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Callum’s assistant was on edge, his palm sweaty as he clutched the note.
‘The most gorgeous girl at the main table,’ he muttered to himself, repeating Callum’s words.
Just as he approached Stella, Sebastian and Luca both turned their heads at the same time, giving him a frosty
stare.
Callum’s assistant freaked out.
“Is this for me?” While he was still shaking with nerves, a cold, steady voice spoke up beside him. He looked up, nearly bursting into tears from relief.
Thank goodness, he finally found her.
“Stella, Callum-” Before he could finish, Stella had already reached out and taken the note from his hand.
She opened it and read it. [Stella, can you do calligraphy?]
It was obvious Callum had written it in a hurry.
It looked like a mess of scribbles.
“Moon, what’s going on?” Karson leaned over curiously.
Stella calmly folded the note, her expression giving nothing away. She glanced over at Lachlan. “Excuse me for a moment.”
With that, she stood up and headed out with Callum’s assistant.
Karson and Camden exchanged glances, then Karson turned to Sebastian. “Mr. Gray, what’s going on?”
Sebastian lowered his gaze and slid another cup of coffee toward him.
“I’m not thirsty!” Karson blurted out.
He was dying of curiosity.
“Dad.” Camden tugged at Karson’s sleeve, looking awkward. “Mr. Gray’s tired of your chatter. He wants you to zip it.”
Karson was speechless.
Meanwhile, the staff member was trying to persuade Lachlan. “Director, stop hesitating. There’s an interactive VCR segment coming up at the top of the hour. We can’t skip it. If you don’t agree now, we’ll be out of time.”
Lachlan’s heart was pounding. He glanced at the clock, gritted his teeth, and stomped his foot. “Fine, go
talk to
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Mrs. Reed right now!”
“I’m on it!” The staff member immediately took off his headset, grinning from ear to ear.
‘Yay! 150 thousand dollars hit my account!’ he thought.
Lachlan watched him go, annoyance written all over his face as he put his headset back on.
His brow was furrowed.
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Truth was, he ran several of Jaffina Channel’s biggest shows. The Reed family had approached him more than once, all trying to set the stage for Matthias to rise to power and make a splash in the future.
This was Jaffina Channel. Not a chance he’d let the Reed family use it for their own agenda. But now, he didn’t
know what to do.
Lachlan was distracted, his thoughts elsewhere.
He looked seriously troubled.
*****
In the VIP section, Tallulah kept her gentle smile, but when she spoke, her words were sharp and calculating. “Did you remember what I told you?”
The staff nodded. “Yeah, I’ll say you’re in a tough spot, and you’re not in the showbiz business. But if the director really gets stuck, you wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing. It’s just that…”
As he spoke, Tallulah flashed a troubled look right on cue.
She was going all in on the act.
After a few more seconds, the staff returned to Lachlan and relayed the message.
‘Damn it!’ Lachlan cursed inwardly, grinding his teeth in anger,
The staff gestured at his watch, reminding Lachlan that time was running out.
Lachlan gritted his teeth. “Go tell her. As long as she agrees, he’d agree to…” However, the words stuck in his
throat.
“Director, we really don’t have time.” The staff kept fanning the flames.
On stage, the music was pumping, and dancers and singers lit up the place, Everyone was having a blast.
Down in the audience, Lachlan was more stressed than ever.
Two seconds later, Lachlan let out a heavy sigh, and the staff’s eyes lit up. But just as Lachlan was about to say
he suddenly jerked upright, slapped his left earpiece, and his eyes went wide.
yes,
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He instinctively reached for his earpiece, only to find it missing. Only then did he remember that he’d taken it off earlier when he went to find Tallulah.
“Great! Dispatch, tell them to pick up the pace!” Lachlan was so happy that he was nearly jumping for joy. “No need to wait, I’m making the call!”
The staff suddenly had a bad feeling about this.
Meanwhile, Tallulah smoothed out her dress, a smirk tugging at her lips. Unless Lachlan wanted to risk getting written up by his supervisor, he had no choice but to agree.
Just as Tallulah was feeling all smug and was just about to get up, the previous act wrapped up, and the lights went out with a sharp snap.
Tallulah’s smile froze on her lips in the darkness. ‘What’s happening?’ she wondered.
The sound of running water rippled through the Jaffina Channel studio, followed by the soft swish of leaves brushing in the breeze.
The audience, still reeling from the lively song and dance, looked up in a daze at the stage. As a single beam of light cut through the darkness, everyone instinctively held their breath.
On stage stood a surprisingly beautiful girl. She was dressed in a traditional costume, wide sleeves fluttering with every movement. Her long hair was casually pinned up with a stick, and wrapped around it was a shockingly realistic little black snake.
Everyone couldn’t take their eyes off Stella.
Sebastian’s face was shrouded in darkness and his deep eyes locked onto Stella. His heart was pounding like
crazy.
Sebastian was mesmerized.
Good thing Big Ben wasn’t here.
On stage, for the first time ever, Blackie found himself staring at a sea of faces. So many people that it was totally dizzy.
People were packed in everywhere.
A sea of faces packed shoulder to shoulder.
Blackie’s beady little eyes started swirling in dizzy circles.
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