Lahat ng Kabanata ng Daddy, I found you a wife.: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

The clock on my office wall ticked past midnight. The studio was mostly dark now, except for the glow of my monitors and the security lights in the hallway. I was surrounded by financial spreadsheets and legal contracts. This was the part of the movie business no one saw the math behind the magic.Leonard was sitting on the leather sofa in the corner of my office. He had a glass of scotch in one hand and a stack of papers in the other. He had removed his tie hours ago, and his shirt was unbuttoned at the collar. He looked less like a banker and more like a man exhausted by his own ambition."The numbers for Midnight Sun are worse than we thought," Leonard said, his voice husky from hours of talking. "The production is over budget by twenty percent. The director is a mess, and the lead actress your sister is demanding daily rewrites to make herself look better.""That sounds like Hattie," I said, not looking up from my screen. "She always wanted the world to bend to her script. She doe

The Valley was hot, dusty, and smelled like old exhaust. It was a world away from the marble floors of Leonard's mansion. I told my driver to wait two blocks away. I didn't want a black SUV announcing my arrival. I needed to be the woman who remembered what it was like to be hungry, not the woman with a diamond wall on her finger.I walked into a small, dim theater that doubled as a gym at night. The air was thick with the sound of a man reciting lines against the rhythmic thud of a punching bag."Again," a voice called out.The man at the bag stopped. He was tall, with a face that looked like it had been carved out of rough stone. He wasn't the pretty boy lead the agencies pushed. He was raw. He was Julian Vance a man who had been the greatest actor of his generation until he punched a studio head and disappeared into the bottle five years ago."You're late," Julian said, not looking at me. He threw a heavy hook into the bag."I'm the only one who came at all," I replied, stepping in

The rest of my crew arrived at the set first, I tailed behind them in Leonard's car.“I'm personally dropping you off for your first audition,” He insisted as he pulled me into his car.“What difference will it make if I go with them or with you?” I slid into the seat as he slammed the cat door shut.“A lot.”I pulled out my phone to update Mia, and Clara, the newest addition to our gossip group, but the entire while my gaze was fixated on the man beside him.His hand gripped the steering wheel tightly as he stared straight ahead, his fingers were prominent and well defined.“Your hands are perfect,” I sighed, reaching out to touch it, “They'd be perfect for a Rolex Ad.”This man was a walking money bag, his face alone rivaled top models and his physique– even top athletes would be jealous.He would definitely be an amazing model material, top the charts and knock off a few of them from their high horses.“Whad'dyu say? Rolex Ad?” I asked, trailing my fingers down his arm.“Busy.”Of

I had just one question to ask,“Why?” I was more than dumb founded, what exactly was going through their heads? “You are fucking loaded so why on earth would you choose to clean up after an actress. A D-List actress!”This was absolutely insane, every single attire on their skin, heck James's Sneakers cost more than I earned in a month!“A lot of things matter more than money, for one, peace of mind.” Carrots bubbly face turned sullen, “I'd rather have a couple thousand bucks in my account than millions with zero freedom.”I'm not sure she understood the concept of poverty.Acouple thousand bucks would make a struggling single mom worship you and a med student battling with student loan treat you like a living Buddha.“I want to put my degree to good use in someplace other than my mother's company.” Lin adjusted the rim of her glasses, “Now, I'm just one string away from completly breaking loose.”James stared blankly at the table, “I'm just going wherever the wind takes me.”His voi

I pulled out my phone from my bag and scanned through my inbox.ClaraTell me you're seeing this, aren't you.It can't be real.Right!!!Right!!!Veronica answer me goddamnit!MiaI don't even know what to say.You're on Thomas fucking Granger's set and I had to find out through the net! I don't even want to know what's going on between you and Hattie On the top of the trending history was me and Hattie with me out faces inches away from each other. Somebody must have taken it while we weren't looking earlier and from that angle we looked…In love.The caption was boldly highlighted, ‘Can you feel the Chemistry🔥’My hands flew over my keyboard to debunk these absurd claims but Lin snatched the phone right off my hands.“Don't!” She held it away from my grip, “Look how many likes it has.”I gritted my teeth. I could see it clearly, millions of likes and comments and all of the netizens thought we were some sizzling hot couple “Give. Me. My. Phone.”“Listen.” She laid her hand on my