Perhaps my behavior that day had pleased Zachary.
He did not hold me back with contract restrictions. Instead, he approved my request to set up my own studio, and even assigned several well‑known industry managers to help me run it.
Now I was my own boss, and I signed a few promising young actresses, including the same girl who had once tried to bring Zachary a cake.
As she scrolled through the news on her phone, she saw a report saying Zachary had traveled abroad.
She looked at me with admiration.
"Adeline, thank you so much. My old agency kept telling me to throw myself at Mr. Kane just to get noticed, but you didn't hold that against me and still took me in. You really are lucky, since he's powerful and handsome and treats you so well. I heard he even rushed over befor
