"T-this is Michelle Wace, one of the actresses who starred in your movie. I was just calling in case you have any role you want me to y—"
"Michelle Wace....You are the one who was involved in that scandal with Selene Jones right?" the man asked.
Michelle clenched her fist tightly when she heard Selene’s name. That name still made her blood boil especially after what thetter had done to her. But she calmed herself down before she replied to the director.
"The rumors were fake. It was an edited video and picture..." She tried to defend herself.
"That’s nonsense. Netizens who are good with editing proved it was real. Forgive me Mrs. Wace, but I don’t want to have anything to do with an actress who keeps getting scandals every day like she’s shopping in the market. You are not going to bring my movie any sess but would only bring it down. I would rather have Selene Jones star in my movie. You have too many people against you and that’s risky, even for me. Goodnight."
The producer didn’t give Michelle a chance to defend herself and hung up on the call.
Michelle’s face flushed red in embarrassment. The producer had justpared her to Selene, and he even preferred Selene instead of her.
Michelle’s cheeks stung as if someone had just pped her hard in the face. She was the first to debut in the industry way before Selene did. And in just a year, thetter had surpassed her in both poprity and fanbase.
Michelle decided not to dwell on the producer’s words. She ignored it and dialed another producer whom she knew, asking for a role.
"Your scandal is going to ruin my movie. I am nning on starting Selene in my next movie."
Michelle hung up on the call and made another phone call.
"Selene is a better actress than you are. You are no good."
"Selene..."
"Selene...."
"Selene....."
"Arghhhh!!" Out of anger, Michelle threw her phone on the wall with so much force it broke into pieces. "Damn you Selene!!"
She pulled her hair in frustration. Each one of them wanted Selene to star in their movie instead of Michelle.
"They might as well go fuck Selene since they praise her so much!"
Her chest heaved as she red at her broken phone. If things continued like this, she might not be given a role in a movie for the time being. But Michelle wasn’t worried about that. She was married into a wealthy family and came from a wealthy family. Money was never her problem and she believed it never would be. But her career was dying, and it’s all thanks to Selene.
Michelle couldn’t bear it anymore.
She needed to sabotage Selene’s career.
Michelle quenched the cigarette with her feet before throwing it into the trash can. She stomped towards her closet with an aggravated look, searching for her second phone. When she found it, she dialed someone’s number.
"I want you to do something for me," she ordered as soon as the call connected.
**
"Some more money has gone missing ma’am, and this time, it’s a much bigger amount than the first time," Leo informed Selene.
It’s been two months since hest visited them
to inform about the first money missing.
Selene frowned deeply as she retrieved the document Leo was giving her.
Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the huge amount of money missing from thepany.
<i>10 million dors. </i>
’Who could want such a huge amount of money?’ She wondered.
"Have you informed Robert about this?" She asked.
"He already knows he was the first person who found out about it," Leo replied.
"And what did he do about it?" Xavier questioned from beside Selene.
"They are investigating the issue, him and his son. But that’s not all."
Leo fetched more documents from his bag and handed them to Selene.
"I checked recent records and it seems this is not the second time someone has been stealing money from thepany. For a year, every two months, money from thepany will just disappear. It’s always been in small amounts which is probably why Robert hadn’t investigated or he actually never noticed it at all."
Both Xavier and Selene shared a confused look.
"The theft had been happening for a whole year," Xavier concluded.