Divorce Anxiety

“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.

Samuel. He remarked coldly, “Since the goal is for the two of you to know each other better, I’m sure we can achieve the same outcome even with a third party present. It’s

utterly speechless by his comment. Timothy was a little

Samuel as he pulled Kathleen in along with

asked, “What are you up to,

shot her an icy cold look that was more than capable of freezing anything in its tracks but didn’t respond to her query. Instead, he merely put on his seatbelt. She glanced

“Seatbelt,” commanded Samuel irately.

but to comply and put on her seatbelt. Samuel didn’t speak another word and proceeded to drive off. He followed closely behind Timothy as the latter led them toward the dinner

Furthermore, he had arranged for a stew for sharing. Kathleen absolutely loved having this kind of

of displeasure cascading off him. However, she made up her mind and decided to ignore

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

touched his fork, let alone pick it up. He was infuriated beyond

during your first year of university. Your performance was a contemporary dance that truly astounded the audience,” recalled Timothy

saw my performance?” asked Kathleen in

it not? They claimed that a peerless beauty had joined our faculty of performing

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

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 you would stop coming to school once the mid-year break

that point in time. She sipped from her glass of water before she explained, “My family wanted me to maintain a low profile at the time. That’s why I ultimately didn’t

said, “It’s a pity. You could have gotten famous

he listened on, he reflected and realized he had never gone to visit Kathleen at school during her university days. He didn’t know what her university environment and experience were like either. He had only picked up from the occasional whisper

Timothy’s saying all these on

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

hesitated for a moment but finally accepted the card from

be treating for this

days. This is nothing more

help but wonder why he

case, I’ll take you up on

headlines the next day?” asked

on between Kate and

that?” demanded Samuel as he grabbed Kathleen’s wrist. He continued, “She doesn’t need you to send her home. Also, I feel