Chapter 38

Chapter 38

“So about the rehearsal.” Vivienne’s heart skipped a beat.

She thought he already forgotten about that and won’t say it again.

But Sterling was just so interested in knowing how she was faring.

“It’s going great. Or does Mr. Hawthorn wants me to rehearse for him?” she asked, hoping he would say no.

“Really? That sounds good. But…” He checked his wristwatch.

“I’ll still see it in few days time. I have to go to the company now.”

Vivienne heaved a sigh of relief. That was good. She was glad he didn’t say yes.

She would have messed up in front of him and what would he say?

After Sterling left the house, Vivienne returned back to the room to continue with her Struggle.

Assistant Li went to the room which surprised her.

“Ms. Vivienne, sorry about my actions towards you. Something was wrong with me that was why I said all those things. Who wouldn’t want to work with a nice soul like you? I’m so sorry.” Li apologized.

Vivienne smiled. She liked it when people apologize. And the way Li did it, it was the best thing to do.

“That’s fine, Assistant Li.” She waved her hand with a giggle.

Li smiled, he looked at the document she was holding.

“Having trouble with that?” he asked her.

Vivienne sighed, she nodded her head to him with a sad face.

“I don’t know what’s happening, Assistant Li. The moment I memorized it, it will leave my brain again. Maybe it’s because it has been long I acted,” she said sadly.

Li took the document from her and stared at it for a while.

“Why don’t you try doing it again? I’ll help.” He suggested.

Helping her sounds good. But was she going to grab everything again? And would it not erase from her brain? Vivienne thought.

If the lines keep escaping her head, then Sterling would be so disappointed in her. He would think he wasted his time and resources on her and she isn’t a good actress.

Still, she wanted to try to see if things would work out well and she hoped it does.

Li held the document for her and she read by heart. But her acting wasn’t that good and Li didn’t correct her.

He kept telling her that she was doing good without correcting her even for ones.

“We’ll continue later, time to eat.” Li left the room when he was sure he messed things up for her.

And for the remaining days that he was helping her memorized it, he gave her a thumbs up that her acting was good.

Vivienne felt more confidence day by day as Li kept complimenting her for her bad acting.

She thought she was doing great and was going to surprise everyone.

And yes, she’s going to surprise everyone on that day.

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Finally, the first day of movie making arrived. Vivienne was all dressed up ready to leave the house.

But she was so nervous to face the camera again after years.

And to meet a lot of people again because she has to meet those she would he acting with especially the male lead.

Vivienne kept looking at herself in the mirror to see if she was looking good enough to impress people.

That would be he first appearance in the public after few years and everyone would be so happy to see her.

“Ms. Vivienne, it’s time.” Assistant Li announced from the door.

Vivienne took in a deep breath and out before stepping out of the room.

She was so pretty that everyone kept complementing her in the house.

“Ms. Vivienne, my eyes won’t be away from the television today. I know tons of people would be at the company right now waiting for you to come,” Lia said excitedly.

It wasn’t only Vivienne that was happy, even her maids were happy as well.

“Same here Ms. Vivienne.” Assistant Li said from the back.

They laughed at him because he would be with Vivienne and not home. He’s going to see everything that would happen live.

“It’s time to leave, the cars are ready.”

Vivienne followed Assistant Li out of the apartment and one of the bodyguards opened the door for her.

She entered the car, fanning herself with her fingers.

“Should I turn on the AC, Ms. Vivienne?” Assistant asked her from the front.

“Yes please.” She rested her back on the seat and exhaled.

When they arrived at the company, it was filled with Hundreds and thousands of people waiting to see Vivienne.

Even paparazzi weren’t left out. They were there from different news companies.

She wondered how the news got out that she was going to the company that day.

“Ms. Vivienne, Mr. Hawthorn sent me a message just now for you.” Assistant Li handed his phone to Vivienne.

The message from Sterling was for her not to say anything to the paparazzi when they ask her a personal question or any question regarding the company.

“Got that.” She gave the phone back to him.

Right inside the car, she could hear their voices shouting excitedly when they sighted the car.

Vivienne inhaled deeply before stepping out from the car.

Luckily for her, the bodyguards were each by her side and one was in the back while Assistant Li was ahead of her.

They caged her in between them, walking her straight inside the company.

“Ms. Vivienne, Ms. Vivienne. Tell us how you feel now that you are back at last.” One of the paparazzi asked her, pointing a small gadget to her.

( Being a celebrity)

Vivienne paused. She felt so good so, she had to say it.

“Words can’t express how I feel but I want everyone to know that I’m happy to be back,” she smiled at the camera.

“Ms. Vivienne, rumors has it that your husband was maltreating you and he stopped you from acting. Can you say anything about that?” another one asked her.

That was true, but she wasn’t going to say it. Maybe some other day when she and that jerk finally get a divorce.

“Is that so?” she giggled. “Not all rumors are true.”

