Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
Over the next two days, ‘W.H.’ officially finished showing in theaters and wr*pped up the season with close to $2 billion in ticket sales. With this result, Emma showed off her box office dominance. Combined with her results from ‘Stupid’, she officially became known as the ‘Box Office Queen’.
One ‘Stupid’ and one ‘W.H.’ was enough to stabilize her foundation as a great actress. Even if she didn’t end up receiving a Sky Honor Award, she was already seen as the best newcomer in everyone’s eyes.
Of course, competition for the Sky Honor Awards was as fierce as ever. As a result, Turquoise’s fans went around slandering Emma, claiming that the results were definitely influenced by Elder Roberts in some way. After all, no one was willing to accept that their idol didn’t compare to others. Although Turquoise did not have a great personality, her acting was undeniably good, so it was only normal for her fans to be upset.
“If someone else receives the award, I won’t mind. But, if it’s Emma, there’s no way I can accept it. After all, Emma and Turquoise’s acting is practically on the same level.”
“These awards are getting worse each year. It’s obviously rigged.”
Over the next few days, there were plenty of discussions about who would be the winner of the Sky Honor Awards. After all, this year had the most suspense and competition was fierce. The public seemed to have become accustomed to expecting that whenever Emma was involved, there was bound to be a good show. But, how could an actress that announced her retreat be deserving of an award?
“I feel that giving the award to someone that has retreated, is a mockery to those that are persistent.”
“I have no comment about her decision to retreat, after all, everyone has their right to make their own choices, but…when it comes to an award, it should be given to someone that is serious and hardworking.”
Because of Emma’s retreat, plenty of people had their opinions.
Although she continued to have films to release, retreating suggested that she had given up on being an actress, whether it be a temporary or long term decision.
…
Late at night, Flossie was at home drinking wine and watching television. The entertainment news was currently focused on predictions for the Sky Honor Awards. As she watched, her eyes darkened with a trace of ridicule.
“Emma won’t be winning an award this time,” a cold voice could suddenly be heard coming from behind her. Flossie turned around to find that it was her fiance. So, she immediately asked, “Why?”
“Because she’s retreated from the industry! Even being nominated is already an award enough for her. There’s no way that the organising committee will consider someone that has retreated.”
“Why does that even matter? There’s no rule against it,” Flossie refuted.
“It’s insider information,” her fiance replied as he sat down beside her and made a hush gesture. “Emma can indeed act and Eric is indeed powerful, but Kaleidoscope has no control over the Sky Honor Awards.”
“Although it hasn’t been officially recorded, it is an unspoken rule amongst the judges.”
“Have you not looked at the names of everyone that has ever won? Which winner has ever been someone that has retreated?”
“Someone that has retreated, will never win!”
“Does that mean Emma will go home with nothing?” Flossie sat up, “That’s impossible, Mr. Roborts has calculated everything carefully, there’s no way he wouldn’t know about this.”
“Mr. Roborts is imp**ssive, but he isn’t flawless,” the man scoffed. “I would like to see how Mr. Roborts cleans up this mess.”
“Aren’t you really close to Emma? You’re welcome to notify her of this result,” the man sneered before he returned to the bedroom, leaving Flossie all alone on the sofa in a predicament.
Emma was Herman’s older sister, but Herman…
Why should she continue to care about the family of the person she loved?
Plus, Eric probably already had his plans. There was no reason she should implicate herself in the matter.
…
Late at night. Xylander Household.
As soon as Elder Xylander said that he’d transfer shares and the Xylander Household to Quenlyn, he immediately got his lawyers to organize everything in secret. In other words, Quenlyn was about to become the new owner of the Xylander Family home. If she wanted someone to leave, even Father Xylander would have no say.
Father Xylander and Turquoise had no idea about what was happening. They assumed that Quenlyn’s silence was because she was too afraid to say anything, so they continued to act out of line.
Quenlyn did not mind. As per Emma’s words, Quenlyn already had everything, so why bother with Turquoise over such petty things?
Meanwhile, Turquoise wasn’t an easy fire to extinguish. She had always had her small circle of friends and connections within the entertainment industry. As she was annoyed by being beaten by Emma, she decided to contact one of her good friends.
