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She was the Siren he’d been searching for.
“Sir, I’m finished.”
Before the Ginger family bullied her into silence, Lily had been an astonishingly talented girl.
At fifteen, she’d earned first place in both academics and performance to get into the top broadcasting university in Chrivaria.
During her college years, her talent and hard work had earned her countless awards and applause.
But after everything she’d gone through, and after being away from the industry for so long, she was no longer confident.
Daniel hadn’t spoken.
She gripped the script tighter in her hands, heart pounding as she waited.
“Lily.”
At last, Daniel spoke.
Her palms were already slick with nervous sweat.
“You did great. Come back after two o’clock to sign the contract. I look forward to working with you.”
Lily stared at him, stunned.
Then her eyes-those luminous, almond-shaped eyes-lit up like stars.
She beamed. “Thank you, Director Quinn. I’ll cherish this opportunity and give it my best.”
“Good.”
His assistant looked just as shocked, eyes wide.
Daniel was infamous for being ruthless. No one expected him to actually compliment someone.
But this girl-her voice and expressiveness were clearly a gift from the heavens. He genuinely hoped she’d thrive in the voice acting world.
The studio was far from Capital City First Hotel.
Since she had to come back later to sign the contract, Lily didn’t bother going back to the hotel. She decided to grab a quick bite at the food street nearby and return early.
She was floating on joy and pride-completely unaware that Elsa also had her eyes on the role of Siren.
Elsa had been one year ahead of Lily in school.
Before going abroad, she’d already made a name for herself in the voice acting scene.
She believed in her talent-and she was John’s precious darling. To audition alongside a bunch of newcomers felt beneath her.
Daniel was a mutual friend of hers and John’s. She knew how high his standards were, and she was certain none of today’s candidates could impress him.
She’d planned to call him after the auditions, when he was struggling to find the right voice, and offer herself as a solution. That way, she could voice Siren and make him owe her a favor.
She had several friends working at the animation company.
Just as she was about to make that call, a message came in.
The voice actor for Siren had been chosen.
Lily.
The moment she saw it, Elsa nearly crushed her phone in rage.
Siren was a beloved character. Voicing her would guarantee tons of praise and fans.
And that wretched Lily got the part?
“John…”
Elsa was in her hospital room.
John was there with her.
As soon as he finished his call and walked over, she reddened her eyes and clung sweetly to his arm.
“I heard Daniel is casting for Siren,” she said softly. “You know how much I love her. I really, really want to voice her… I don’t have much time left. I don’t want to leave this world with regrets. John… can I be Siren?”
“Don’t cry, Elsa.”
Elsa tilted her chin in her usual prideful way, but her tears welled at the corners of her eyes, like cracks forming in delicate crystal. It made her look fragile-something that stirred a man’s instinct to protect.
Seeing her like that made John feel deeply unsettled. He couldn’t bear to let her down.
He gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and softly coaxed her. “I’ll call Daniel right now.”
Daniel picked up almost immediately.
He assumed John was calling about Lily getting cast as Siren-probably to remind him to take care of her. Before John could speak, Daniel chuckled.
“John, you’ve been hiding a treasure. Why didn’t you ever say anything?”
“You don’t need to worry-your-“
Your Lily is so talented, I’ll absolutely take good care of her.
But before he could finish, John interrupted him flatly.
“Elsa wants to voice Siren.”
“…What?”
Daniel was caught completely off guard.
Once he gathered his wits, he said quickly, “The role has already been cast. Lily’s our Siren.”
“Her tone, her delivery-she fits the character perfectly. There’s no way I can replace her.”
Lily…
Hearing her name, John couldn’t help but picture her crumpled on the private room floor the night before, blood trickling down her temple.
He didn’t know if her wound still hurt.
And the look in her eyes-that deep, unspoken disappointment and heartbreak-twisted something in his chest.
But then he thought about how he had the rest of his life to spend with Lily… and how Elsa might not have much time left.
So his voice stayed cold.
“Give the role to Elsa.”
John, you
Daniel tried to object, but John cut him off again.
“I’ll increase the investment by 100 million.”
Daniel fell silent.
He had heard Elsa’s audition samples.
She was good-very good. But her voice and delivery were both just a notch below Lily’s.
He didn’t want to settle for less.
But animated films were expensive. And a hundred million was too big to turn down.
“…Fine. We’ll use Elsa.”
Daniel didn’t like meddling in personal affairs, but Lily’s audition had left an impression.
He valued talent, and couldn’t help but say more than he usually would.
“John, I finalized the deal with Lily this morning. Now you’re replacing her with Elsa-have you thought about how she’ll feel? She is your girlfriend, after all. Honestly, this isn’t fair to her.”
John didn’t reply right away.
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