The Beauty and the Brain by Natalie Jones novel Chapter 120

Chapter 120 

The next day, the producer, Lawrence Larson, called Marie and shamelessly begged her to have Sasha and Darwin return to the filming. 

Marie laughed and said, “Mr. Larson, it’s not that I’m not cooperating, but you said our Sasha had a concussion and Darwin had gastrointestinal hemorrhage. How could they be discharged from the hospital and work so soon? You should find someone else!” 

Lawrence said with a smile, “Ms. Spence! Ms. Spence! Both leads are indispensable, no matter how long it takes, the production team will wait. We’ll continue filming once they’re discharged from 

the hospital!” 

Marie asked, “How could this happen? Didn’t the production team want Olive to play the female 

lead? And what does this have to do with our Sasha?” 

“No way! Who said that? The female lead has always been Sasha’s! When Sasha is discharged from the hospital, let Ms. Spence inform me, and we’ll start shooting immediately!” Lawrence said. 

Marie laughed, “Since Mr. Larson is so sincere, I won’t refuse. Our Darwin has recovered quite well, so there shouldn’t be any problem taking him back home. Sasha still needs to stay for a couple more days before going back. Mr. Larson, you don’t have any objections, do you?” 

“No, of course not! Please tell Sasha that she must fully recover before returning to work!” 

Lawrence immediately said. 

It wasn’t that he was being submissive; it was just that he had finally stumbled upon some good. luck and secured an investment. However, the investor had no other demands except for insisting that Darwin and Sasha be the actors. They were even willing to include the compensation for lost work in the investment, so he had no choice but to agree. 

It was unclear whether they were a backer of Darwin or Sasha. In any case, who would have a problem with money? With investment, everything could be discussed. 

The next day, the production team of The Autumn Tragedy officially announced that the lead cast would remain unchanged, with Sasha and Darwin still playing the male and female leads. 

However, the production team still kept Shirley’s role, after all, Olive Entertainment did invest a lot of money, and it was a role that came with financial backing, so they didn’t want to waste the 

money. 

Marle didn’t care, she believed that Sasha wouldn’t lose to Shirley. As long as Sasha came back, this place would be her home court! 

After Darwin returned to the production team, he spent a few days filming scenes with the support role. A week later, the doctor confirmed that Sasha had no issues, so Sasha was discharged from the hospital and joined the production team’s shooting. 

The casting controversy of the The Autumn Tragedy production team came to an end, and the filming proceeded smoothly. 

Marie returned home and coincidentally encountered both Olive and Noel at the house. 

Marie laughed, “Oh? Why didn’t Olive go to shoot the film?” 

Olive glared at her, “Marie! Stop gloating!” 

Marie raised an eyebrow, “Gloatingly? Oh, that’s right! I forgot, Sasha is the female lead in my 

family. Didn’t Olive proudly want to join the crew a few days ago? How come I haven’t heard anything and she’s back?” 

Olive rushed over, pointed at her, and yelled, “Bitch! It’s not your turn to make fun of me!” 

“Make fun of you? I’ll wait until you’re like Carly, kicked out of the entertainment industry and the Spence family. It’s a bit early to laugh at you now,” Marie sneered. 

Olive raised her hand to hit her, but Marie blocked it and sneered, “Olive, I’ve told you many times, don’t lay a hand on me!” 

“You!” Olive was just about to scold her. 

“Enough! Everyone shut up!” Noel shouted as he stood up and pulled Olive to his side. “You’re all grown up, and yet you’re constantly bickering like children!” 

“Noel! Are you my older brother or not? Didn’t you hear what Marie said? She wants to kick me and Carly out of the Spence family!” Olive shouted, while tugging at Noel’s suit. 

Noel irritably shook off her hand, “Enough! Go back to your room!” 

“Noel! You jerk! Sooner or later, you’ll be kicked out too! Do you really think the Spence family would tolerate you?” Olive shouted. 

Smack! Noel slapped Olive’s face, causing her to stagger. 

This slap left Marie dumbfounded. Olive was indeed being a bit unreasonable, but was it really 

necessary to hit her? 

Olive covered her cheek and tears fell from her eyes, “Noel, did you hit me?” 

“Watch your attitude when you speak to me, now go back to your room!” 

