You'll Fall For Me, Today or tomorrow

Clarissa had no more words to refute him.

Facing Matthew, they continued to chat amicably. When she was not being unreasonable from a temper, she could never win an argument against him.

“Alright, you win.” Clarissa held up her arms in surrender.

“So, for the traits about myself that you’ve listed, none of them could be used to select an actress to my satisfaction to portray myself.”

Matthew tapped Clarissa’s forehead lightly with a cheeky laugh.

“That’s because you are irreplaceable.”

Clarissa nodded. “Is that so? All right, I’ll do some introspection. I can’t be demanding for perfection.”

I think we’ll go by acting skill, then.

Before the audition, Clarissa had received a lot of invitations to dine with actors eager to be considered for her film. If it was not a free meal, it would be another form of a request to meet.

Yael was not subtle in the delivery of her opinion.

“They are trying to curry for your favor to be cast as the main or secondary characters. Because there was no announcement of Ryler being cast as the male lead, the competition for that spot is still fierce. I’m guessing that the men who are taking the initiative to bribe you are intending to be considered to be the male lead.”

At the mention of bribery, Clarissa was immediately reminded of the fiasco on set.

Her face turned grim at the memory.

“Yael, reject them all and be firm about it. I will not entertain any requests to meet or exchange favors. If they want the parts, they’d have to audition for it.”

Clarissa loathed opportunists like these. The memory of that encounter still left a bitter taste in her mouth.

To prevent that from happening again, Clarissa avoided any locations that she would likely run into hopeful but unqualified actors. She shut herself off in Zen Highlands to work without even showing up at the studio. Unless absolutely necessary, she could only be reached by phone or the Internet.

Clarissa’s self-imposed exile had ended on the day of the audition.

Due to the sheer number of candidates, the audition had to be broken up into batches, which was something Clarissa had not expected. To combat this, she had arranged for the audition of the main roles to be left towards the end, as she had intended to cast every single role to perfection.

Clarissa browsed the profiles of the candidates and discussed them with several members of the crew. Justin had offered many acute opinions, which were invaluable in Clarissa’s decision-making process.

“This Roxanne seems promising. She’s not only a good actress, but she also looks the part too.”

Clarissa nodded in agreement. “I think she’ll do.”

As the circumstances had evolved to the way they were, she felt that Roxanne was more suitable.

Though Roxanne was new, she had professional training from a drama school. Her most appealing factor was the elegant way that she carried herself. Aside from that, Clarissa had discovered to her surprise that Justin was right. Roxanne did have an uncanny resemblance to her.

scene of the main characters breaking up when it was her turn to audition. Every detail was accounted for to the point

she met Clarissa’s

surprise her resemblance to

nodded in response to her performance. “That

as well. “It’s Roxanne, is it?

 Roxanne was beside herself with excitement, though

had written for herself in drama school, this was the first time she was acting

intention to audition for a part in her film. However, what they were really after was only a slice of glory for themselves. Due to Clarissa’s popularity, they surmised that this biopic of hers was

her and the president of Tyson Corporation, Matthew Tyson. Though this was only Clarissa’s directional debut, it had no

Just to be able to meet Clarissa in

was not only more beautiful than she had expected, but she had also looked strangely familiar too, as though Roxanne had seen

had drawn words

excitement that was on the verge of exploding brewed up within

capable of doing was to

her classmates that she came with surrounded her as they interrogated

burden lifted off her shoulders after she decided that Roxanne

she bent over to examine the profiles of other potential candidates, the door was pushed open

everyone. My

head up at the sound of the name. It

Turning around to see how the others would respond, she found that they shared

She stood waiting with a grim look

the production staff who was present grew startled at Shermaine’s arrival. Her intention of auditioning was abundantly clear, though it was not

was common knowledge that she was the romantic rival

you happened to have walked into the wrong set?” said the staff, hurrying over as he

for an audition. Ms. Quigley, am I correct in presuming that there would be a supporting character who is a wicked woman? I might be suitable for that part.” With a mild-mannered smile and earnest demeanor, she was a

as

Clarissa returned her smile.

have no wicked characters in my novel. Naturally, the film wouldn’t have one either. You must have mistaken my intentions. Besides, forgive me for being blunt, but there

would like to try anyway. I’ll accept and respect your decision no matter what

For us

look good to turn her

on excluding Shermaine’s involvement from her

certain of the fact that

taken aback. Her subtle make-up seemed to accentuate the disappointment in her

and thank

Shermaine turned and

a single person at the scene

idea that Shermaine would come for an audition. My apologies for overlooking this possibility.” The production crew was stammering

your fault.” Clarissa shook

process went by smoothly as they were aware of what they