The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 2169

think did it?” The buzz among the crew was hard to miss.

“Honestly, I still think it was Ivy,” one of the stagehands said, echoing the sentiments of the leading lady. “Giselle can’t be that daft, right? To stuff evidence in her own bag? If it were Giselle, she’d have destroyed the evidence first thing, not bring it to the set, right?”

“I don’t see it that way,” another piped up, leaning against a prop. “Everyone trips up sometimes. Maybe she thought she was above suspicion and got careless, accidentally bringing the evidence with her. I mean, Ivy doesn’t strike me as the villain type. She shows up every day, nose deep in her script, barely mingling with us. She’s quiet, keeps to herself. Treats everyone with the same level of decency. Apart from when she’s in character, riding those emotional waves, I’ve never really seen her lose her cool. Could someone that level-headed really stoop to such lows?”

That got them thinking about Ivy’s everyday presence on set. She was a newcomer, but her acting didn’t just hold up against the seasoned pros. In many scenes, she dominated.

“If she’s as good as you say, it’s no wonder Giselle would have it in for her,” the first crew member mused. “Years in the business and she’s upstaged by a rookie? I’d be sour too.”

be reckoned with. Gone were the days when a

and her follower count

Diana’s character grew more prominent, her commendable acting skills earned her

hand, delivered a lukewarm performance in

and didn’t expect her to pull off a stellar performance. So, her fan base remained static, some

bitter

saw fans gushing over Ivy’s dazzling performance online, Giselle wanted to rip

yet here they

Fickle, disloyal cretins!

had her assistant clamp down on any mention of other actresses in her fan groups.