Sienna closed the script in her hands as her gaze shifted toward the set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dressed in an elegant gown, Melody clutched the sleeve of the actor playing Eurion. Her eyes glistened as she delivered her lines in a pitiful tone, \u201cYour Highness, my heart belongs only to you. But why do you only have eyes for Estelle?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, she certainly has a talent for playing the victim,\u201d Sienna muttered, eyeing Melody coldly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not long after, Michelle came hurrying over, lifting her gown as she ran. She still had flawless makeup on as she beamed at Sienna. \u201cI\u2019m done for the day! Without Miles being an annoying nuisance, every take went smoothly!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She then sneakily pointed in a direction and whispered, \u201cHey look\u2013there\u2019s the male lead of the film, Carson Simmons. He\u2019s the talk of the town right now. Girls have been lining up for his autograph, and he is always accompanied by multiple bodyguards wherever he goes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following Michelle\u2019s finger, Sienna spotted Carson being tended to by a small team of makeup artists. Under the sunlight, his chiseled side profile looked even more striking.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nearby, Regina sat alone in her chair, quietly memorizing her lines. The two actors never met each other\u2019s eyes, as if there was an invisible wall between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do the main leads seem so distant? Do they not get along?\u201d Sienna voiced her confusion.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle leaned closer and said in a low voice, \u201cThat\u2019s quite common, actually. This film was originally meant to have a female\u2013centric story, but the investors pushed to make the male lead equally prominent. Fans on both sides have been at\u00a0<\/p>\n
each other\u2019s throats.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCarson and Melody barely speak on set, and once their scenes are done, they always go their separate ways. Honestly, there aren\u2019t many male actors willing to settle for a second lead these days. It\u2019s just the way the industry works now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna nodded thoughtfully, but her attention snapped to a familiar figure. It was Barbara\u2013the waitress she once saved from Olive at Albert\u2019s birthday banquet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When Barbara approached with a drink in hand, Sienna instinctively offered a friendly smile. However, Barbara coldly passed Sienna and headed straight over to where Melody was resting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHere\u2019s your iced Americano, Ms. Foster,\u201d Barbara said, carefully handing the drink to Melody.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna felt a sharp pang of disappointment. She hadn\u2019t expected effusive gratitude from Barbara, but to be met with not even a hint of a smile left her quietly dismayed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noticing how upset Sienna looked, Michelle asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong? Do you know that woman? Her name\u2019s Barbara Mueller. She\u2019s got a minor role in the film. She\u2019s pretty docile. That\u2019s why Shannon keeps making all sorts of promises and bossing her around. And she actually believes it!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna looked away and shook her head. \u201cI don\u2019t know her.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the days that followed, Sienna often left the house early and returned home late\u2013even later than Clayton. That night, as she stepped into the house and flicked on the lights, the sight of the silhouette on the couch startled her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton sat with his legs crossed. He slowly lifted his gaze at the sound, and his dark eyes fixed on Sienna like a wolf sizing up its prey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy were you sitting in the dark so quietly this late at night? Were you trying to scare someone to death?\u201d Sienna shouted. Her hand went to her chest as her heart pounded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clayton rose from the couch and advanced toward her. His lips curled up into a mocking sneer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Y CLOSE\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 68\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have you been up to lately? Don\u2019t tell me you\u2019ve been holing up in some cafe, waiting for young men to approach you with boring questionnaires while you pretend to be at work? I\u2019m not playing along with your charade.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s none of your concern, Mr. Hale. I just enjoy being outside and breathing in the fresh air of freedom,\u201d Sienna refuted, brushing off his mockery as she strode past him toward the stairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Clayton\u2019s voice called out from behind. He offered, \u201cI\u2019ll get you a job as a secretary, so stop wandering outside like a headless chicken. The world isn\u2019t as nice as you think it is.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna instantly stopped in her tracks and flashed him a fake smile. \u201cThanks but no thanks. It\u2019s vexing enough to see that ugly face of yours at home. I\u2019d be asking for trouble if I had to see it at work too.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 69\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 69\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 68 Sienna closed the script in her hands as her gaze shifted toward the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-she-got-the-divorce-and-bolted-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}