Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 51

Kevan did not explain to her.

“Either you send her down right now, and I can pretend this never happened. Or…“. His eyes narrowed, and his voice got heavy. “We will follow the contract.”

Vivian made up her mind at once. “Karin, please go downstairs for now!” She frantically tried to signal her with her eyes, but Karin was staring at Kevan.

“Mr. Rogers!” Karin started to cry. She quickly ran toward him and knocked Larissa aside to throw herself into his arms. She wrapped her arms tightly around his waist.

“I’m sorry about what happened before! I was wrong! That was the agency’s decision -not mine. I swear I didn’t want to do it! Please have mercy on me!”

She buried her face into Kevan’s chest, her tears and snot smearing onto his white shirt.

expression turned livid, and a sense of wintry coldness began emanating from his figure. Larissa, who was rubbing her nose while leaning against him, shuddered,

did not seem to notice and kept

anything! Anything at all, as long as you stop

the Regal Dynasty Hotel. Soon after, the new series she had been

had arranged to be on standing her up, even though they agreed on her participation six months prior. No scripts were offered to her for a month, and any scripts she had before were no longer available to her because she was told that

she even lowered herself and tried to audition for four or five productions with a bunch of B and C–list actresses,

manager kept asking her, “Who on earth have you offended?”

only Kevan

the first man she had slept with.

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she had been sleeping her way to the top since her debut. That was how she gained her current position and fame. Every man she met fell for her charms

over by their boss ostensibly to network with

he was the only good–looking guy in