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“No one can end our career. And we have not offended anyone. This is just a temporary setback.” Kyle assured her, trying to make her feel better.He was also feeling bad and had thought the same thing as Lara.The person targeted them on the day of their engagement party. “Remember you're pregnant, Lara. You have to be careful so as not to lose our baby.” Kyle further tried to comfort him.He had to remind her of her pregnancy so that she would be very careful with her actions.Someone who was pregnant should not be drinking.“Ma'am, don't worry. I'm sure that there will be others willing to work with you. Royal productions is not the only one in New York. There are other productions in the city and beyond. I'm sure that they'd want your skill.” “They've all seen you on the screen and know what you're capable of." Tina also tried to make her feel better.They had no idea that Lara was not just crying about the cancelled deal and projects. She was scared that her career might truly b
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As the couple left the office, they got downstairs and saw some media group waiting for them.Those were the people who followed Lara without her knowledge.When she hurried out of the engagement party, some press groups followed her and saw where she went.They waited at the place for her with the hope of getting some news about what was going on.Her driver, who had been inside the car all that time, could not come out. He was afraid that the press would circle him and bombard him with questions.When they saw the press waiting for them outside, Lara and Kyle drew backwards and hid somewhere.“I can't believe that they're waiting outside for us. How did they find out about our location?" Lara muttered the question to Kyle who spread his arms open.“I have no idea." He thought about the situation and added. “Are you sure that you were not followed?”Lara shook her head a few times and replied. “I think they followed me here. When I was hurrying out of the party after I received that
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George noticed Prince's countenance and dropped his drink on the table before inquiring.“What is the problem? I thought you came here to celebrate. Why do you look unhappy?" Prince stared back at his friend and was about to say something but George stopped him.“Wait, Is it because of your brother? Why don't you just arrest him and get them to teach him a lesson. I have a feeling that he will surely change by the time he comes out of jail.”"You can look for incriminating evidence against him. Something that will get him locked up for a few months." Prince took a sip of his drink and sighed deeply before shaking his head a few times. "He's still my brother and I can't get myself to arrest him.”"I'm not sure that's what my Dad would do in such a situation. I'll just give him time to change. However, if he persists, I'll have no choice but to arrest him as you suggested.”"But you also know that I have to keep my identity hidden. I still enjoy my privacy and confronting Austin would
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Prince sighed deeply and gradually turned around to see Austin grinning at him.“Austin, what do you want? Why don't you go back to your wayward group of friends and continue wasting my money. However, I assure you that a day of reckoning will come." “The day that you'd pay for all your stupidity." As Prince said those words, the annoying grin on his brother's face disappeared and was replaced with a smirk.“Really?" Austin still had that stupid smirk on his face as he spoke."Well, you should be grateful that I've not busted your ass yet. I'm still covering up for you because of the meager amount of money you pay me.”"I'm not a criminal that can be busted. The only crime I committed was to want my privacy which you're using to exploit me.” Prince replied to his brother. He was angry and really wanted to punch his brother's face but had to stop himself from doing so.It hurts so much that his own family had to be torn on his flesh.He had to deal with the betrayal of Lara and also
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It was already late when Lara and Kyle finally decided to go home. They had to be sure that the media group was no longer in sight before they came out.Lara called Derrick, her driver, to come and pick her up.While they waited for her driver, Lara sat with Kyle in his car and the duo were deep in their thoughts.Kyle was wondering what was really going on. After an awkward moment of silence between the couple, he turned to Lara and said to her. “Honey, I think you should stay away from going through social media for now. I'm sure you'd be more pissed at the comments. I don't want you to get yourself walked up because of what happened today. And you know how people can reach a conclusion without knowing what was going on." “First thing tomorrow morning, I'll come over to your place to pick you up. We'll be going to Royal productions to find out what's going on." “And we could also go to Evergreen World corporation to ask them a few questions.”If it weren't for the media, the coup
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Prince laughed at her for a while before replying to her. "Please, give me some credits. I was never begging you for money when we were married, was I?" “Being your P.A, I earned all the money you paid me because I worked for it. Moreover, you were the one who asked me to quit my job at the restaurant to work for you. It was not like I've ever begged you for money.”Prince sighed and continued. “Well, that's not the reason I called you at this time." “So why have you called me?" “I just wanted to check up on you. I needed to be sure that you haven't ended up in the hospital. I mean, with all the news about you guys in the media, someone in your shoes might end up in the hospital.”“Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you. As you can see and hear, I'm hale and hearty and won't be ending up in the hospital anytime soon if that's what you're expecting." “If you've called to gloat, then think again because I'm not going to give you any reason to laugh at me." Lara angrily blurted out.“And
