After Being Replaced I Left Them All Behind-Now They Regret It novel Chapter 16

Chapter 16 The folks from the legal team and Haley were both left speechless by Alicia’s gutsy move. 12 10 vouchers Is she out of her mind? She actually kicked Nicolas. Does she even want to keep her career alive in this business?‘ someone thought. Haley watched as Alicia strutted out of the room after kicking Nicolas. Haley’s eyes flashed with surprise. She bent down to help Nicolas, who looked completely shell–shocked. “Nicolas, are you okay?” Haley asked. She let out a sigh. “Alicia is just way over the top. If she’s got issues with me or the company, fine, whatever, but why did she have to go after you?” Nicolas snapped out of it and brushed Haley’s hand away. He shot her an icy glare and shouted, “Get lost.” To him, what happened between him and Alicia was nobody else’s business. No one else got to butt in, especially not Haley. If she hadn’t been scheming behind the scenes, Alicia wouldn’t be blaming the company and him for it. Nicolas thought that after he managed to calm Alicia down, he’d settle the score with Haley. Nicolas got to his feet and hurried out the door, chasing after Alicia. 𝓌𝓦𝓦.𝔫oⓥ𝚎𝓛⒲𝕠𝕣𝗺.𝗰𝔬⒨Haley felt a chill run down her spine under Nicolas’s icy stare. Seeing him dash out after Alicia, Haley was left completely speechless. “Wasn’t he supposed to be the arrogant and aloof heir of Starlight Entertainment?” Haley thought. The legal team was just as shocked. They never expected that after getting kicked by Alicia, Nicolas wouldn’t even get mad, but he actually chased after her. There’s definitely some juicy drama going on here, someone thought. Alicia asked Thomas to wait for her in the parking lot while she went to pack up her things before meeting him. After LUMIA blew up, everyone got their own lounge, plus there was a shared lobby, a vocal studio, and a dance studio. When she pushed open the door, she saw two people sitting on the main lounge couch, talking. A woman with smoky gray hair and an icy, arrogant vibe immediately raised her eyebrow as soon as she saw Alicia. “Well, well, Princess Alicia actually bothered to come back,” she sneered. That was Felicity Sterling, the captain of LUMIA. Alicia shot Felicity a look. “None of your damn business.” 1/3 12:14 pm pp Chapter 16 10 vouchers

Felicity always saw herself as the top dog in LUMIA, and she was convinced Alicia was the dead weight dragging them down. In her mind, LUMIA would be killing without Alicia. So whenever they crossed paths, Felicity never missed a chance to throw shade. Her attitude was always frosty, and her words were loaded with jabs. Since Alicia was constantly getting hate online, Felicity’s fans and the LUMIA stans just loved Felicity’s icy, no–nonsense vibe. But Alicia wasn’t the type to just take it lying down. Every time Felicity tried to come for her, Alicia would clap right back. Ŵ𝘄Ŵ.𝗻ⓞⓥ𝚎𝓵Ŵ𝗼𝓇𝓂.𝗰⒪⒨Either way, people would drag her whether she kept quiet or fought back, so she figured she might as well stand her ground. Felicity’s face darkened. “Why are you so arrogant? After you stirred up trouble on X, just wait and see how the company and Haley put you in your place.” Out of everyone in LUMIA, Felicity just couldn’t stand Alicia. 𝓌𝕨ⓦ.𝗻𝕠𝑣𝓮𝚕𝔀𝓸𝔯𝕞.𝗰𝕆ⓜFelicity and the other three were trainees from overseas, handpicked by Starlight to form the girl group. They’d busted their asses for years before finally making it big. But Alicia was just some nobody before joining, and somehow, just because she was pretty, she ended up hogging all the attention and becoming the most popular one in the group. If it weren’t for the agent and the company meddling–relegating Alicia to backup vocals and harmonies, shoving her to the sidelines in dance numbers, plus all those scandals blowing up online–things would’ve been way different. Otherwise, the rest of them would’ve just been background props in Alicia’s spotlight. Girls like them, who could actually sing and dance, weren’t about to take that lying down. What Felicity couldn’t stand most was how Alicia kept acting out for clout, even when the whole internet was roasting her. It was humiliating and made the rest of them look bad by association. Felicity always felt like Alicia was a total dead weight for LUMIA. Alicia scoffed, “Sure, I’ll just sit back and watch how the company and Haley plan to deal with me.” Apparently, the rest of the LUMIA girls still had no idea Alicia had terminated the contract with the company. After all, Haley still wanted to keep Alicia on a leash, just so she could take the heat for the rest. Felicity glared at Alicia, “Oh, so now you’re the victim? How much longer are you gonna keep dragging us down?” Alicia snorted, “Me, dragging you down? Please, like you guys are even in my league.” 𝓦⒲w.ñ⒪𝕧ë𝓵w𝕠𝓡𝔪.𝗖𝗢𝚖Alicia thought, ‘If it weren’t for me being your scapegoat and the company throwing all its resources at you because of me, you four wouldn’t even be able to keep your current popularity, let alone get any bigger. ‘Each of you acts like you’re the hottest thing ever, always blaming me for holding you back. ‘Besides using me to play the victim and keep your fans loyal, you guys have been leeching off my resources from day one. ‘I’m done playing your game. Now, I’ll just sit back and see if you’re real A–listers or just a bunch of posers.