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    “Elena, this has nothing to do with you. Get out!” Elyse snapped, herposure shattering like fine porcin.


    Louis’ face turned cold instantly. “This is Elena’s home. You don’t have the right to tell her to leave. If anyone should go, it’s you.” His words fell heavy and final, allowing no argument.


    Elyse recognized her blunder toote, the damage already irreversible. Her eyes glistened with perfectly timed tears as she scrambled to exin, “Louis, I didn’t mean it that way… I’m just scared. I know Elena doesn’t like me—”


    “Good that you know,” Elena interjected coolly, slicing through Elyse’s transparent performance with surgical precision.


    Louis had articted himself clearly before; if Elyse desired a role, she would need to earn it through her own merit and dedication.


    Yet Elyse showed no interest in investing the necessary effort or developing genuine talent, preferring instead to navigate by shortcuts and emotional maniption.


    Unfortunately for her, neither Elena nor Louis were susceptible to such calcted theatrics.


    “You came to ask for my help, and Elena has nothing to do with this. Why drag her into it? Can’t you speak without bringing up Elena’s name?” Louis’s words cut through the air with merciless mockery.


    Elyse stood frozen, momentarily robbed of words.


    “Louis, how can you talk like that?” Samira scoffed, her voice tinged with disapproval. “Elyse grew up with you. If you don’t want to help, that’s your choice, but how can you speak to her with such contempt?”


    Though she was irritated with Elyse for treating outsiders better than her own family, Samira had watched the girl grow up and couldn’t help but feel concerned for her.


    Whenever Elyse’s tears fell, Samira’s heart inevitably softened,pelling her to offer assistance.


    She had visited the Johnson family several times, but the father and son were perpetually absent.


    Left with no alternative, she had turned to Louis, reasoning that as Elyse’s cousin and a celebrated actor, he could effortlessly secure a leading role for her.


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    She hadn’t anticipated that he would dismiss her.


    In her eyes, Alexander’s children were insufferably arrogant, disying no respect for her whatsoever!


    The more Samira dwelled on it, the more her anger intensified. She grabbed Elyse’s arm, ready to make their exit.


    “Forget it, Elyse. Since he’s unwilling to help, we shouldn’t insist!”


    Elyse, however, didn’t want to leave. She wrenched herself free from Samira’s grip. “Samira, please don’t be upset. I’m sure Louis didn’t mean it that way.”


    Samira was stunned.


    She had been bending over backwards to help Elyse, and now the girl was taking Louis’s side?


    Samira felt a sting of betrayal inside her, making her ufortable.


    Before she could recover from it, Elyse spoke again. “Louis, if my earlier words offended you and Elena, I sincerely apologize. I didn’t intend it that way. In my heart, we’ve always been family.”


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