Noel looked very angry, completely unlike his usual gentle and refined appearance. 

Olive ran upstairs and slammed the door with a bang. 

Noel looked at Marie with a somewhat sinister gaze and asked, “Marie, who is the investor for the production team?” 

Marie hesitated for a moment and said, “I don’t know.” 

Noel stared at her and asked, “It’s Dennis, isn’t it?” 

Get Bors 

Marie glanced at him and said, “Is it any of your business?” 

“Dennis’ investment is related to me!” Noel’s eyes were somewhat gloomy. 

“Alright, it’s Dennis. What do you want?” Marie raised her eyebrows as she looked at him. 

Noel tugged at the corner of his mouth, and with a somewhat mocking smile, he asked, “How far have you two progressed? Have you slept together? Is he willing to spend tens of millions of dollars. for you to have fun?” 

Marie frowned, “Noel, don’t be so harsh with your words. It’s Dennis’ freedom to invest in whatever he wants, and I can’t control that.” 

“Really?” Noel took out his phone, pulled up a photo, and handed it to Marie. “On New Year’s Eve, you made a tremendous mess at home and then went to the beach to flirt with Dennis?” 

In the photo, she and Dennis were setting off fireworks by the seaside, chasing and playing around, kissing and embracing, as well as sitting on the beach watching the sunrise. 

Marie snatched the phone, flipping through it one by one, threw it on the ground, and stepped on it, crushing the phone to pieces. “Noel, did you have someone follow me?” 

“Marie, I was just worried about you. Dennis is someone you can’t control. Don’t make a fuss anymore, do you hear me?” Noel said, looking at the broken phone on the ground. 

“Noel! Who I date is my business! It’s not your place to interfere! Try having someone follow me 

again and see what happens!” 

Marie was in a hurry, why was Noel looking at her like that? 

He wasn’t even her brother, yet he stalked her, secretly took photos of her, and now he even had the audacity to openly use them to threaten her! 

“Marie! Stay away from Dennis!” Noel warned her loudly. 

“I won’t! It’s none of your business!” Marie shouted back. 

“Marie, Dennis is very dangerous, did you hear me? Stop messing around,” Noel said, rubbing his forehead in frustration. 

“I heard it…” Marie nodded, “But I didn’t make a fuss.” 

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“Weren’t you causing enough trouble? There’s already one still won’t stop?” Noel glared at her. 

“What can you do if I don’t back down?” Marie said. 

Get Bog 

“Marie! This is your home! Did you really have to make it a tremendous mess, completely disorganized, to be satisfied?” Noel said angrily. 

“You’re right, this is my home…” Marie lifted her head, fearlessly looking at Noel, “This is my home! My home alone! This home should never have had you! Or Carly! Or Olive! And definitely not your wicked mother!” 

Noel’s hand suddenly raised to slap Marie, but she didn’t have time to react and block it. Instinctively, she closed her eyes, expecting the pain. However, the anticipated pain never came. Noel’s hand stopped just beside her ear, and he clenched his fist. He said, “Marie, watch your 

words. That’s still my mother!” 

Marie raised her hand, brushed aside Noel’s fist, and sneered, “Do you know where my mother is? She died of depression when I was too young to remember anything. I can’t even recall her face. Then, I spent 18 years living in the Spence mansion, a life worse than a dog’s! 

And for all this, who should I blame? Should I blame Olive? Or should I blame Carly? 

It’s not any of these. I will attribute all of these to your mother, one by one, item by item, and I will give them back to her exactly as they were!” 

“Your mother…” Noel tried to argue, tried to mediate. 

Marie interrupted him, “I don’t care what kind of person my mother was! Whether she was promiscuous or shameless, it doesn’t matter to me! 

But your mother was a thief! She stole my family, my father, my original life! I want to take it back, 

what’s wrong with that?” 

Noel clenched his fists, his eyes filled with rage. Gritting his teeth, he said, “Marie, will you only be 

satisfied if one of us dies?” 

“No…” Marie laughed, “The ending of this story is only you guys dying, and me living!” 

She was filled with hatred, resentment, anger, and malice, and today, she unleashed it all in front of Noel. She laid out her unyielding obsession, telling him that she would never let them go.