Ellie was not someone to be trifled with. She slowly rotated the wine glass in her hand and walked slowly over to Saniyah. With a fling, Saniyah screamed and everyone’s attention shifted over to Saniyah.
“Oh, I’m so sorry Saniyah. I was so careless to …” Ellie apologized.
There were so many members of the media which prevented Saniyah from retaliating. She could only grit her teeth and faked a smile, “It’s alright, I know that you didn’t do it on PURPOSE!” The last word was strongly emphasized.
Ellie walked over like a best pal and held onto Saniyah’s arm. She said pretentiously, “Saniyah, I’ll go with you to the ladies to clean your dress…”
“No need. I’ll go by myself. You’re the lead actress. If you leave, who will the media interview?” Saniyah struggled a smile and then flung off her hand. She then stomped off to the restroom, slammed, and locked the door.
“Damn it! She’ll be the death of me!” Saniyah tried to use the water to clean the red wine from her dress but the more she tried, the more the stain grew. It ruined the dress.
“Damn you, Ellie. You… To think that you are so vicious to do this to me! You are so arrogant only because of Kayden. Let’s see what you’ll become if I were to snatch him away from you! Damn it! This dress is the latest collection and cost nine thousand dollars!” Saniyah was so angry that she wanted to kill Ellie.
She looked into the mirror and glared at herself, “Ellie, just you wait! This will not be the end of it!”
At the hall, Ellie began to dance with Nico and she did not realize that her life’s troubles were just beginning.
…
Time passed quickly and half a month went by.
The movie premiere was successful and started with a bang. The premier night included famous master of ceremonies, A-list celebrities, directors, and even secret guests to prime up the event.
Although Ellie knew that all these were to spruce up the event, she was eagerly anticipating the reveal of the secret guest. She wondered if it would be someone dashing like Tom Cruise or some other hot actor.
“Honey, are you ready? Let’s go.” Nico called out to her from the door.
“Stop hurrying me. I’m choosing what to wear.” Ellie yelled back.
The pair had established a relationship. Nico no longer rejected Ellie and was not faking being together with her. However, Ellie no longer felt attracted to Nico. She now understood that it was useless for a man to be handsome. He needed to be manly and attractive.
Nico was slightly effeminate and Ellie treated him as a good pal like a bestie.
It took Ellie half an hour to dress up and put on her makeup and Nico was almost out of patience.
“No matter how well dressed you are, I’m sure Saniyah had arrived well before you and attracted all the media’s attention.”
…
“Oh, how misinformed you are. Don’t you know that the lead actress always arrives late? The media know that the later the actors arrive, the more important their roles are.” Ellie shamelessly regarded herself as an important actress.
“But the later you arrive, the more you might be ridiculed for raising your own profile. You should just be humble and arrive earlier.” Nico replied.
Ellie stuck her tongue playfully and said, “Okay, I’ll prepare myself earlier the next time when we go out but I have a purpose for taking my time to prepare myself.” That person would be here today. That was why she had to dress herself up prettily.
Nico acknowledged and knew immediately what she meant. Now Nico actually felt guilty towards this girl because each day he would report her every movement to Kayden. Kayden would know about her daily affairs and conversations. Even her uncertain feelings towards Kayden were reported to him. What he did not expect was Kayden’s indifference towards this information. Kayden reacted the same way every time which made Nico suspect that Kayden no longer liked Ellie. However, if that was the case, then why did he not end this plan?
Nico could not understand but it was not his role to worry. All he needed to do was to complete this task and then take back the photographs and he would be free. As for Kayden’s promise of a huge reward, he did not even take it seriously.
The two of them arrived at the hotel of the star-studded premiere. As soon as Ellie and Nico walked in, they were swamped by the media and most of the questions were about their scandal.
Initially, they just smiled and did not answer but after a while, both emphasized that they were just friends and nothing more…
Ellie felt as though she was doused with cold water and she did not even know how she went back to her seat. Her mind was blank and her knees wobbled.
“Honey, what’s wrong? You were just fine a moment ago and why do you look so pale now?” Nico asked out of concern when he noticed that something was wrong.
How could she not turn pale? Never in her wildest dreams would she expect him to ignore her. She thought that he was angry and said those in anger. Tears started to well up and Ellie was speechless. Apart from the shame of rejection, she was afraid about what she would do if he really wanted nothing to do with her.
Now, everything that she had was given by Kayden. If he could not be bothered with her, then what would happen to her movie… Though she could look for her brother-in-law and this could be settled with a sentence, all the same, it was different because that was her sister’s husband…
She had considered Kayden as her man, that was why she felt that it was only normal for him to treat her well… no one should be taken for granted. A person would treat another well if there was fondness. Now, finally, Ellie realized what was most critical.
…
She blinked to force back the tears and then looked towards the corner. She saw Kayden looking calmly at the screen and impervious to all around him.
Suddenly… Ellie’s eyes narrowed.
‘How did that woman get over there?’ Ellie thought.
At this moment, Saniyah noticed Ellie’s glare. They were just ten meters apart.
Saniyah’s eyes narrowed and started to grin. It was a grin of victory.
Time seemed to pause momentarily.
Her smile seemed to indicate that she had the upper hand…
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