Chaos and drama

Damon smirkes "she's not my wife yet but she would be, very soon".

  Derek didn't know what to say, this was the first time his boss was going after a lady, a lady who obviously knew nothing about his reputation about the fact that he couldn't stand women being too close to him. But how come he couldn't stop thinking about Ryella after they shared a kiss that she initiated. How strange.

  Meanwhile, Ryella was able to obtain a last minute spot to audition, she was ready to face Susan head on and reveal the dirty secrets about her.

  She soon arrived at the center where the audition was going to take place. Earlier, she had gone through the 'A Thousand Miles Away' novel and thanks to her photographical memory, she was able to assimilate and understand the plot of the book perfectly well. In her words, the author deserved an Oscar award cause the book was simply going to be a mind-blowing experience for all the actors playing the role. She wasn't aiming to be the female lead but was aiming for a higher role than Susan, Heaven knows what she had planned or who she's gonna talk into going to the audition in her place.

  As soon as she entered the waiting room, she roughly estimated about twenty ladies in the room every eyes fell on her, she sneered inwardly. They didn't recognize her new looks, that's a point scored by her.

  "Who's she?".

  "I don't recognize her from anywhere?".

  "Omg! I love her hair".

  "I don't think she's here to audition cause she'll get the role".

  "She's rocking that outfit".

  "How come the outfit fits her perfectly".

  "Who's she?, I think she's a foreign actress".

    Ryella slowly took off her specs elegantly ignoring the ladies who were whispering loud enough for her ears, that simple action made some of them stare at her with jealousy written all over their faces. She walked elegantly to a woman behind the counter who asks for her name. Everyone tries to stifle their gasps as they heard her name, what they are seeing was really far from what the rumours says and how they pictured her to be. The rumors had clearly stated a shy girl but this one in front of them was so confident. Ryella smiled warmly as she was a badge with a number on it. 22. She looked around for a empty seat and sat all alone, her focus on her phone, completely oblivious to the people around her who resumed their whispering.

  "That can't be her".

  "But the rumors says she's ugly".

  "Look at her, she's a goddess".

  " She's even more beautiful than her sister".

  "I'm so jealous right now".

  "Me too, I wonder if she'll let me have a selfie with her".

(Author's note: I'll be referring to the female lead as Ryella instead of Rose from now onwards. But please don't get confused🙂)

  Ryella laughed silently as she heard that. The girl who spoke was about coming ov r when someone screamed

  "Look, our goddess Susan is here!!".

  Ryella smirked, she didn't even show any sign of rushing towards Susan like a fangirl unlike what the others were doing, Ryella didn't even think she(Susan) would have it in her to attend the audition by herself this time. Ryella was busy tapping away on her phone while others were busy singing Susan's praises with Susan acting shy like someone who didn't really deserve the attention she was receiving, how typical of her, always acting like a white locus in order to gain more fans and get the public's attention.

  As estimated, Susan's face darkened with anger as she spots a lady whose beauty surpassed tapping on her phone like she didn't exist. She kept a tight smile on her face.

  "Hello sister" Ryella was ready to execute another part of her plan that is slowly pealing the fake facade off Susan's face and revealing part of her true nature in front of her fans.

  "Hello, do I know you?, Are you also a fan". Susan was acting calm despite how angry she was feeling because she is meeting someone that is more beautiful than she was. 'sister? This couldn't be the ugly Ryella she knew'

  Ryella almost burst into laughter 'fan?! As if?!'. She put on a pitiful innocent expression on her face."Big sister doesn't recognize younger sister anymore or did I become as ugly as you always wanted".

  "Goddess Susan why didn't you tell us that the rumors weren't true and your sister is more beautiful than you" one of the fans said casually hitting a soft spot in Susan.

  "Yeah!" Everyone agreed simultaneously.

  'what is wrong with this fool, does she want to ruin things for me' Susan was worried about her reputation and tried to evade the question. "How can you say that Ryella, I wasn't expecting to see you here, I thought you weren't into acting".

