“Oh, right.” It took Grace a while to recognize her, “You are Tiffany, right? Another member of the girl group.”
Tiffany nodded, “Yes, Mrs. Todd. I brought you a gift as well.” Saying that, Tiffany took out a Gucci purse.
Grace instantly turned it down, “No…. Tiffany. It’s really sweet of you to bring me a gift as well. But I can’t accept it. It’s too expensive.”
Tiffany was determined to get close to Thea. So she could get more exposure, “Just take it, Mrs. Todd. It’s okay. Thea and I are close friends. You don’t need to feel like a stranger. Am I right, Thea?”
Close friends?
Well….
Thea cleared her throat, “Tiffany… Gucci is really not my Mom’s style. I know you care about me but bringing an expensive gift like this is not necessary. Please bring it back.”
“But I carried it all the way here,” Tiffany whined.
Candace had always been a straightforward girl. She was utterly grossed out by how big of a hypocrite Tiffany was. So she stood up, “Tiffany, I bet it took you a while to do your style in the studio before you came to visit Thea. To be honest, I don’t think you’re here because you care about Thea.”
Tiffany had seen Candace once during the competition. She thought Candace was just a random assistant. She never thought that Candace was the only daughter of the Bradley family, so she sniffed, “What? Who said you couldn’t wear makeup when you came to visit your friend in the hospital? Thea, what is wrong with your assistant? How could she cut in when we’re talking?”
Hearing such remarks, Thea wanted Tiffany to shut up immediately before things got worse.
How could Tiffany be so blind? Could she still appear in this business industry after offending the Bradleys?
“Candace is my best friend and has every say about my things. Besides, she’s not my assistant. She’s my friend. Please don’t talk to her that way. And… I really understand you care about me now, Tiffany. Please take away all your gifts. I don’t think I should accept them,” Thea’s words were polite, but her tone was harsh.
Candace was still annoyed by Tiffany’s act. She still wanted to say something, but Cody quickly stopped her. He stepped forward as he stared at Tiffany coldly, “Get. out.”
Tiffany flinched. But she soon became angry, “Wha-what are you saying to me?
“I said piss off,” Cody frowned. Cody could be quite scared when he got angry.
Tiffany was shaking, but she soon turned to Thea, “Thea… your assistant…”
“He’s not my assistant… He’s…”
“Ahem!” Cody stared at Thea’s face.
“Well…” Thea instantly changed her words, “He’s my friend. A good friend..”
“And you just let your good friend talk to me that way?” Tiffany looked like she was about to cry.
God… When could she just fuck off? Candace rolled her eyes.
Cody also lost his patience, “Matt, make sure this lady leaves the hospital safely.”
Matt came in, bringing a couple of bulky bodyguards with him. They forcefully took Tiffany out. Grace grabbed the purse and shoved it into Tiffany’s hands, “You can take it back, Tiffany.”
“Thea! Thea!” Tiffany’s voice died down at the corner of the hallway.
Thea looked up and noticed how mad Cody looked. Her boss called one of his workers, “Tell them to take away all Tiffany’s resources. I don’t want to see her in any work. I don’t care how much she lost. Distribute them to other people.”
Tiffany’s career suddenly was. Thea swallowed. After offending Cody, she probably would never have a second chance.
Thea was a bit scared. She didn’t expect Cody to make any decisions so fast.
Candace was quite happy about her brother’s decision, “Now, that is the right way to treat a fake person like that!”
Zara walked back into the ward, noticing the atmosphere was quite different from before she left a couple of hours ago, “What’s wrong? It seems the atmosphere is a bit dense.”
“Nothing.” Candace put on a big smile, “Cody sent you to meet Ryan. How is everything going?”
Zara noticed that there were only friends in this room, so she said, “Nina went back to see Ryan after learning about the accident. She still wanted to get the role back. She even brought Zack with her this time. I didn’t get too worried initially because Thea didn’t get hurt too terribly. But after doing a little investigation, I found out that the biggest investor of this show was Zack’s close friend. Zack persuaded his friend to pressure Ryan to change the roles.”
Thea frowned deeply. She didn’t expect to hear something like this.
“But Ryan is loyal to his work. He would never compromise his art, no matter how much pressure he endured. He told the investor that he wouldn’t change the female lead and the male lead. He said he would wait for a new investment if the investor pulled out the money.” Zara sighed.
After listening to the whole thing, Cody sent an email to Matt, asking him to make a new investment in Ryan’s show. From now on, the biggest investor in the show wouldn’t be Zack’s friend anymore.
“Even Ryan didn’t change his attitude, I knew that Nina Black would use this chance to hype herself up. I have known her very much over the past few years.” Zara hissed and folded her arms on her chest, seemingly worried at the current situation.
Just as Zara expected, Nina’s army accounts started to make posts about how Ryan went to beg Nina to save the show after Thea got injured during the shooting. But Nina had got new roles then, and she could only pitifully say no to the desperate invitation.
Nina meant to make herself look better. Instead, she used this to make everyone believe she was too good for that show anyway.
Ryan utterly felt disgusted at how Nina hyped herself to appear more relevant.
He didn’t expect her to act so stupidly and recklessly after finding herself a backer.
The crew used to remain silent out of politeness. But now, Ryan decided that he wouldn’t tolerate such stupidity anymore.
So he made an announcement using the show’s official account, saying that he had never invited anyone to cast in his show apart from Thea Todd.
Thea and Kevin also reposted the Tweet to show their support. Other crew members also reposted it.
Those reports were a loud slap across Nina’s face.
Nina’s move was pathetic and stupid. Not only she offended Ryan, a talented director who had countless amazing works. She also made a fool out of herself in front of everyone.
The fake news she released could only make her look better before her fans. But she had offended countless people in the circle. Starting today, she probably won’t get any invitations from any big directors anymore.