Arrogant Man VS Unyielding Woman novel Chapter 622

Jean nodded and fell silent. She felt the tension as she followed Zed closely from behind. An uncomfortable silence cloaked the couple as they rushed towards the hospital.

When they entered the relatively calm emergency area, it was crowded and it did reek of antiseptic. Then they spotted Moore walking out of the clinic. His right cheek bandaged up and there was a band-aid just above his left brow.

Avery, who was right beside Moore, cast a worried look at Moore's wounds. She also looked like she wanted to cry out and say something to comfort Moore, but she didn't know what to say. When she was finally about to say something, Jean asked, "Moore, are you okay?" Jean, hands still locked with Zed, walked briskly along the corridor amidst the nurses and doctors to close the short distance towards Moore.

Upon noticing Zed and Jean, Avery felt like little part of the heavy load was taken off her chest and she could now breathe a bit better.

"As you can see, I'm fantastic," replied Moore, a bit embarassed. He turned towards Zed and asked him with a serious expression, "Why are you guys here?"

"Adolf called. He told us what happened," explained Zed. "Jean was incredibly worried, so we came as fast as we could."

"Jesus, Moore, why'd you fight?" Jean blurted out, no longer able to keep it to herself.

"Well, I..." Moore paused before he could finish his words. He really didn't know what to answer. He smiled bitterly, and was about to open his mouth.

"This is all my fault," Avery said, her voice quivering with guilt. "It was because of me. I was the reason why Moore got into that fight."

"Then would you please enlighten me what the hell happened there?" demanded Zed, clearly eager to get to the bottom of the situation.

"Actually, it was nothing that serious. For other people, I guess, but it was plenty serious to me. That afternoon, the director had to attend to some other business, so he assigned the assistant director to see the shoot through. The thing was, for whatever reason, this assistant director kept saying horrible things about Avery's performance. Although I saw with my own two eyes that Avery's acting was superb, he asked her to repeat the same scenes over and over again dozens of times. In one particular shot where Avery just had to look back smiling, the assistant director, he said...he said..."

The memory of the director's words filled Moore with anger. His face was livid. He stammered and couldn't even finish the sentence since he was overcome with emotion.

"What did he say?" Jean curiously asked.

"He said smiling gently was the most basic and fundamental aspect of acting, but Avery couldn't even pull that off. He insulted her, Jean. He said she knew jack shit about acting in advertisements. In some shots, he shouted at her for smiling too much. In others, he said she smiled like a prostitute. Who says that? Anyway, the assistant director always found a reason to make Avery repeat one shot after another. Why is he like that? How can someone be so rude and over-criticize Avery like that? He's not even worthy to carry Avery's shoes for her."

At this point, Moore was furious. Veins were literally popping on his forehead.

Then it clicked. Zed and Jean realized and understood what had happened.

Moore only wanted to defend the woman he loved, but he lost his temper.

Then all the blame should be on the assistant director. It was fine if he did that to any other actor, but Avery was an international superstar.

Despite this, he still threw insults at her and treated her poorly.

Wasn't he afraid of the backlash he would receive when her fans found out about this?

Moore's words brought about an uncomfortable silence among the group. The silence was broken by Avery, who in a soft voice, said, "Actually..." She paused, trying to come up with the best words so that she wouldn't set off Moore, who was already in a fiery mood. "Today, I wasn't really myself. I got too caught up in the fact that Moore was there with me. I was so happy, so I didn't concentrate on the shoot that much. The assistant director's words were a little offensive, but I guess he thought I couldn't understand Chinese. Throughout the shoot, there wasn't a single perfect shot. It didn't go smoothly, so it was inevitable that he would be frustrated.

Let's look at it this way. Since the director assigned the task of shooting this advertisement to the assistant director, that means the director has a lot of faith placed on that assistant director and believes him to be better than other staff. Sure, he had been a little harsh with his words, but all he wanted was the shoot to be perfect."

As Avery explained, her restlessness was becoming more and more noticeable on her face.

"So you're blaming me for getting mad at him?" asked Moore in a cold voice. He was clealy upset by this.

At that moment, Zed understood why Adolf wasn't here and just called them. He also realized why Adolf told him that it was all Moore's fault for what happened in today's shoot.

How else could a director produce a beautiful and well-made commecial if he didn't strive for perfection and wasn't strict with the staff, especially with the actors?