After politely refusing the director, she looked at Emma and blinked. “So, Miss Walker, do you understand what I’ve just said?”
All at once, Emma felt like a replacement. Why could she only get what Elspeth didn’t want? At that thought, she was even more infuriated and instantly took her costume off, wailing that she would leave the filming site.
“My goodness, please don’t leave. I was out of my mind earlier, but you’re the female lead, how could I give that to someone else?”
The director was a guileful man. Knowing that he was unable to convince Elspeth, he hurriedly rushed over to hold Emma back.
Callum had invested three hundred million in this drama and was their largest benefactor; he was so focused on inviting Elspeth that he nearly forgot about this fact.
“Didn’t you like Elspeth more? Go to her, then. I won’t take part anymore. We’ll withdraw the funds!”
Boiling with anger, Emma took out her phone, her voice full of sobs as she said, “Callum, someone is picking on me onsite. Can you come over?”
With that, she hung up, looking all smug and prideful.
“Just wait and see. Callum will be coming over in a while, and you can be arrogant all you want when he immediately withdraws his funds then!”
Elspeth waited quietly without saying a word. Knowing Callum was about to come here, she felt mixed emotions emerging in her heart. Her chest grew tight and heavy.
As expected, Callum soon reached the scene. His eyes swept through the crowd, and to his surprise, he spotted Elspeth and Yelena amongst them.
Upon seeing him, Emma immediately rushed forward with a coy expression. “Callum, they were all picking on me earlier, and Elspeth was even trying to take my place as the female lead. And the key thing is, the director even agreed! Let’s withdraw our funds. I don’t want to do this anymore!”
“Elspeth wants to be the female lead?” Callum repeated, thinking that her words were outlandish.
Emma’s face soured at his words. “Yeah, she wants to be the female lead.”
Elspeth had no control over what Emma wanted to say, so she let her do as she pleased. Refusing to pay her any attention, she simply ignored her accusations.
However, Yelena was unable to hold herself back and revealed the truth. “What do you mean by that? You’re just so bad at acting that the director doesn’t want you anymore. Stop twisting the truth.”
Callum’s sharp gaze flicked over to the director.
Seeing this, the director immediately shrunk backward. “I didn’t mean that. I was just thinking it would be a pity for Elspeth if she didn’t become an actress with her skills, so I wasn’t thinking about what I was saying.”
“I invested three hundred million for Emma to film in peace. Now that you’re planning on letting Elspeth take her place, I assume that you’re giving up on the money, are you?”
Callum’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried weight. However, upon hearing this, Elspeth felt her heart sink.
“What is up with you, Callum Winthrop? How can you pick on your current girlfriend by defending your ex? You’re such a b*stard!”
Even when he was faced with Yelena’s accusation, Callum did not falter. “Was what I said wrong?”
By definition, Callum was only preserving his personal interests. He invested the money because of Emma, and if she was unable to take part in the filming, it would be a loss for him.
Elspeth understood this, but she was getting even more confused now. She failed to understand the reason why Callum treated Emma so well, to the extent of deliberately ignoring her for Emma’s sake. Was it really as Emma had said—he had never been able to forget her? And now that Emma reappeared by his side, he was trying to get rid of her by giving her the cold shoulder?
Elspeth lifted her head and looked into Callum’s eyes. In his gaze, there was no trace of warmth, only an icy cold. Even so, there was an instant when an inexplicable emotion flashed past his eyes, but it went as quickly as it came, and Elspeth nearly thought that she had been mistaken.
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