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The receptionist could not swallow the physical abuse from Lara so she had to retaliate.With her hands balled into fists, Asha bit her lips and punched Lara really hard and the duo ended up fighting each other.Kyle just stood aside and watched the fight. He didn't even attempt to separate the girls.He believed that Asha, the receptionist deserved to be beaten up for calling Lara a crazy person.The fight lingered on and when Kyle saw that Lara was being defeated, he decided to separate them.“That's enough, Lara. Just leave her alone and save your reputation. I know that you can beat her. However, it's not worth it because you have a lot to lose." Kyle was trying to make Lara feel better with the words.He knew that if he left them to continue fighting, Lara would be severely dealt with by Asha.The receptionist looked fragile but was a lion in the fight.She almost tore Lara's hair apart if not for the timely intervention of Kyle.As he pulled his fiance out of the fight, Kyle loo
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Kyle ignored her and started the car. When he drove out of Royal productions studio, he turned briefly to Lara and inquired.“Where are we going?" "We're going to the movie location in the woods. Maybe we'd have the chance to talk to Mr. Clark and hear what he has to say.”Mr. Clark is one of the assistant producers and they have worked together all this time.There were two assistant producers and the other one was not on set with them.Most of the crew members of Royal productions know their Boss personally. However, they've been asked not to say anything about him or post his pictures online.Lara gave him the address of the movie location and they drove off.While on their way, Kyle felt bad about what he had earlier said to her and decided to apologize.“Lara, umm. I'm sorry about how I spoke to you earlier. I should not have said all those things to you." “And, I should not have left you to fight with the receptionist, especially because you're pregnant. We can't afford to los
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The call finally went through and Mr. Patrick answered from the other end of the line.“Hello, Sir. I'm sorry for taking time to answer your call. I was so busy and…”"It's ok.” Prince did not allow him to finish. He already knows how busy the man can be."I just wanted to find out about something.”Prince turned to the direction where the strange man sat but he pretended to be doing something else, pausing the video he was making.Prince turned back to George, completely oblivious of whatever was going on.George, on the other hand, was busy on his phone and didn't notice anything.None of them suspected anything wrong.“What do you want to find out about?" Mr. Patrick inquired."It's about my brother. When was the last time you sent some money to him?”Mr. Patrick remained silent and quickly checked his account book."It's just a few days ago. The day you called me and asked that I send some money to him. Even though he was not due to receive his allowances.” Patrick replied to him.
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Prince just stood at a spot and started laughing.“A thief and a fool." He muttered to himself after he stopped laughing.His action got the girls more confused and they wondered what was going on.Why would the taxi driver ditch Prince just like that?Avery stepped forward and inquired. “I hope you haven't paid him already? And if you want, we can drop you off wherever you're going." Avery's offer of help was an excuse to find out where Prince was going. “No, thank you." Prince replied to her. He gave each of them an intense glare for the last time and warned.“Don't you dare follow me again or there will be consequences." With that, he walked out on them and boarded the next taxi he saw.When Prince met up with his friend, George, the latter gave him a confused look before inquiring.“What took you so long? Do you know that I've been waiting for you for more than thirty minutes." "I was being followed by some nosy girls so I had to ditch them before coming here.” Prince replied
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Prince did not speak further and decided to swallow the threats he was about to make.There was no point threatening the girls as they'd hear from him if they run their mouths and speak out of turn.Avery and Molly stared back at him in silence with their mouths open.After that, Prince turned around and began to walk away.“Something happened between them. If not, he won't be so defensive.” Avery muttered as soon as Prince was out of sight.“Yeah, that's right. We have to find out what happened between them. There's also something going on between Lara and Kyle and we should find that out as well.” Molly added and they both looked at themselves and nodded.“And when we get any interesting information, we can just sell it to the media." The girls were not sure how to get the information about Lara and Kyle so they decided to follow Prince.They believed that Prince knew something and they intended to find out what he knew.Prince, who had walked away from them, boarded a taxi and was
