Chapter 2018


    Isabel was quite pleased with this. Not only did she not have to face ridicule, but people were evenrgelyplimentary of her.


    She briefly went through thements before swiping off to her messaging app to text Ca.


    She asked, "How much did you spend on buying food for those girls just now?"


    Ca sent her a receipt. She had bought plenty of food and coffee for the fans just now which totaled up to a humble sum of


    several thousand dors.


    Isabel promptly transferred over ten thousand dors to Ca''s ount.


    Ca told her, "Isabel, that''s too much."


    Isabel was very gracious. "Keep the rest for yourself. You''ve earned it."


    Ca replied joyously, ‘Thank you so much!"


    Isabel smiled and put away her phone.


    Ca had been with her since she started her acting career, and she was a very attentive and loyal assistant. In addition to


    helping her with her day-to- day affairs, she would also help liaise with her fans. She more than deserved the bonus.


    "Isabel, you have to teach me your secret. Why isn''t anyone trying to nder you?" Ramona said with a tint of envy.


    Triss remarked with a smile, That''s the best oue possible."


    Isabelmented, "Netizens these days are very reasonable."


    Ramona expressed with a sigh, "They may be reasonable, but you haven''t seen how quickly the situation can spiral out of


    control if several bad seeds stir up the pot. This one time, | forgot to give a certain shareholder a toast during a party, and the


    very same night, people kicked up a hate campaign that made all the other neutralizens buy into it and band up against me. |


    was lucky that my dad dealt with the situation for me.”


    She suddenly realized that Triss was with them and quickly dropped the subject. "Never mind. No use wallowing about the past."


    Isabel was also aware that Triss had a particrly awful experience in the past when people ndered her online which left a


    permanent mark on her reputation for quite a while. She merely grunted and dropped the subject as well.


    Meanwhile, Isabe had also sat down on the other edge of the front row with several people separating her and Isabel. Even


    from a distance, she was casting a vicious re at Isabel, her eyes filled with spite.


    There was only a handful of people badmouthing Isabel online, but there was a whole flock of themughing at Isabe''s


    expense!


    She was used of being fake and of being an ass-kisser!


    These ridiculousments stewed in Isabe''s mind. She was furious and wanted nothing more than to march up to Isabel and


    p her in the face!


    She was Isabel''s senior, and Isabel only managed to upstage her by luck. How dare she refuse to acknowledge her in public?


    What gave her that right, what gave her the arrogance?


    Isabel needed to be taught a lesson in humility! She refused to stomach this any longer. She would not have it!


    Shortly after that, most of the guests arrived and the event officiallymenced.Owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    After the host made an opening speech, they went right to the award ceremony.


    Several categories of awards were handed out and soon, they had arrived at the final and most anticipated category of the night.


    The title of the category was the Poprity Award. In other words, the heralded award went to the most popr male and female


    actor of the year.


    The male actors nominated for the award included a certain actor that Isabel had worked with in a very famous and sessful


    TV show. There were two other nominees who both had swarms of die-hard fans rooting for them.


    Isabel was nominated for the female category of the award along with two other older actresses and Isabe.


    The results were announced by the award presenters without any dy. The winner of the male category was the same actor


    who had worked with in the past while the winner of the female category was none other than Isabel Ross.


    Isabel stepped onto the stage with the winning male actor, and they epted the award together to the thunderous apuse of


    the g. They each delivered a short and sweet eptance speech before walking off the stage with their trophy.


    When she walked past Isabe, she was met with a venomous re in Isabe’s eyes. It looked like she was going to spit


    poison out of her tongue at any second.


    She merely cocked an eyebrow in response before heading back to her seat.


    The awards ceremony hade to a close, and the live broadcast ended as well.


    For the next sequence of the night, the media were not invited and were kindly asked to leave. Meanwhile, the rest of the


    attendees of the g prepared for the banquet of the night.


    The banquet was held in an adjacent section.


    Isabel, Triss, and Ramona followed everyone else to the adjacent hall.


    Shortly after entering, Isabel spotted Decker.


    He was wearing a handsome suit and held a ss of wine in hand. He was surrounded by several important-looking men who


    seemed to hold high positions.