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    Ernest gave a quiet nod, his expression shifting almost imperceptibly.


    What was Linda struggling to ept? The answer was clear.


    Once the pride of both Ernest and Eric—the woman every socialite in Srixby whispered about with a mix of awe and envy—Linda had fallen from grace, and painfully so.


    And now, both men had stepped away from her. That kind of loss… not everyone could just stomach it.


    “Just give me a little time,” Ernest said, his brow furrowing. “I’ll sort things out. I’ll make sure everything is taken care of—properly.”


    Elissa said nothing.


    Standing there, caught between the past and whatever uncertain thing this was between her and Ernest, she found herself without words.


    Hadley didn’t have many scenes scheduled today. She wrapped up her morning shoot well before noon, with her next call time set for thete afternoon.


    A few steps away, the second female lead lounged in a chair, taking a break.


    She was the one who had been reced by A once—only to be reinstatedter.


    As she sipped from a water bottle, her assistant leaned in with a spark of excitement. “I heard something juicy just now.”


    “Oh?” The actress arched a brow. “What is it?”


    “Remember A—the one who swiped your role?”<fn690a> Fresh chapters posted on FιndＮovel</fn690a>


    “A!” she repeated with a scoff, her lips curling into a bitter smirk. “How could I forget? She’s the one name I’d never let slip from memory. What’s she done now? Snatched someone else’s spotlight again?”


    “Not this time.” The assistant was practically beaming. “She’s been dropped. East Entertainment cut ties with her!”


    “Are you serious?” The actress shot upright in her chair, stunned. “That A? But… wasn’t she their best bet right now? I thought she was trained to take Linda’s ce after she quit. They were grooming her to be the next big thing.”


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    Why else would A have been able to snatch her role, anyway?


    “Exactly!” The assistant nodded eagerly. “But it’s true. The news came straight from our own studio—it’s not just street gossip.”


    “For real?” The actress nodded eagerly. “Then it’s got to be true!”


    She burst into gleefulughter. “Ha! Finally! That’s amazing!”


    pping her hands like a child given candy, she beamed. “So A really got tossed out by East Entertainment Media? Serves her right!”


    Her assistant leaned in, eyes twinkling with mischief. “Maybe she ticked off the wrong person?”


    “Hah, now that wouldn’t surprise me,” the actress sneered. “She must’ve had some powerful backer to snatch my role in the first ce. But to get dropped like that, out of nowhere? Definitely smells fishy. My guess—she cozied up to the wrong man, and now the man’s real partner found out. Boom. Career over.”


    The assistant nodded, wide-eyed. “Ooh… That actually tracks.” They giggled and slipped into other gossip, their whispers full of spite and satisfaction.


    A few feet away, Hadley sat quietly, processing the conversation.


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