Twisted Ties of Love

Vivian was taken aback by Izabella's sudden move, stumbling backward on her heels.

Her heart was pounding with consternation, her breath struggling to keep up. She stared at Izabella's easy-going grin, her eyes reddened with fear and her body trembling.

Izabella clapped Vivian's shoulder twice, applying an invisible pressure, then turned to Brad, "I'm taking off now, Mr. York. You two keep on."

"Okay, take care."

Izabella nodded, exiting smoothly, leaving the three alone in the private room.

The agent looked at Vivian with a sense of disappointment. She had been with Vivian since her debut, and there was a certain attachment there. If an artist lost their value, they were easily replaced.

If put it bluntly, the entertainment circle was like production line, while the artists represented well-packed products, exploited when they had value, yet discarded when they didn't. Eventually, the agent couldn't just watch Vivian end up like that, "Mr. York, perhaps you could put in a good word for us with Ms. Salotti. You two are on good terms after all." "Her attitude today was clear enough. I can't change her mind." Izabella was the boss of the Maple Group. Brad didn't have the time to think for them.

"Mr. York, she came here today for you, right? Maybe you can mediate for the sake of our production. After all, any discord is bad for the show. We won't forget your help."

Brad sighed, gazing at the stealthy movement the agent took in her pocket, "Quit recording. Your little tricks won't work here. Truth be told, I didn't come here to mediate. Vivian made her bed, now she has to lie in it. She should have thought more about the production when she messed up. Always trying to shift the blame."From NôvelDrama.Org.

Without giving an even nice attitude, Brad left the room.

A depressed weeping sound came from the private room. The agent turned to Vivian, her face cold, "I'm done helping you too. I told you before we came here; you should have begged Izabella for forgiveness. Instead, you tried to shift the blame and accused her of targeting you. Who do you think you are? Explain it to the boss yourself."

The incident with Vivian and Universal Fashion was over, and Blood Ties began airing as scheduled. The three trailers had viewers eagerly waiting at their televisions.

From the trailers, it could be seen that the series would be in good quality, plus the director was Brad, who was well-known for his meticulousness and his concept of sticking to the original, shooting scenes in natural context, and bringing Downstar's extraordinary scenery into the film to create a visual feast.

It was unable for viewers to get satisfied only watching three episodes per day. The show was a hit, with over a billion views on the first day alone. The show was on track to exceed ten billion views in less than ten days.

The view counts on the satellite television channel ranked the first. If it went like this, the series would be most likely the No. 1 among all previous series. Izabella was practically a genius in record breaking.

Her followers on Twitter had rose from the originally 20 million to 50 million, the person always on trending, even Casey couldn't compete with her on that. As the popularity of the show rose, several satellite televisions scrambled to buy the copyrights to "Blood Ties". Advertisements for the show were everywhere. Izabella viewed the trending topic this series was on, and checked the solo video her fans edited for her.

In Blood Ties, Izabella played Megan, a character who showed at later stage. The image of her wearing a suit of armor while riding a horse became a fan-favorite. Izabella had time to log in the Twitter, and as viewing the comments their followers made, she nearly believed that she had mistakenly logged in Casey's account. There were all expressions of how they liked her.

Also in the super topic it became more active. Previously, as Izabella found there were not many topics about her and Casey and merely all kinds of jokes published, so she decided to play a movie where she acted Casey's wife.

Now Izabella stood the first among all stars in the super topic with a major box office of the movie she starred in and the first place of audience rating on various satellite televisions.

Those people should notice how popular she was now.

Placing down her cellphone, Izabella stood in her office, gazing out at the bustling crowd below, her face motionless.

She turned to her reflection in the window, a face she had seen so many times she could almost believe it was hers.

When she first arrived in "Bell's" body, she made a vow to the woman in the mirror. She would get revenge for her, make those who hurt her regret their actions.

Now, Nathaniel regretted after learning about Bell's death. Kristin, who had framed her, and Graham, her agent, were either in jail or had lost their jobs.

Those who had harmed Bell were receiving their just desserts. Thedast ones left were Bell's parents who lived in the village, the ones ruining their daughter's future for their own prosperity.

These people couldn't be innocent for Bell's death, but her parents were the main culprit.

How should she deal with them, Izabella wondered. She narrowed her eyes, a satisfied look emerging from there.