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Chapter 16
Chapter 16
Chapter 16 Thirty-Eight Dollars Wasted
“Why would I feel sorry for him? I’m not sick or anything.”
Claire replied, and her gaze shifted away from the scene. She thought the vegetarian foods on the table had evolved into luxuries. She picked up a spoonful of tomato and placed it in her mouth. “I just didn’t expect it. The Morgans treated him so well, yet they could be so ruthless towards him.”
Sean glanced at her, and her pouting lips wrapped around a slice of tomato. Her cheeks had ballooned out and made her appear like an enraged pufferfish. The more he looked, the cuter she became. He desperately wanted to poke he puffed-up cheek.
As he contemplated the concept, his hand elevated and reached out toward her. Claire turned to the side and looked so surprised. “Sir, what are you doing?”
“Don’t move!”
Claire widened her eyes and remained still. She watched his hand gently caress her face, only to withdraw just as gently.
It was as light as a dragonfly touching the water. But the residual warmth lingered on Claire’s face. She felt a bit warm and slightly burnt.
Claire’s light cheeks flushed rapidly as a result of the heat. Her heart raced like a pebble dropped into a quiet lake, causing ripples to emerge.
But all Sean did was flick his finger. “You had the tomato crumbs all over your face.”
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“Oh.” Claire raised her hand to cover her face. She inwardly scolded herself
for being so easily flustered. After all, the man was helping her wipe off the tomato crumbs from her face. How gentlemanly and polite he was. Why w her heart racing like crazy over such a trivial matter?
“If melons are not trimmed in time, they grow crooked. If left unattended, they rot.”
His sudden statement took Claire aback. Then, she looked at him with a bewildered expression.
Sean giggled gently and said, “I was referring to Xander.”
Claire realized what was happened and moved her hand away from her face. She was no longer interested in the food on the table. At this moment, her cheeks were still warm from his fingers.
“Is that how the Morgans behave? Will they let him be and stop caring about him?”
“In times of adversity, true intentions are revealed. It’s easy to share happiness but more difficult to share sorrows. I don’t think your sister looks like someone who can endure hardship and poverty. It won’t be long before Xandy sees the light.”
So, the Morgans would continue to look after Xander.
But only when he realized what was going on.
Claire was unconcerned. Xander was already unimportant to her, and she wouldn’t spare him a second thought whether he lived or died.
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“Sir, are you finished eating?”
Sean looked at his now-empty plate and realized he couldn’t find another excuse. He sprang to his feet and said, “Yes, let’s go.”
Claire came upon the payment register with her phone in her hand. Sean stood behind her, and he caught a glimpse. It was only 38 dollars!
She was inviting him to a meal that cost less than 50 dollars. This girl is so stingy!
Victor was already standing outside the door. He carefully opened the backseat car door when he spotted them coming up.
Claire waved at Sean and said, “Goodbye, Sir.”
Sean turned to face her and said, “I’ll take you back to the set.”
“No need,” Claire replied, putting her phone back in her bag. “I drove here and needed to go to the supermarket. The food on the set wasn’t great, so I’m going to get some snacks to bring back.”
Sean didn’t argue and turned to get into his car.
After a short way, Sean suddenly exclaimed, “Victor, what does the set usually have for meals?”
Victor glanced at him through the rearview mirror and noticed Mr. Sean was asking sincerely. He answered honestly, “I’m not exactly sure what they eat. But it’s probably boxed meals. I’ve spoken with some other sets, and they’ve all ordered boxed meals.”
Sean closed his eyes and slumped back in his seat. He didn’t say anything
more.
Claire stuffed the trunk with snacks before returning to the set.
When she returned to the set, filming had already begun. Now, they were preparing for a scene change.
Mr. Smith greeted her enthusiastically upon her return. Mason, Elena, and the assistant director were also present.
“Thank you for coming, Ms. Lawrence. We’ve already begun filming,” Mr. Smit said.
Claire noticed Mason and Elena were not dressed in the previous scene’s clothes. It looked like the part of the screenplay had already been filmed. “No problem, it’s my responsibility after all. It was my fault in the first place,” she said with a smile.
“Your fault?” Mr. Smith became interested. He’d read the script and didn’t see anything wrong with it. Moreover, he had yet to anticipate the big boss nitpicking over it. He was very intrigued. “What issue did you find?”
The producer was similarly puzzled. Then, he said, “The call from there said we could start shooting. But they didn’t inform us of any script changes.”
Claire pursed her lips. She was afraid if she explained it, they would dig deeper. She couldn’t claim that she had deliberately enticed the big boss to fix the problem.
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“Perhaps the big boss wasn’t happy that the opening scene involved a bed scene He thought it wasn’t appropriate. But I persuaded him otherwise,” she said
vaguely.
Elena was met directly by everyone’s gaze. Her face turned very red because all eyes were on her. “Why are you all looking at me like that?”
“Elena, I can sense danger approaching,” Mason grinned quietly.
Elena was aware of the implication, but she pretended not to notice. “What danger could there be?” From NôvelDrama.Org.
“Hahaha. I’ve been saying that during the film’s preparation, the big boss didn’t invest until we were about to start filming. So, it turns out it was because of Elena,” Mr. Smith laughed heartily.
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The female lead was not Elena during the initial casting.
It was yet another top-tier actress comparable to Mason. However, just before
the chant honan the artrose was iniured while filming an adverticomont Cho
the shoot began, the actress was injured while filming an advertisement. She could not walk for ten days to a month, forcing Mr. Smith to make a
last-minute change.
Elena achieved enormous success as a popular young actress and was a dream goddess in the hearts of many fans.
So, it’s difficult not to identify Sean’s financial decision with Elena.
“It seemed that the big boss doesn’t like you acting in romantic scenes, Elena.
This big boss isn’t an ordinary one. He is one of our country’s top billionaires. We’ll all be counting on you to look after us in the future,” the producer said as he patted Elena on the shoulder.
Elena pursed her lips, and her cheeks blushed as she said, “Oh, come on, don’t tease me like that. He hasn’t confessed to me or anything …”
Claire had yet to consider it from this angle before. But after hearing everyone else discuss it, she also began to see it that way.
It made her irritated since she assumed Sean wasn’t straightforward.
He purposefully caused flaws with her script to keep the person she liked from getting intimate with other men. People who were unaware of the situation would conclude she was a lousy screenwriter.
Today at lunch, he had practically robbed her of a meal. Fortunately, she was smart enough not to give him a luxurious meal. Otherwise, she would have been _at a loss.
She pouted and refused to listen to more compliments about Elena. She went over to her rest area and sat.
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She took a bag full of snacks and aggressively tore open a bag of potato chips, then packed a handful of chips into her lips…
“Claire, you’re back.”
Julia approached Claire and sat beside her with a freshly purchased bottle of
coffee. Claire’s insatiable appetite prompted her to ask, “Didn’t you have lunch?”
Claire made a crunching sound as she bit into the potato chips. “I did.”
“Then why are you so hungry?”
Julia sipped the coffee and looked at the group gathering around Elena. She shoved Claire with her elbow and said, “Hey, Claire, why are they saying that the big boss is interested in Elena?”
The last thing Claire wanted to do right now was talk about it. Just thinking about Sean made her feel like the 38 dollars she spent on the meal was a waste!
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