“It doesn’t actually matter whether I receive an award or not. After all, I am well aware that my acting isn’t great. But Eilene is different, she is a true talent.”
“If Eilene doesn’t win this year, I will be the first to find it unfair.”
Quenlyn and Herman had just returned home and were standing behind Turquoise, listening to her start fires all over the industry.
They looked at each other, before Quenlyn gestured for Herman to go home first. Herman gently patted Quenlyn’s head, completely ignoring Turquoise. He knew, even if Turquoise trained for another ten lifetimes, she would never outsmart Emma.
After Herman left, Quenlyn walked over to the sofa opposite Turquoise and sat down with a smile, “I still feel that the award should have been given to you. Look at the way you’re acting right now, you were born with this talent.”
Hearing Quenlyn’s voice, Turquoise put down the phone and stared coldly at the woman opposite her, “What? There’s nothing you can do about it.”
“Of course I can’t do anything. But, Turquoise, there’s no way you can stop Emma from winning. Even when you put in your best effort before…you weren’t even worthy of being on the final nomination list!”
Turquoise looked at Quenlyn with ridicule, completely disregarding her words. All she knew was, Elder Xylander was bound to leave sooner or later, and when that time came, there’d be no one around to help her. However, Turquoise had no idea that many changes were already taking place, right under her nose.
“Why don’t we make a bet?” Turquoise looked into Quenlyn’s eyes at confidence, “I bet that Emma won’t win The Best Newcomer Award.”
“What happens if she wins?”
“Let’s raise the ante. If Emma wins, I’ll get a divorce with your father,” Turquoise laughed in ridicule. “What do you think? Isn’t this what you’ve always wanted?”
Quenlyn stared calmly at Turquoise. After a few moments, she finally replied, “I’m not going to gamble with you, because I know you won’t keep your word. But, I’m certain that Emma will win. Whereas you…have already lost your chance.”
“Quenlyn, I think it’s best if you stop acting so arrogant. After all, Elder Xylander is bound to leave some day.”
Quenlyn brushed back her hair and stood up from the sofa with an amused smile, “Did you think that I still care at this point?”
She already had her trump card in her hand, when the timing was right…
…she was going to wait and see the exp**ssion on Turquoise and Father Xylander’s face.
…
At this moment, inside the quiet hospital.
After all the supp**ssion that Elodie had gone through, she was currently being forced by Elder Miller to remain in the hospital and take care of her pregnancy. In reality, ever since the day that the caretaker told her that Emma was also pregnant and that she could sell the news to the paparazzi, she had been making plans in her mind.
All she wanted to do right now, was escape from the hospital. But, she was currently broke and the only thing that gave her any value was the information she held in her hands about Emma’s pregnancy.
Her desperation to escape and her hatred towards Emma further increased after she saw that Emma had been nominated for a Sky Honor Award and that the entertainment news constantly revolved around her.
But, she had no idea that this time, she was practically giving up on her entire life…
After all, Emma’s tolerance had a limit.
And Eric and her child, was her bottom line…
“Over the past few days, Turquoise’s fans and Emma’s fans have been arguing like crazy.”
After hearing the hospital staff gossiping about the entertainment news, Elodie thought carefully to herself and finally decided not to sell the information to the paparazzi. After all, the paparazzi were hired by others, so they wouldn’t be able to offer her much money, instead, they may even attract future troubles. So, in the end, Elodie made Turquoise her target. After all, Turquoise must hate Emma…
Turquoise wasn’t hard to contact. All Elodie had to do was call her manager and say that she had a job offer. Elodie had, after all, been the Big Miss of the Miller Family for many years; throwing a few big names into the mix wasn’t difficult to do. However, as Turquoise picked up, she was quite surprised.
“I am Elodie. The eldest daughter from Miller Corps.”
Turquoise wasn’t stupid; she, of course knew the status that Elodie held in Miller Corps. But, because of Emma, Turquoise responded in an arrogant and disdainful voice, “Oh, it’s you. I almost thought there really was a big job offer for me…”