Plans that hurt the enemy while costing oneself were never wise.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna\u2019s gaze returned to the set.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody was kneeling on the ground, both hands cupping a teacup. Her fingertips trembled slightly as she carefully raised it\u00a0<\/p>\n
toward Michelle.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYour Majesty, please have some tea.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle delicately lifted the cup with an exaggeratedly elegant hand. The moment the tea touched her lips, she spat it straight out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The tea splashed across Melody\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle snapped, \u201cAre you trying to scald me to death?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tea trickled down Melody\u2019s cheeks. She froze for a second, her eyes widening in shock. She was clearly not fully in character\u00a0<\/p>\n
yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCut!\u201d Carl called out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Foster, when the tea hits you, your reaction should be humiliation and restraint, not surprise. Got it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody nodded stiffly. Shannon rushed over with a towel to wipe her face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the second take, Michelle deliberately took a huge mouthful of tea, her cheeks puffed out before she spat it out forcefully.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody\u2019s entire face was soaked this time. Some of the tea even ran into her mouth. She finally couldn\u2019t take it anymore and wiped her face in frustration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMichelle, isn\u2019t that a bit much? Enough is enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle lounged back in her chair and shrugged as she looked at her innocently. \u201cMs. Foster, I\u2019m so sorry. Guess my mouth can just hold a bit more.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHow about another take? I\u2019ll drink less this time,\u201d she added cheerfully.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miles had been watching the whole thing. He finally couldn\u2019t stand it anymore and strode over angrily.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou little brat. Are you doing this on purpose?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing this, Sienna was just about to step forward when Michelle raised her voice first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Turner, that accusation is a bit heavy, don\u2019t you think? Didn\u2019t you say earlier that we should strive for perfection and shoot more takes?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo why the double standards when it comes to Ms. Foster? You jumped in immediately and blamed me, even though I\u2019m following the script.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Miles\u2018 face turned livid. \u201cYou-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing that the situation was about to spiral, Carl hurried over to smooth things out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Turner, it\u2019s true that this is written in the script. Celene\u2019s character is meant to endure humiliation early on and explode later-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEndure my ass,\u201d Miles snapped, cutting him off. \u201cYou\u2019re clearly adding these humiliating scenes on purpose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle poured fuel on the fire. \u201cDid Ms. Foster not read the script and character setup when she accepted the role? Or did she take it blindly just for the sake of it? Does she want to quit now? That would mean she\u2019s just treating this production like\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 90\u00a0<\/p>\n
a child\u2019s game.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody had never intended to quit. She quickly grabbed Miles\u2018 arm to calm him down.\u00a0<\/p>\n
22\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cForget it. I\u2019m fine. This is what the role requires. Don\u2019t interfere. I\u2019ll just push through my scenes with Michelle. It\u2019ll be over\u00a0<\/p>\n
soon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
But Miles\u2018 temper was already flaring. He turned to Carl and barked, \u201cNo! Change the script immediately. Replace all the scenes where Michelle bullies Melody with maidservants acting on her orders instead. Michelle is not allowed to do it personally. I won\u2019t let her use this role to settle her personal grudges.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Carl was seething by now. In all his years in the industry, he had never dealt with such an insufferable investor who constantly meddled and spouted endless nonsense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If they hadn\u2019t already started shooting and marketing, he would have quit on the spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the end, Carl clenched his teeth and gave in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFine. I\u2019ll talk to the screenwriter later. We\u2019ll pause their shared scenes for now and resume once the revisions are done. We\u2019ll shoot other scenes today. You two can take a break\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Melody accepted the towel from Shannon and left with Miles.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As they passed Sienna, Miles shot her a vicious glare. \u201cYou told Michelle to do this, didn\u2019t you? If Clayton finds out about this, he won\u2019t let you off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna didn\u2019t even bother looking at him. If he wouldn\u2019t let her off, she wouldn\u2019t let him off either. She hadn\u2019t forgotten how he had mocked her yesterday. She planned to settle both old and new grudges together.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She pulled out her phone and dialed Beatrice\u2019s number.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 91\u00a0<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 90 Plans that hurt the enemy while costing oneself were never wise.\u00a0 Sienna\u2019s gaze […]<\/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-20164","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\/20164","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=20164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}