  'Two can play this game' Ryella thought "You're right, being the only successor to the Kress Enterprise is quite challenging" she smiled inwardly seeing Susan gritting her teeth silently with her fist clenched tightly but she still managed to keep a tight smile on her face.

  The fact that Susan could never be the successor to the Kress Enterprise unless Ryella is dead had always been a burden to her. She had done everything possible to ensure that she became the successor including ruining Ryella's reputation but it had never been successful, thanks to the fact that her mother was merely a mistress while Ryella's mother was the successor to the company so it was expected for her(Ryella) to be the successor no matter the circumstances.

  Ryella didn't stop there. "And I'm sure you remembered the times I had to disguise and go on auditions in your place". That brought many strange expression on the faces of the fans. "So you can't say that I'm no good at being an actress".

  The door to the audition room opened and someone said "it's time, come in ladies".

  Susan was trying to stay calm, she wondered what her fans would think of her now, she tried to cover up the whole situation and save her face."That was when I was training you remember? I always wanted you to join the entertainment industry". To others, she was a benevolent goddess who obviously cared about her sister but Ryella knew better.

Ryella looked like she was thinking of something. "But why does my fiance always ask me to audition for you, he even tried to force me today. He said something about you not feeling well but you look fine to me"

  'curse you Ryella' Susan swore inwardly 'I'll make sure you pay for embarrassing me'.

  Ryella's next statement threw her off course "He always worries more about you despite the fact that I'm his fiancee, You guys can't be a thing right...? Or" she opened her eyes widely looking like someone who is imagining something wrong and unspeakable

Seeing that she has successfully planted seeds of doubts in everyone's mind about their 'loving' (note the sarcasm(✿^‿^) goddess, she replaced her expression to that of a hurt one before walking through the open doors into a cinema like room where a stage has already been set up and three judges, two females and a male were having a heated discussion. The others followed Ryella's lead and walked behind her not before casting looks of disgust at Susan, muttering loud enough for her to hear.

  "I can't believe that she's a good whore".

  "Stealing her sister's man".

  "Humph! I can't wait to tell my followers all about this" and so on.

  Susan was on the verge of strangling someone, how much more face can she lose. She had no idea on what to do to refute Ryella's words, she could only walk her, her head bowed down in shame with a burning rage. She would make sure her parents dealt with this piece of trash. Come to think of it, how did a girl who always hid her face in shame and wouldn't hesitate to take all the blame for anything suddenly grow wings overnight. Luckily she had a trick up her sleeves, one that would guarantee her the female lead role of the movie being auditioned, her parents already bribed one of the judges, so as long as she could impress another one, the role is hers.

One of the judges suddenly stood up "Welcome everyone, I hope you all understand that the main reason for this audition is to pick the female lead for the novel  'A Thousand Miles Away', we'll also be choosing other minor roles and trust me, this would be strictly on your performances. Let the audition begin!".

  Slowly, everyone started to audition but none was able to reach the judges expectations. Soon it was Susan's turn. She was able to impress the judges by half, far better than anyone has been able to.

  Smiling, one of the female judges decided to test her intellect "How can you describe the female lead in the novel or the novel in general"

  Susan was confident "she was meant to be loved but the male lead was too far away for their love to blossom". But the next words shocked her greatly.

  "Barely passable"

  The male judge decided to interfare "Dominique relax, her acting skills her awesome, we should give her the role".

  The lady, Dominique in particular glares at the man "Mr Max she doesn't understand the whole plot of the novel and besides Mrs Carol should be the one to make the final decision here!"

   Dominique screamed "Next!". Ryella walked on stage smirking at Susan who was leaving the stage with time enough only to mutter "BUSTED".

  Slowly reaching the stage, she wasted no time in starting her act. All of a sudden, her expression changed to that of a pained, heartbroken, lonely look while reading her lines. The judges were suprised, the most suprised of them all was Mrs Carol, the act was done to perfection, she was almost in tears, she was on the verge of cancelling the filming when this rare gem showed up, her looks are second to none and the way her changed from one emotion to another was top notch. All this while Ryella was oblivious to the gazes she is receiving, she was so into the act that years began to drop from her face effortlessly adding more flair.

