Nicole inquired, "So, which option are you leaning toward?" Leighton hesitated, weighing his choices.

Opting for the first one would entail assisting the company in promoting new talents.

While he didn't mind mentoring newcomers, he found the company's various publicity tactics distasteful.

Previously, they had gone to great lengths to pair him with an actor two years his junior, arranging for the actor to join the same cast and assigning her the role of an assistant, always at his side.

The actor obediently followed the company's instructions, behaving particularly intimately with him on set, fetching drinks or snacks.

Even after shooting a rain scene, the actor brought him a towel and a hand warmer.

Leighton remained oblivious, sensing nothing awry throughout the filming process.

It wasn't until the drama aired, and the ‘relationship’ between him and the new actor began trending, that things became clear.

eye contact in the video makes it seem so." Leighton was completely baffled,

he was pretending and showed him screenshots of fan edits, where fans interpreted every tweet timing and

instance, in one video, they shared a sip from the same coffee cup, leading fans to speculate about

"sweet moments," such as using the same towel or wearing

actor accidentally liked a

a birthday tweet,

happened to resemble the one Leighton had been spotted wearing a couple of days

a comment from a follower, "Is that a couples' scarf from so-and-so?" The new actor mistakenly liked the comment before

the incident, sparking a frenzy among couple enthusiasts, leading many in the industry to believe Leighton was genuinely

caught wind of it before Leighton did and immediately

they dismissed his concerns and instructed him to keep an eye on Leighton

was a publicity stunt orchestrated by the company, leveraging

Estelle was furious.

they usually involved mutual agreements between both parties' teams and were used by actors

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