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After a moment of silence, Kyle replied to her. “Let's leave this place at once. We'll go to my Manager's office and find out if he was able to get projects for us with the other movie producers.”“This is just a little setback in our lives and I'm sure we'll get past this stage." Lara nodded her head in agreement and Kyle started the car and drove off.Meanwhile, still in the woods, Prince was busy with his work as an errand guy at the movie location. He started that job because he knew that Lara and Kyle would show at the place to find out why they were cut off from Royal productions.While he was running around and making sure that things were going well, he noticed the way Avery and Molly were staring at him.Avery and Molly were still working with his production because he didn't have any reason to cut off all deals with them.It was right that they've flirted with him in the past when he was still married to Lara.Prince was Lara's personal assistant for some time. And while th
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The couple exchanged glances and Lara turned back to him and replied. “Ok, since you already know the reason we're here. I'd like to know what happened.”“Why did you give us a deal and call it off almost immediately without any reason? Is it that you were not sure at first or you made a mistake?”“We didn't make any mistakes." The man replied in a serious tone and Lara could sense arrogance in his tone.What was that supposed to mean?“I don't understand. Were you guys joking with us or what? We're both big time celebrities and you shouldn't mess with us like that." Kyle's voice was already going high but Lara patted him on the laps, calming him down.The man, on the other hand, only stared at Kyle as the latter was raising his voice and bragging about their accomplishments.Well, that was not his problem. He was only following the orders given to him by his Boss.After Kyle was done talking, the man gave them an intense glare before sighing. “Actually, it's my boss who asked me to c
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Prince caught up with them and blocked the way, stopping them from going into the car.He was there to gloat and they knew it.Kyle tried to force the door open, but Prince held tightly onto it, his eyes fixed on Kyle in a mocking smile.After a few seconds, he turned his gaze to look at Lara with a wicked smirk on his face.Furious, Lara glared back at him and was about to charge but Prince stopped her.“Oh, do you want to hit me? I dare you." He said and shot each of them a cold look.He left their car door and stared at his hands while saying casually. “I bet you guys have not heard about Karma." He shook his head a few times and continued. “Who would have thought that the great Lara Norman and Kyle Sherman would be discarded like trash. Wow! It's really unbelievable.”"If I wasn't present to witness the incident, I might not have believed it. How pathetic." “Get out of my sight now, Prince. I don't want to do something I'll regret." Lara fired at him with bloodshot eyes. She wa
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“I'm listening, Miss Norman. What do you have to say?” Mr. Clark jolted her out of her thoughts.With pursed lips, Lara sighed before she began to speak.“Mr. Clark. I'd like to know why Royal productions want to have nothing to do with us any longer. What wrong have we done?" She shook her head vigorously and continued. "I'm asking because I don't remember doing anything wrong to offend anyone. I'm good with everyone and try to mind my business which is to deliver my best on set.”“And the same goes with my fiance here." Mr. Clark was silent for a while. He stared at the couple for a while before sighing deeply.“I um.. I have no answers to your questions. The only person who can give you the answers you seek is the boss.”"You know that I'm just an assistant. I don't have much to say when the boss has spoken. I'm only his employee.”“Then set up a meeting with us and your Boss. We'd like to know what the problem is. What wrong have we done to him?” Lara replied and Kyle agreed wit
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Prince could not help but laugh at her.For someone whose career was at the verge of collapsing, she sure has some nerves.Lara wants to put him off his job when hers was slipping away from her.Prince turned his face around and returned his gaze back to Lara before asking.“Are you talking to me?" “No, I'm talking to that tree over there." Lara pointed to a tall tree behind Prince but the latter did not budge.He only smiled, raised both of his shoulders up and replied nonchalantly. "Ok, keep talking to it then. I'm sure it'll give you a response soon.”Prince began to walk away but Lara hurriedly blocked his path again. “Are you making a fool of me? Tell me what you're doing here, Prince." Lara's interference was getting Prince pissed off but he chose to keep calm."Look, Prince. You have to leave this place at once. Like my fiance just told you, you're not allowed to work here.” Kyle added.Prince looked at the couple before him and smiled for a while before saying to them. “You
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Kyle ignored her and started the car. When he drove out of Royal productions studio, he turned briefly to Lara and inquired.“Where are we going?" "We're going to the movie location in the woods. Maybe we'd have the chance to talk to Mr. Clark and hear what he has to say.”Mr. Clark is one of the assistant producers and they have worked together all this time.There were two assistant producers and the other one was not on set with them.Most of the crew members of Royal productions know their Boss personally. However, they've been asked not to say anything about him or post his pictures online.Lara gave him the address of the movie location and they drove off.While on their way, Kyle felt bad about what he had earlier said to her and decided to apologize.“Lara, umm. I'm sorry about how I spoke to you earlier. I should not have said all those things to you." “And, I should not have left you to fight with the receptionist, especially because you're pregnant. We can't afford to los
