Kendrick’s expression darkened. The thought of how the director had failed to coordinate properly earlier—making his little woman wait idly all morning—still made his blood boil. And now, after stopping the shoot over and over again, the man kept saying her performance was “lacking something” without even explaining what exactly was missing. No wonder she was on the verge of a breakdown. Sure, striving for perfection was fine, but this was too much. Most of all, it made Kendrick’s heart ache for her. Annabelle hesitated before asking weakly, “…Can we really just ignore him?” “I told him to take another break.” She knew Kendrick had the authority to make that call, but they couldn’t just keep delaying forever. As if reading her thoughts, Kendrick said, “It’s fine even if you don’t s

