“Tellwhy all my activities have been cancelled! It tooka long tto set them up. And now, you’re tellingthat all of them have been cancelled! What on earth is going on?” she shouted angrily into the phone.
“What? I thought Light Shade Entertainment was going to signafter the New Year. Why did they decide against it all of a sudden? Who replaced me?” Portia yelled into her phone.
“What? Don’t tellyou don’t know! Emmett? Emmett! Could he be behind this?” Portia suddenly stopped shouting when the person on the other end of the line said something.
“I didn’t expect a little assistant to be so resourceful…” she murmured in disbelief.
All her commercials and modeling contracts had been cancelled. What was more, Light Shade Entertainment also decided not to sign her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAfter hanging up, Portia went back into the living room and threw her phone onto the couch. It bounced obligingly among the cushions before landing again, finally still.
Hayden had just cback from New York and entered the house, overcoat in hand. Portia trotted up to him and asked anxiously, “Hayden, you’re friends with the CEO of Light Shade Entertainment, right?”
Hayden was about to take a warm bath after a Long journey. He didn’t miss a beat and asked in reply, “Yeah, I am. What’s up?”
“Then call your friend and ask him why he didn’t sign me.” Light Shade
Entertainment was the leading international company in the entertainment industry in Alorith. It was Portia’s dream to be an entertainer of that company.
With Hayden’s help, the CEO of Light Shade Entertainment had agreed to sign Portia after the New Year celebrations were done. But Portia’s assistant had just called, and told her that all her commercials and modeling contracts had been cancelled and Light Shade Entertainment had decided not to sign her.
“Really?” Hayden asked, as he stopped and turned to look at Portia.
“But why?”
Portia’s eyes reddened. She took a deep breath and said in a choked voice, “I don’t know either.”
“Don’t worry. I’m calling my friend now.” Hayden took out his phone and dialed a number.
He hung up inside two minutes. He stared at his sister and was lost in his own thoughts, saying nothing.
Portia was impatient.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Hayden, what did he say?”
“Have you seen Debbie recently?” he asked.
Before Portia could respond, a sharp voice chipped in, “Hayden, why talk about that bitch? Are you really that hung up on her? You want to pissoff, don’t you? Why did you suddenly go to New York? You should’ve stayed and celebrated the New Year with us.”
Hayden turned around to see Blanche walking down the stairs, clad in a night gown. Fury was written all over her face.
Ignoring her questions, Hayden repeated his question.
“Have you seen her?”
“Yes,” Portia nodded, and wondered whether it had something to do with