Chapter 7
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Isabelle's heart jolted, and her whole body instantly went rigid.
The next second, the sound of keys clinking came from outside the door.
The door was opened.
The glaring beam of a flashlight shone in, and Isabelle instinctively raised her hand to shield her eyes.
When the staff member who had knocked earlier saw her, he said in surprise, "Huh? Miss Judson? You really are here? Why didn't you answer me just now?"
Wrapped in a blanket, Isabelle felt both ashamed and embarrassed.
But she could only pretend to be apologetic and say, "Sorry for causing trouble. I was wearing earphones just now and didn't hear you."
Corbin took a step forward.
Everyone beside him tactfully moved aside to make way for him.
But Isabelle instinctively took half a step back.
"I'm sorry. I'll be going first."
She lowered her head and hurried away.
Corbin narrowed his eyes and reached out, wanting to grab her.
But just as his hand was about to touch Isabelle, his palm suddenly felt as if it had been badly burned by something.
He abruptly withdrew his hand and looked at his palm in surprise.
It had already turned slightly black.
Immediately after, the pocket of his suit suddenly grew hot.
Corbin quickly took a brocade pouch from his pocket and opened it.
The talisman paper inside had already turned to ash.
His heart gave a hard jolt, and his gaze darkened.
*****
Isabelle hurriedly packed up her things and prepared to go home.
But just as she reached the entrance, she ran into Reina Ainsley, the fourth female lead in the drama.
Reina was holding a cup of coffee.
The moment she saw Isabelle, she said in a sarcastic tone, "Isabelle, why didn't Mr. Inglewood arrange a female lead role for you? Why did he only let you come steal my supporting role? Does he simply not think you're worth that much effort?"
Isabelle did not want to deal with her. Pretending not to hear, she prepared to leave directly.
But Reina deliberately blocked her path, clearly here to cause trouble.
"You really do have some tricks. You used to serve the older brother, and now you're serving the younger one. What a pity. No matter what you do, you still won't marry into a rich family."
The moment Reina said that, Isabelle's expression changed.
There had already been an old grudge between Isabelle and Reina.
Reina was the first new girlfriend Elijah had dated after her.
Back then, for this new girlfriend, Elijah had directly taken away a drama Isabelle was filming.
It was Isabelle's first female lead role.
At the time, she had valued that drama greatly.
She often memorized the script until the early hours of the morning, and she personally did all the fight scenes as well.
Her fingers had been scraped raw, and calluses had formed on her wrists from training.
But on the day she was kicked off the crew, she went to Elijah for an explanation.
Elijah only said coldly, "My girlfriend wants this role. Why should I care what happens to you?"
No one knew how Isabelle had survived that period.
She had no money, no friends, and everyone around her was waiting to laugh at her.
She could only take on those exhausting jobs that barely paid anything.
She kept herself so busy that she had no time to think about the past.
Only that way would those memories not make her sad.
But now...
It could only be said that fortunes changed with time.
Isabelle looked at the jealousy written all over Reina's face, but her tone was very calm.
"I don't think you're qualified to say that to me. If you're unhappy, you can go find Elijah. Ask him to help you steal the role back."
Reina's expression changed sharply.
Before she could speak, Isabelle let out another cold laugh.
"Unfortunately, it seems Elijah got tired of you after just one month."
"Shut up!"
Reina was so angry that her face turned red.
She raised her hand and threw the coffee in her hand at Isabelle.
Isabelle instinctively tried to dodge.
But the next second, the cup of coffee suddenly changed direction in midair.
The coffee did not splash onto Isabelle. Instead, it all poured over Reina's head.
Reina froze, then screamed.
"Ah!"
Isabelle also froze for a moment.
But she quickly understood.
This must have been done by that "person."
She tried hard to suppress the corners of her mouth, which were about to lift, then turned and walked around the panicked Reina, leaving directly.
The moment she stepped through her front door, his voice sounded beside her.
"Stay away from that guy from now on. He's no good."
Isabelle had already grown used to him appearing and disappearing without warning.
Thinking of his abnormal reaction in the dressing room today, she frowned and asked in return, "How do you know what kind of person he is? Do you know him?"
He did not answer.
The air suddenly fell silent.
Isabelle's heart sank little by little as well.
She asked in a low voice, "Who exactly are you?"
Isabelle raised her head.
There was still no one in front of her.
But she still reached out, wanting to touch his face.
She wanted to know what he looked like.
Only, she did not touch his face.
Instead, he caught her hand, then pulled her into his arms.
His low, husky, magnetic voice came from above her head.
"In the future... you'll know."
Isabelle's lips trembled slightly.
She was silent for a long time. In the end, she still let out a soft sigh and chose to compromise.
He spoke again and asked, "That Elijah the woman mentioned today..."
"A piece of trash. I don't want to talk about him," Isabelle cut him off coldly.
He was silent for a while before asking in a low voice, "You hate him that much?"
"Of course," Isabelle answered with absolute certainty.
In this world, the person she hated most was Elijah.
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