The Stand-In Who Burned the Script novel Chapter 245

Chapter 245

She had survived in the entertainment industry for years and accumulated quite a few connections. Even if most of those people were only humoring her out of respect for the Gifford family, it wouldn’t be hard to throw a few obstacles at a small company.

“I know.”

Vivian looked completely unbothered. “So what?”

Grace pursed her lips, her voice turning ice-cold. “What do you mean, ‘so what’? Do you have any idea what happens to an entertainment company when it gets blacklisted?”

Vivian smiled again. “I know. So what?”

”

Her demeanor, her gaze, her tone-everything screamed absolute confidence, leaving Grace entirely bewildered.

“You… you don’t actually think that just because Silas likes you, he’s going to protect you forever, do you? Let me tell you, men always weigh the pros and cons. He will never do something for you that exceeds your inherent value.”

She was actually right about that.

Vivian straightened up slightly, finally facing her properly.

“What I think isn’t important. What matters is that if you want to make a move, then do it. I’ve already laid my cards on the table. The next step depends entirely on your choice.”

Grace felt a suffocating tightness in her chest. Every time this woman spoke, it ignited an inexplicable fury within her.

She was a nobody with zero background.

Yet, she somehow possessed this bizarre, unshakeable confidence.

“Vivian, I didn’t come here to argue with you.”

Grace took a deep breath, trying her best to remain calm. “My contract with Zenith Entertainment expires this year. If Silas… really has no intention of being with me, then it’s highly likely we’ll go our separate ways. I need my own management company, and Astra Media is the best choice.”

Two seconds passed.

Vivian tossed the pebble back into the planter.

She looked up, her cold gaze piercing straight through Grace like an invisible thread. “Grace, have you completely abandoned your sense of shame?”

“Are you insulting me?!”

“I absolutely am.”

Vivian had truly run out of patience. “Given everything between me, you, and Silas, there’s no way we’d

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ever have a heart-to-heart. What is the point of telling me all this, other than making me despise you

even more?”

If she just wanted a management company, it would be as easy as breathing.

Why did she have to play this acquisition game?

To put it bluntly, she just wanted to cause trouble for Vivian and grab Silas’s attention while she was

at it.

Vivian looked at her as if she were staring at an absolute idiot. “Miss Gifford, if I were you, I wouldn’t do something so stupid just to get a man’s attention. You’d be better off focusing on yourself. If he’s not yours, there’s no point in forcing it.”

“I didn’t…”

Grace instinctively tried to deny it, but she couldn’t formulate a single sentence past those two words.

Not long after, Geoffrey and Silas emerged from the inner office.

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