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“Sure, that works I guess.”

However, Justin did not sound particularly enthusiastic. His voice had given that much away.

Shermaine had a really bad feeling about the audition, especially since it concerned Clarissa. It seemed as if Justin had read into something else Clarissa conveyed, so what was this? Was Clarissa taking revenge? Anything was possible.

Shermaine walked up to Justin. They murmured something then walked out of the venue for some privacy.

Clarissa was not remotely curious. Since Shermaine was the last to arrive, it signaled the end of today’s auditions as well. She promptly left after Shermaine did.

That evening, Shermaine had dinner with Justin. Matthew and Jeremy were invited as well.

Matthew, however, did not show up.

Of course, Matthew’s presence was not important. Not all of them met Shermaine through Matthew, so they all got along just fine without him.

One of the topics that came up was the movie Justin planned on making.

“So, Shermaine. I heard you audition for Yates’ movie this time? However, since you’ve worked with him before, you won’t gain much since you’re familiar with him. Isn’t it better to expand your horizons and work for someone else? I hear there is a new director by the name of Charles or something.”

Shermaine and Jeremy were somewhat related but through distant branches of the family.

Justin was introduced to Shermaine via Matthew.

Everyone thought that her persistence with Matthew would eventually pay off, but who would’ve thought that someone else could succeed where she had failed. Shermaine had lost to an outsider, at that.

It had to be fate, who could argue otherwise?

Everyone also knew Clarissa. But nobody wanted to break the news to Shermaine since Matthew himself had not said a word about it.

Shermaine smiled. “Well, I like acting in Justin’s movies. Besides, we already have a good working relationship, so why would I want to make things more difficult? I’m going to support Justin as much as I can.

Shermaine sounded as if Justin had yet to cast a protagonist in his film.

On the surface, of course, it sounded as if it was just affection and genuine support.

Justin was never one to mince words. Even if they were in the presence of others, he always said what needed to be said.

“Shermaine, I don’t think the first lead suits you. The supporting role would be a better fit instead. That being said, this is still a supporting role, and maybe you think that you need not be playing something so small. So even if you turn it down, I’ll bear you no hard feelings. I just have to recast the role.”

Justin only said that she was unsuitable to play the role, but he left out how she did not perform as well as Yaala.

Shermaine’s expression darkened. The others then decided to jump in and change the subject to uplift the awkwardness from earlier.

“Shermaine, if it’s truly unsuitable, just let it go. I think you should pay attention to the finer details. If they want to cast someone chubby as the princess, it’ll definitely not work for you. At least, that’s how Justin described it. By the way, I have a decent drama coming up, maybe you can check that out!”

our previous show? You also said

looked at her with a stern frown. “So,

by denying me a good part, then I’ll be very disappointed in you. We’ve known

cleared his throat audibly, and the others seemed

Shermaine eyed them suspiciously.

mean? Were they not aware

but…you and

with Clarissa. Moreover, the final decision for casting

don’t care what you do with each other in

“That’s enough!”

trembled at his sudden

of it, why was she so insistent on

He either ignored her face onset or cursed at her outright. Shermaine hated him initially but had to admit that Justin had an artistic genius about him. Every single one of his productions was masterpieces in their

that his work could restore her declining popularity, she would not insist on

sudden outburst suddenly caused all the feelings of disgust and fear

barely had any sympathy left

you were every bit the narrow-minded person who would spread rumors to incur malice. I should not have cast you

Cruel, ruthless, even,

in surprise. His face, however, was

who had already turned quite pale by shock

you’re not suited for the role, and that’s that. There was no need to drag anyone else into this. The grudge you both seem to have, regardless of how true it is, has nothing to do

Justin got up

Shermaine finally broke into tears, seemingly

the most. He always had a soft

it comes to movies or his own body of work.

Yates probably had a bit too much to drink and decided to

quite badly. When she finally managed to stop, she dried her tears and spoke for the first time. “He wasn’t like this before. Did he actually rile me up on Clarissa’s behalf? This is unacceptable. He did this

This is ridiculous enough.

smile. He shared a look with Henry, who also seemed to have

was not exactly difficult to

before. Since she spent more time with Matthew, they

they realized

Shermaine best, but he had never appreciated Shermaine. On the contrary, he preferred the warmth of a person like Clarissa and went to the

said before, Shermaine

seemed to have drunk quite a bit of alcohol. It could be either Matthew’s disregard or Justin’s anger that caused her to feel depressed. Since

anyone tried to approach or touch her,

they had no

however, had flatly

as she snuggled against Matthew. She tried to focus on the TV show she was watching but then overheard the word “Shermaine” and could not focus anymore. After Matthew hung up, Clarissa silently focused on her show but to no avail. The phone call had

and plopped the grape