Vivienne left, waving at her fans who were shouting her name.

As soon as she stepped inside the reception, the staffs started calling her too happily.

Vivienne returned their greetings before she was finally taken to Sterling’s office.

She sighed of relief, knowing that she was safe in there with no one to disturb her again.

“I can see Ms. Vivienne is tired already from answering many questions,” Sterling chuckled.

Vivienne sighed. She shook her head, still fanning herself with her hand.

“You can say that again, Mr. Hawthorn. I have no idea I would be seeing thousands of people here today. How did that happen?” she asked him.

Sterling smiled. He was also surprised but that wasn’t a new thing. It was good that people gathered in the company to see Vivienne Montague.

That would even make them want to see the movie she would be appearing in soon.

Sterling already believed that Vivienne was going to bring fortune to him.

“Sorry about that. But you know words like this has to go out. And you know how desperately people are to see you in public again,”

Vivienne nodded her head. It felt so good to see that there were millions of people who love her so much.

And she was sure that Sebastian was going to be so jealous when he sees the news.

“That’s correct, Mr. Hawthorn.” She giggled.

Sterling returned back to the chair, he brought out a file from the drawer and gave it to her.

“That’s the dresses you’ll be wearing from the start of the movie to the end. Check it and tell me if you’ll like anything to be changed.”

Vivienne was surprised that she got to choose what to wear. What a dream come true again.

Back then, she was never allowed to use her own dresses or to choose anything she’ll like to wear.

Sometimes, she’ll have to use dresses that are too short or too long. Too big or too small in size too.

“Am I allowed to use my own dresses?” she asked Sterling just to be sure before making any decision.

“Sure, you can also order any dresses you’ll want to use. The bill’s on the company.”

Her heart jumped. That was so nice of him. Not everyone would do that for her.

“I think I’ll need to change some things here.” She relaxed on the chair going through the papers one after the other.

“You can use the sofa to feel more comfortable, Ms. Vivienne.” Sterling offered.

That was a good suggestion. Vivienne went to the sofa and continued going through them.

For the first scene she’ll be having that day, the dress was perfect. And since that one was already good, she jumped to the next page.

Suddenly, a knock came from the door interrupting her. Sterling signaled to her to continue what she was doing while he ushered the person in.

“Mr. Hawthorn?” Assistant Mike came in. He bowed his head to Vivienne when he saw her and then looked at Sterling.

“Mr. Fowler is here.” he announced.

Vivienne lifted up her head. That name rang a bell. She has heard that name from somewhere else before.

Maybe it wasn’t the person she was thinking about.

“Oh, bring him in.” Assistant Mike bowed his head and left.

Few minutes later, Assistant Mike returned with another man walking behind him.

When he stepped inside the office, his manly Colon filled the whole office.

It went straight to Vivienne’s nose and then heard. She lifted up her eyes to see a dazzling young man who should be in his Thirties standing in the center of the office.

He was tall, masculine and the t-shirt with the blue jean pants he was putting on sit perfectly in his body.

“Mr. Fowler, you are here.” Sterling stood up from the chair and shook hands with him.

Vivienne was right, it was the Fowler she thought it was.

The richest and most wanted actor in the whole Celestia and other countries.

“Ms. Vivienne?” Sterling called, bringing her back to her senses.

“This is Mr. Fowler, I’m sure you already know him.” Sterling introduced.

Fowler turned to Vivienne with smiles on his face.

“If this isn’t our star, Vivienne Montague.” he giggled.

“Pardon me, I’ve been a fan of yours since day one of your acting career and I’m so happy you are finally back on set.” He stretched out his hand.

“And it’s a great pleasure to work with you, Ms. Vivienne.”

Vivienne shook his hands, wondering what he meant by working with her.

And to even say Fowler of all people love her movies too. First, Mr. Hawthorn and now Mr. Fowler.

“Am I like a princess?” She giggled.

Both Fowler and Sterling chuckled at the same time.

“You can say that again, Ms. Vivienne,” Fowler nodded his head.

“Before I forget, Mr. Fowler is going to be the male lead in the movie.” Sterling announced.

“So, this is going to be a hot romance movie. I trust you’ll do great, Ms. Vivienne,” Fowler smiled at her.

Vivienne giggled. Romance? She’ll try her best but for her, romance isn’t part of her life anymore.

It’s just a movie, she’ll try to deliver what’s needed from her.

She wondered how Sterling got to secure Fowler in to his company too.

He was just unbelievable, doing things people won’t believe he would do.

An idea came in to Vivienne’s head. What if they take pictures together and it’s been posted, Sebastian and the Pure Heart Entertainment will be so jealous.

And they would regret not accepting her back when they had to.

“Mr. Hawthorn, Mr. Fowler? Why don’t we take pictures together?”

Vivienne asked them. She didn’t know Fowler already wanted that and they didn’t know Sterling already prepared for that.