Although everyone knew what was going behind the scenes, nobody ever said a word about it before.
Hence, if she was the first one to be exposed, her fate would be sealed.
Not only would she fail to garner more attention to her career, she might even be labeled as an evil person. If that happened, then she would never rise up again.
Sensing the panic in her tone, Thomas did not ask too much as he agreed right away. "Okay, I'll tell them now."
The event was about to start, which did not leave him with much time.
However, things did not progress as she wanted, for the event started early.
Yvonne frowned. "Why is it starting early?"
Besides that, the best actress award that was supposed to be given at the end of the ceremony was moved up to be the first in line.
Naturally, Yvonne knew the flow of the award ceremony, so it only served to confuse her more now that such a sudden change occurred.
Is this aimed at me?
Someone must've done this on purpose. Otherwise, why would they change the schedule like this?
"It must be you, Vania!" With clenched teeth, she imagined Vania's face, which she hated to her core.
Besides her, no one would have any reason to do this.
She can't bear to see me standing in the spotlight.
The host then walked onstage before opening the event with a typical speech.
"Now, let's have a look at the nominees for Best Actress."
The screen started moving in pictures.
All in all, there were five movies that were nominated with the final shot pausing at Yvonne's face.
"Congratulations to Yvonne Kepler for winning Best Actress!"
Hearing her name, the attendees were all shocked.
"Why is it her? That came out of nowhere."
"Wasn't she blackballed from the industry? Why is she here?"
"I heard that she was from the Kepler Family. Since she had been targeting Miss Greyson, she was sent abroad. Why is she being casted in movies again?"
"As expected, the wealthy in Hammond sure are different. Just like that, she can revive her career and even buy an award."
The whispers below all indicated how well they knew about Yvonne's past.
Although she was from a prominent family, she was still looked down upon.
Of course, these controversial words were all heard by Yvonne.
Yet, she knew that she was left with no choice no matter how scandalous she was as a person. She could only stand up and walk upstage with a smile.
In the few short steps, Yvonne had already thought of a perfect way to deal with this.
Doesn't Vania want to see me get awarded? Then, I'll just refuse the award.
"Congratulations, Miss Kepler."
The host then said the awarding speech before the award, flowers, and presenters came on cue.
Yet, Yvonne did not take the award. Instead, she bowed deeply toward the attendees.
"First, I would like to apologize to everyone here."
Her sudden apology left everyone befuddled.
Now, all eyes were on her as they were curious of what she was about to say.
"Due to some issues that affected me negatively, I had decided to leave the industry before."
The incident she was referring to was the spat between her and Vania, which everyone knew about.
At that time, her personal relations were thoroughly ruined, but with her apology, things seemed to be taking a nicer turn.
Sadly, Vania and Hanson were too high profile, so her few words of apology were unable to turn the tables for her.
Besides, she did not direct her apology at Vania either.
Looking at Yvonne, Vania smiled.
I didn't think that she would become smarter during her time abroad.
She can actually sense that something is up.
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