Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
The entertainment industry had once been paradise to him, but it was now a place that he desperately wanted to free himself from.
A few days later, the premiere for ‘W.H.’ was to take place and plenty of friends within the industry were invited.
As a highly anticipated film, plenty of theatres scheduled it for a midnight release. After all, a big film like this had the ability to perform well even at midnight.
The weird thing was, out of the entire cast and crew, only a few supporting actors appeared at the premiere. Neither the male lead nor the female lead had the intention to make an appearance.
“Entering now is our prince of popularity, Lafayette. It seems he has come to show his support and is getting more handsome by the day…”
The host outside the venue was using all his enthusiasm to welcome the guests. However, Herman had arrived on his own and was rumored to have his job snatched from him after his manager was replaced. On top of that, the car accident had greatly damaged his reputation. Luckily, he was Emma’s brother.
Even if the sky was falling, no one dared to be disrespectful towards Herman because of Emma.
Herman entered the VIP theatre on his own and sat down on the seat labeled with his name. But, what made him uncomfortable was the fact that Flossie was also seated on the same row and there were only two people seated bet**en them.
Flossie appeared to have been expecting him, so she wasn’t surprised. But, there was a darkness in her gaze like she had a lot to say to Herman, yet it was too difficult for her to do so.
Herman acted like he hadn’t seen Flossie. Before the film started, he either played with his phone or chatted to other singers.
But, because of their awkward relationship, those sitting in the back row couldn’t help but gossip, “Hey, do you guys know the man and woman seated over there? It seems the rumors are correct and they have gone their separate ways.”
“Men can change at the blink of an eye. Look at everything that Flossie had done for Lafayette, yet what did she receive in the end?”
“Forget it. If I was Flossie, I would be so frustrated right now. Why doesn’t she take this opportunity to release her anger?”
“Regardless, for them to get to this point is such a joke…”
The observers seated in the back row began to point and whisper at them. As they weren’t all from Kaleidoscope, there was no way that Herman could deal with all of them, so he had no choice but to sit still and listen to their gossip.
A moment later, Herman received a text message from Flossie. It simply read: “Let’s chat.”
“What do you want to chat about? Your compensation or your contract cancellation?”
“Lafayette, can you not give up on yourself? I don’t like seeing you like this.”
“How do you like seeing me then?” Herman asked shamelessly. But, before Flossie gave a response, he answered his own question, “I think we already discussed things clearly before. I suppose your 11 years of persistence has nothing to do with me. So, it was just my own unrequited love.”
Flossie froze. All of a sudden, she didn’t know how to respond.
This was all because of that one night…
If what had happened had not been exposed, her and Herman may have not had the same ending…
But, from now on, was this the only fate that she could share with Lafayette?
The film lasted 127 minutes and the suspense carried through that entire 127 minutes!
Plenty of industry professionals were ‘supposedly’ at the premiere to show support, but deep down, they were here to see what kind of film was produced by the Emma that had only acted in one film and the director that had never released a film. Was it going to be as spectacular as it appeared in the trailer?
The result after watching the film? Everyone was speechless. It seemed to take them a while before they drew themselves out of the terrifying scenes they had witnessed. Above all, the end of the film suggested that ‘W.H.’ would have a sequel…
Herman noticed that plenty of people had broken into a sweat from watching the film.
After looking around, he smiled. He was certain that Emma’s character in the film was a huge success.
On screen, she had practically become the character…
“I was frightened by Emma’s reaction a few times. It was almost like she had actually experienced something like this before.”
“There were scenes where she was being pursued and scenes where she was running for her life; she spent the entire film covered in blood. She sure worked hard.”
“I didn’t see the usual Emma at all… This film is definitely worth seeing.”
“Craig was also amazing as a psycho. No wonder he is a National Treasure Actor.”
Hearing the discussions around him, Herman suddenly felt that everything Emma had sacrificed was worth it. She was definitely the female lead this time and she played her character perfectly, bringing it to life.
Those that were here out of curiosity, were left speechless at the end of the film. They felt inferior in comparison. It was clear that Craig and Emma lived to act and were willing to sacrifice anything in order to focus 100% on their roles.
As for Zephaniah, because of his Western influence, he completely ignored profits and simply focused on creating a good film.
With the combination of these three people, ‘W.H.’ definitely met expectations…
After the premiere ended, many of the industry professionals began to accept interviews from reporters.
They all exp**ssed their admiration for the film’s cast and crew and gave their blessings. But, when it came to Herman, the reporters brought up other sensitive matters, “Lafayette, we heard that you replaced your manager. Is it because of some kind of emotional betrayal?”
“Lafayette, you and your ex-manager were seated on the same row tonight, but you had no interaction whatsoever. Are you guys on bad terms?”
“Lafayette, I heard that your ex-manager is already managing someone new and has stolen one of your jobs. Are you aware of this?”
Faced with the nosy questions from the reporters, Herman simply responded, “Did you guys enjoy the film? I think everyone’s purpose today was to attend the premiere, so please let me off this time. We can talk about other matters at a more suitable time and place.”
“In that case Lafayette, can you reveal a little to us about how Emma has been lately? Have you guys been in contact?”
This question seemed harmless enough, so after careful thought, Herman smiled and replied, “There’s no need to worry, she is doing well.”
Afterwards, Herman turned to leave. However, a loud scream could suddenly be heard coming from the other side of the theatre. Everyone’s attention was immediately drawn over, including Herman…
“You caused our Big Sister to fall. Is this how Kaleidoscope teaches their managers?”
A crowd had formed around three women. One woman was weakly leaning against a fatter woman, whilst standing on the left of them, was Flossie.
“I didn’t do it on purpose. I’m sorry, Big Sister,” Flossie politely apologized.
“Big Sister has already fallen. If photos of her fall gets released to the public and she is effected by it, will you be held accountable?” the fat woman said as she poked Flossie’s head. Of course, neither of these women were from Kaleidoscope, so they weren’t cautious of Eric.
“Yes, I will take responsibilty.”
“With what? Based on this, I can see why you deserved to be replaced by Lafayette.”
Hearing this, Flossie looked a little upset.
“You were shamelessly sticking to Lafayette before and caused scandals throughout the entire country. Look at you now. No one is stepping out to help you…”
To retreat from the limelight, the two women suggested to move their discussion to one of the waiting rooms; Flossie agreed. But, Herman witnessed the entire scene and saw Flossie’s tightly clenched fists. This world was made for the strong to survive.
The women had no guts to bully an artist of Kaleidoscope’s, but when it came to a mere manager – a position that was only slightly better than an extra – Flossie could only accept it as bad luck.
But, just as the three women began to leave, Herman suddenly blocked their path, “Where do you think you’re going?”
“It appears, he wants to stick up for Flossie?”
Seeing the woman’s smirk, Herman took a step back and replied, “It seems, you have no right to punish someone from Kaleidoscope.”
Flossie looked at Herman with complex emotions. But Herman did not take a single glance at her as he pretended she didn’t exist.