"That's not possible!" Ivy chuckled as she blushed. "I think you and Layla are the most beautiful women!""Haha, both you and Layla are my children, so you are just as beautiful as one another," Avery said. "Are you really okay with the trouble that might come with fame? Your dad and I hate being the center of attention.""I don't like that either, but I'm happy to know that everyone likes me." Ivy had not dreamed in her wildest imagination that she would be famous after her first day on air."Your dad can take care of it for you. If you aren't aiming to become an actress, it won't help you to be on social media." Avery did not want to expose her daughter to the opinions of others."Can Dad do that?" Ivy did not wish to be on social media either."Sure." Avery scrolled through her phone to send Elliot a text. "I will get him to work on it right away.""Okay." Ivy got up to take a glass of water.After sending Elliot a text, Avery walked over to Ivy. "Get some more rest later. Ma
She clicked into the poll and noticed that she was in second place.As she scrolled through her phone, she realized that she had received countless messages from people she knew.[Ivy, you got famous! I'm so happy for you! Your votes are high, and they are still going up! You are definitely going to be the queen of the popularity poll! I heard that the person who gets first place gets to sign a contract with the station! I envy you, Ivy!] Meredith typed.Andrea wrote. [Before the poll even started, you've already gathered countless supporters! I envy you!][Ivy, I saw the replay of your show, and you've made bigger progress than I anticipated. Hard work will never fail you, and I hope that this motivates you to keep up the hard work in the future!] A message from her lecturer read.Meanwhile, Harry also texted her. [Get some rest during the day, Ivy. I assume that there will be a lot of people watching you tonight! Good luck!]Ivy replied to each and every one of them, before sil
"I'm sorry, but I placed it on a cabinet in the lounge because of the strong fragrance and I'm allergic to flowers," Andrea said. "There is a card, but I didn't look at it. You can bring it here now because I'm going home by taxi tonight as well."Ivy wondered who had sent her flowers and glanced at the time, noticing that there were a few minutes before the show started.The lounge was located right outside, and it would take no more than two minutes for her to go and come back."Thank you! I didn't know!" Ivy said."Maybe it's just a surprise," Andrea commented and swiftly changed out of the suit jacket she was wearing.She wore her white shirt underneath it, so she simply went home after putting on her jacket and taking off the wig she wore for the show. "I told my parents that your parents gave you the money so that you could grab a cab home, and they did the same for me." Andrea removed the wig while facing the mirror. "I can't get much sleep in the lounge. It smells funny."
Ivy glanced at the ending sentence of the last page and looked up to face the camera, before continuing.There were no words on the teleprompter at all, and she was reciting the script by heart.After reporting the third piece of news, the broadcast switched to the video corresponding to the video concerning the third piece of news, and Ivy immediately said to the director, "My script has been swapped."Ivy had not expected an accident to happen on her second day at work.She had memorized every word of her script but had been caught by surprise by the unexpected turn of events. People tended to lose coordination of their speech and body language when they were extremely nervous."Don't panic. After the video, I will enter an advertisement," the director consoled her. "I will get someone to print you another copy of the script right away.""Okay. Thank you." Ivy sighed a breath of relief.Inside the hotel, Andrea clenched her fists and scowled as she watched the news report on t
She had not expected someone to come and swap her script during a small window of chance.She realized that the person who did this bore the most malicious intent.The first two pages were normal, everything from the third page onwards had been swapped, so the person who did it intentionally wanted Ivy to make a mistake halfway through her broadcast, and Ivy was rendered speechless by how vicious this person was."Ivy, I didn't do it. I swear, it wasn't me," Anthony, who was one of the interns from the third year, spoke out.Anthony was an introvert and rarely interacted with others.Each person had their own cubicle, and Anthony's seat was located the furthest from the entrance. "Is there any surveillance in here?" Ivy asked the staff.Without proof, she dared not to make any accusations as she would destroy Andrea if Andrea was not the person who did it.The staff shook his head. "There are cameras in the corridor but not in here.""Without any surveillance footage, there's
After washing her face, she sat down on her bed, wanting to lie down but found herself sitting up stiffly as she stared at the phone on her nightstand.She desperately wanted to speak to someone but knew better than to tell her family about the incident because she knew that they would definitely try to punish whoever did it, and she did not wish to get her family involved when she had no proof of who swapped her script.She picked up her phone and texted Harry. After giving a brief explanation of what happened, she begged him to keep it a secret from her parents.After sending the message, she spotted Lucas's name on her contact list, and she stared at it contemplatively, wondering how he was. It had been over half a year since she last saw him, but it felt as though it had been years.She became someone else and learned so much that she was no longer the same person, so she wondered if Lucas felt like a brand-new person as well in his new environment.She took a deep breath an
[As a senior in the broadcasting industry, I think I have the expertise to comment on this. It's hardly an accident, and it's probably a minor mistake at worst, and it's normal for interns to make them. We shouldn't exaggerate it.][I think that something might be wrong with her script, or she wouldn't have paused.][I thought that broadcasters read from the teleprompter. Even singers have teleprompters at their concerts! Maybe something went wrong with the teleprompter?]..."Elliot, people are saying that maybe something went wrong with the teleprompter when Ivy was broadcasting." Avery was even more curious after reading the comments, but she could not simply ask Ivy about it because Ivy was still asleep."Maybe I can call Harry and ask him about it?" Elliot was not overly nervous about it. Though Ivy made a minor mistake, it did not affect the overall flow of the show. What concerned him was that they would pressure Ivy by placing too much attention on the matter.Avery shook
Ivy was starving, so she inhaled the pasta.Avery immediately served Ivy a bowl of soup and said, "Have some soup as well. Be careful not to choke.""Okay... Mom, I can eat a horse! I just get so hungry after work." Ivy took a sip of her soup and said, "Mom, I have two days off.""Let's go shopping for things we need for New Year's, then!" Avery had made plans.Ivy had been alone by herself. For over a decade, she had been away from her family, and considering how she lived in poverty, Avery knew that Ivy had not experienced a grand New Year's celebration."Sure! What do we need to buy?" Ivy decided to take a break from eating for a moment."We usually get plants, decorations, and lights... Oh, we need to get fireworks as well. We would play with fireworks every year during New Year's. We will have to change the time that we do it, though. You need to work at night, so we will release the firework before you go to work or after you come home."Ivy felt moved by her words. "Let's