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.

her turn to audition. Every detail was accounted for to the point that Clarissa felt like she was watching her very own breakup with Matthew

shocked when she met Clarissa’s gaze after

surprise her resemblance

in response to her performance.

“It’s Roxanne, is it?

part? Roxanne was beside herself with excitement, though she

in drama school, this

many of her classmates had voiced their 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

romantic history between her and the president of Tyson Corporation, Matthew Tyson. Though this was only Clarissa’s directional debut, it had no chance of being a

without high expectations. Just to be able to meet Clarissa in

had expected, but she had also looked strangely familiar too, as though Roxanne

more unexpectedly, her performance had drawn words of praise from

the verge of exploding brewed up within her.

was to bow and thank them in a

left the room, her classmates that she came with surrounded

great burden lifted off her shoulders after

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

My name

at the sound

thought that she had misheard. Turning around to see how the others would respond, she found

stood waiting

production staff who was present grew startled at Shermaine’s arrival. Her intention of auditioning

knowledge that she was the romantic rival of Clarissa all those years

to have walked into the wrong set?” said the staff, hurrying over as he thought of an excuse to escort her

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 world apart from who she

as her request was

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 is not a single character that

pressed on. “If you would give me a chance, I would like to try anyway. I’ll accept and respect your decision no matter what

For us to

up, it wouldn’t look good to turn her

on excluding Shermaine’s involvement from her

fact that you are not what we are looking

to accentuate the disappointment in her

and thank you

that, Shermaine turned

the scene

come for an audition.

fault.” Clarissa shook her

went by smoothly as they were aware of what they