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LOOK AT ME, ASHTON
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2026-06-06 18:58:35
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THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He SHE HAD TO PROTECT HER HEART
Chapter 21The moment Riley stepped out of the studio building and onto the busy city sidewalk, the cool afternoon air hit her face. It felt good against her skin, cutting through the heavy rush of adrenaline. Her chest was still tight, and her hands were shaking slightly from the performance she had just poured her entire soul into.Without even thinking, she found herself walking faster, her feet moving quickly toward the subway station. She couldn't wait to get back to the hospital. She wanted to walk straight into the building, head up to the top floor, and tell Ashton everything. She wanted to tell him how the judges had looked down at her, how she had remembered his words, and how she had completely changed the energy in that room.But as she reached the entrance of the station, she suddenly stopped dead in her tracks.What the hell is wrong with her? she scolded herself, her cheeks burning with a sudden wave of heat and embarrassment.She tightened her grip on her handbag, f
THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He THAT WAS... INCREDIBLY REAL
Chapter 20The car dropped Riley off in front of a sleek, glass-fronted production studio downtown. The moment she stepped through the heavy revolving doors, the quiet comfort of the hospital vanished. It was replaced by the loud, fast energy of the entertainment world.The holding lobby was packed. Dozens of women sat on leather couches, flipping through script pages, fixing their lipstick, and looking at each other with sharp, competitive eyes. Riley felt a cold knot tighten in her stomach as she walked to the desk to sign in. Almost every woman in the room fits a very specific mold. They were young, very thin, and dressed in flashy outfits designed to turn heads.As Riley took a seat in the corner, she could feel the critical eyes of the other contestants tracking her. A pair of girls sitting across from her whispered to each other, their eyes darting to the curves of her emerald wrap dress before looking away with small, nasty smirks.The invisible scars of the last ten years b
THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He SHE WAS LYING TO HERSELF
Chapter 19The five days leading up to the audition became a blur of exhausting, intense focus. Ashton had made a vacant, soundproofed multi-purpose room on the hospital’s top floor available for her, complete with floor-to-ceiling mirrors and a small rehearsal table. Every morning, after making sure Iris was fed and comfortable, Riley would lock herself in that room for hours, rehearsing.She ran through monologue after monologue, forcing her voice to carry, breaking down the script Clove International's production team had sent over. Her body was tired, and her mind constantly fought the old, cruel whispers of Fredrick’s voice telling her she wasn't good enough. But every time her confidence wavered, she looked at the text in front of her, thought of her daughter's new heart, and pushed through the fatigue.Whenever she finished her practice sessions and walked back down to the pediatric wing, she would find a surprisingly soft scene waiting for her in Room 402.More often than
THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He IT WILL BE MY FIGHT. AND I INTEND TO WIN IT
Chapter 18The anger in Riley’s chest suddenly evaporated, replaced by a strange, heavy weight in her stomach. She swallowed past the dry lump in her throat, absorbing his words. He wasn't mocking her. He was protecting her pride. He knew her well enough to understand that if he simply handed her the position, her dignity would have choked her. By forcing her to walk into a blind audition, he was treating her as a professional, not a charity case."The audition is scheduled for five days from now," Ashton continued, tapping a rhythmic finger against the edge of his desk. "That gives you exactly five days to practice. Let’s be completely honest with each other, Riley...you haven't stepped onto a stage, stood in front of a professional camera, or looked at a script in ten years. You are rusty. Your instincts are buried under a decade of neglect, and you need time to shake that off. You need to prepare if you want to survive that room." Riley lifted her chin, refusing to let him see
THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He I WON'T BE THE JUDGE
Chapter 17It took Riley a long time to move. She stood frozen in the middle of the silent office, her fingers still pressed flat against her chest, feeling the frantic, heavy thud of her heart.Perfect.He had called her perfect. Not standard. He had looked at the changes motherhood had left on her body and called them real. For ten years, she had been trained to look in the mirror and see a problem that needed fixing. In less than two minutes, Ashton had stripped away a decade of Fredrick's cruel conditioning with a single, quiet look.Slowly, Riley let out a breath she felt like she’d been holding for years. She stepped forward, her eyes falling on the thin folder left on the polished black desk. Her hands trembled slightly as she picked it up. She tucked it securely under her arm, turned around, and walked out of the office.When she got back down to the pediatric wing, the quiet hum of the hospital helped ground her. She walked into Room 402 and found Iris fast asleep, her sm
THE BILLIONAIRE'S GREATEST REGRET: He Called Her Fat, Now He LOOK AT ME, ASHTON
Chapter 16The three days following the fight in Ashton's office were a brutal reality check for Riley. Every single hour she wasn't by Iris’s bedside, she was on her phone or walking the streets close to the clinic, desperately trying to find a job. She applied to be a waitress, a store clerk, an administrative assistant...anything that paid a steady wage.But the result was always the exact same."I'm sorry, Mrs. Wellsprings, the position has just been filled," a boutique manager told her over the phone."We can't hire you," a restaurant owner said uncaringly before hanging up.By the third afternoon, Riley sat on a bench outside the hospital, her hands shaking as she stared at her phone. She wasn't stupid. A city this size didn't suddenly run out of basic, entry-level jobs overnight. Fredrick was doing this. He was making good on his threat to ensure she never found work in this city again. He wanted to starve her and Iris to death.She looked up at the towering glass windows
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