"But I do care about your feelings." Jean sneered at her sister. "Julia, Terence is mine. Just wait and
see. I'll make you regret it!"
"Whatever." Julia rolled her eyes and pretended that she didn't care. Although she wanted to forget
Terence, it was really difficult.
She felt uncomfortable whenever his name was mentioned.
Julia quietly walked towards a nearby pavilion to sit and forced herself to calm down. The most
important thing right now was to perform well. She didn't need to think about anything else, she couldn't
right now.
"Coffee, Julia?" Consuela had been busy for the past few days, so Abby, her assistant, was the one
taking care of her.
On the top of that, she had to shoot several scenes late at night and early in the morning. As a result,
Julia barely had any energy left. She asked Abby to buy her a few cups of coffee to refresh herself.
"Thank you." Julia smiled, and gestured to the seat next to her. "Abby, please sit down. It's so hot
today."
"Don't be so formal with me, Julia." Abby grinned at her. "I'm just doing my job as your assistant."
"Please sit," Julia insisted lightly. She wasn't too talkative today because she wasn't in the mood.
"By the way, Julia," Abby remarked politely, "I cooked some green bean soup for you. It's good to eat it
during a hot day. You should have some."
"Just leave it here. I'll eat later," Julia said, giving Abby a gentle nod.
After Julia took a few sips of coffee, the director called her. She quickly placed her cup down and
hurried to the set.
"Action!" the director announced.
Lisa rushed up and aggressively looked at Julia. "It was you. It was you, right?
You drugged Greg's drink on purpose so that he would sleep with you. Why did you do that?"
Julia looked at Lisa the same way she had done when she had seen Jean three years ago.
When the incident happened, Jean had confronted her and asked her why she did it.
With a sneer, she held the newspaper and showed it to Lisa. "See? The whole world knows that I'm
going to marry Greg. You can't change that fact anymore. Don't you feel happy for me?"
"Happy?" Lisa burst into tears. "Greg and I are a couple. If it weren't for you, then we would have
gotten married. You are my sister. Why would you do this to me?"
"Because I love him!" Julia threw the newspaper and slowly approached her. "I met him and fell in love
with him. I did everything I could for him, but what about you? You stand there, looking pretty. You can
win him without doing anything. Is that fair to me?"
Lisa stepped back and sank into the sofa. She gaped at Julia. "But I can't give him to you. I love him,
and I love him as much as you do."
"No, you will never love him more than I do." Julia sneered. "I can do anything for him. I'll marry him
soon, you'll see. Since you're my sister, why don't you be my bridesmaid?
Even if you can't marry him, you'll still see him in his suit, and stand on the same stage with him. You'll
see him put the wedding ring on me. What do you think?"
"Shame on you!" Lisa stood up and aggressively pushed her. "Do you think you can win his heart by
doing this? Let me tell you. You can never force someone to fall in love with you. Even if you win him,
he will never love you."
"Really?" Julia narrowed her eyes at Lisa. "We have plenty of time together. The first step into my
success is to separate you two."
She inched closer to Lisa and whispered, "Don't worry. I'll make sure that you witness him falling in love
with me. Think about it, I'll give birth to his children, but what about you? In this life, he will never know
your love for him as you hide in a corner. You can do nothing as he is your brother-in-law."
Lisa's face turned pale with anger. She raised her hand and slapped Julia hard. Julia would have said
something back, but she suddenly felt dizzy. She couldn't hear anything at all, let alone say the lines.
She covered her face and remained standing there, not knowing how to react.
"Stop!" Director Guo suddenly yelled. He walked up to Julia and asked, "Well done, but you should
immediately say your lines after Lisa slapped you. Why did you say nothing? What were you doing?"
"I'm sorry, Director Guo." Julia quickly apologized. She didn't say that she was dumbfounded from the
slap. "I'm sorry. It's my fault. Let's do it again."
As soon as she raised her head, she saw Lisa's smug smile.
"Action!" the director called out again.
Everything went smoothly at the very beginning. Julia anticipated Lisa's slap. Covering her face, she
looked up and asked, "How dare you to slap me!
Since we were kids, you always took away my things, from toys to beautiful dresses. But I will not give
in this time. I won't let you take Greg away from me!"
It was supposed to be Lisa's turn to say her lines, but a wicked grin flashed across her face. She stood
still and then apologized to the director, "I'm sorry. I forgot my lines."
"It doesn't matter. You two looked great just now. Lisa, read your lines. Somebody, please fix Julia's
make-up." The director gave his instructions methodically.
Julia knew that Lisa did it on purpose, but because of her background, Director Guo didn't blame her.
"Are you okay, Julia?" Abby stood beside her, staring at her cheek. She wondered why Lisa slapped
her so hard that Julia's make-up got ruined.
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