuel aggressively. He continued, “Don’t you know just

on between Kate and me. We’re

think the fans out there would believe that?” demanded Samuel as he grabbed Kathleen’s wrist. He continued, “She doesn’t need you to send her home. Also, I feel that both of your acting skills are excellent. In view of that, there’s no need to improve your relationship off the stage any