Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

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.

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friends assumed he was pretending and showed him screenshots of fan edits, where fans

a sip from the same coffee cup, leading fans to speculate about

using the

the new actor accidentally liked a

a birthday tweet,

the one Leighton had been spotted

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

to screenshot the incident, sparking a frenzy among couple enthusiasts, leading many in the industry to believe

Leighton did and immediately approached

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

publicity stunt orchestrated by the

Estelle was furious.

weren't uncommon, they usually involved mutual agreements between both parties' teams and were used by actors