  She stopped for a second to see everyone except susan standing up with tears in their eyes, they started clapping. She noticed a dark outline of the shape of a man at a dark corner of the room, squinting her eyesight, she was trying to decipher the expression on his face before she was rudely interrupted.

  "Bravo!".

  Another round of applause came in as some set of people entered the room. Everyone could recognize them as some of the top actors in the entertainment industry and their managers, All representing the company they work for. Squeals became loud, ladies scrambled around the guy leading the group of people.

 

"My crush is here!!!"

 

"JW we love you!!"

 

"JW marry me!!!".

 

"JW notice me please"

 

"JW let's have a selfie!!".

 

The JW in question didn't mind in any way, his face was devoid of any hint of arrogance, infact he was full of smiles and gladly agreed to have a selfie with everyone who were willing. Susan stealthily made her way to the front to have a closer view being the first to be rewarded with a selfie from her celebrity crush, the crowd made it difficult for Ryella to get a better view of the man not that she exactly cared.

  With a loud voice JW said " Judges i think we have a winner cause we're having a party!!"

  "Mr Jin, we do have a winner" the loud voice of Dominique surpassed the loud cheer, hushing everyone at once. "This lady on stage...uhm.. Miss Ryella is best suited for the role and I'm sure the others will agree with me".

  "Dominique? What qualifications does this lady exactly have that bestows her best suited for the role? " Mr Max interrupted " Out of everyone here, she's the only one who has never played a minor role in any tv series or soap opera. To my knowledge, the goddess Susan here is best fitted".

  Eyes were drawn to Susan who looked down shyly with a hint of blush on her cheeks, portray an embarrassing look but the next words was enough to make her spit blood. Unfortunately from her celebrity crush

  "Her looks......not too bad" JW said with a shruggie, he only took one look at her to determine that she's not as innocent as she seemed to be, the one who has caught his attention is currently on stage looking as the drama that is about to start with avid anticipation. Her Phoenix shaped eyes sparkled not escaping the trained eyes of the man in the dark corner, part of his perfect mouth curled up into a smirk.

  This little one was definitely not innocent as she looked, daring to cause a rift between the judges and it doesn't seem like she's gonna stop there.

  "What do you mean by that Maxwell! This lady clearly has the potential to become a rising Phoenix in whatever company she signs with" Dominique wasn't gonna back down without a fight. Everyone can clearly see that there has been a bad past between both judges creating bad blood between them. "And this Susan you speak of doesn't seem to match up to her". Those who were fans of Susan were wide-eyed, if the best actress's to them couldn't match up, who amongst them can. "Goddess?! That title clearly belong to Ryella not this piece of good for nothing! If we choose this thing..." She pointed at Susan " .....as the female lead, we'll be losing a pearl in disguise! Susan can get the second female lead role".

  Susan face turned green. Second female lead role. How much more face can she lose!.

  "Dominique I understand how you feel about.......".

  "Don't Dominique me, infact Mrs Carol should make the final decision!"

  This situation was laughable but no one was laughing. Ryella spoke up "Judges please let's be fair here, my older sister Susan is clearly the most suitable one for this role".

  Adding fuel to the flamës.

  "Why did you say that?" Dominique inquired.

  "Because that's how it has always been"

  "What do you mean by that Miss?" JW asked, quite confused.

  The next minute Ryella opened her mouth to answer, Susan knew she was done for.

  Ryella fiddled with her hands, looking scared "my sister always makes me audition in her place while wearing a disguise, then when I gets the role, she does the acting in my place"

  "Ryella! How dare you slander me in front of everyone!".

  "I'm not slandering you! Why are you lying in front of everyone, don't you remember when I auditioned for the movie "Drama Queen'. Pretending to bite her lips nervously "I'm sure you didn't forget".

  "That's right! She mentioned it earlier" one of the onlookers who witnessed the previous outburst quipped.

  "Stop slandering me!! How dare you ruin our family name!.."

  "Yes Ryella, I understand that you are angry and jealous of your sister but how can you slander her like this" An new voice joined the whole conversation.