Chapter 168


    Chapter 168


    Although Mr. Smith couldn’t make it back home in time to take Ruby to the audition, he’d made all the


    necessary preparations beforehand. All Ruby needed was an adult to apany her there, since she


    was still a child.


    The driver was already waiting downstairs, so once Ruby and Ste got into the car, they headed


    straight to the movie set.


    Ste had never been to a ce like this. From afar she could see countless different equipment all set


    up in a wide area. There was a stage in the center of it all where the lights were focused on. Someone


    was on that stage holding a walkie-talkie and giving outmands to therge crew.


    Ruby, on the other hand, seemed to be familiar with the ce. It was obviously not her first time on a


    film set.


    “Miss Steele,” the girl said when they arrived, “I think you should contact the director’s assistant.


    Everytime I’m here, Daddy would take me straight to him.”


    Ste nodded and followed the procedure that the nanny instructed her earlier. She was already


    informed that everything could be handed over to this assistant once they got there.


    When the director’s assistant saw that Ruby was with Ste, he hesitated then asked, “Isn’t Mr. Smith


    coming today?”


    “No,”Ste replied, “He’s a little busy today.”


    The man was indeed the director’s assistant as Ruby mentioned. He was d in a pair of light gray


    overalls. He had been scrambling everywhere all day as the director had been assigning a thousand


    tasks to him. He looked at Ste up and down with inquisitive eyes.


    “May I ask if you are Mr. Smith’s…”


    To him, Ruby was no longer a neer. Although she might be very young, she had always been


    involved in the entertainment industry since she was little and had in fact been in twomercials. So


    even if she wasn’t exactly a child star, she was still quite experienced.


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    Ruby’s father, Mr. Smith, did not have a very good reputation in this circle, though. He was a local rich


    man who liked to spoil his daughter. Ruby’s talents weren’t exactly spectacr, but she made it this far


    because her father spared no expense on her.


    Mr. Smith was just like many other rich middle-aged men. No matter how messy his own private life


    was, he would always make sure that none of it would ever affect his daughter. Ruby was his only


    daughter, after all. Because Mr. Smith lived such a wild life in his younger years, he’d lost his fertility


    and couldn’t have any other children after Ruby, so naturally she was the absolute apple of his eye.


    He’d never let any of his mistresses see his daughter, much less be with her.


    …and yet here was this woman, apanying Ruby Smith to the audition alone. Who could she be?


    Ste knew at a nce that the director’s assistant was misunderstanding who she was so she


    quickly made an exnation. “I’m Ruby’s private tutor,” she told him. “I was teaching her today and was


    told that Mr. Smith was too busy to take her here, so I stood in for him.”


    The director’s assistant warmed up a little when he heard this, but he was still a little skeptical


    “You twoe with me,” he said. “You’ll go backstage to get Ruby’s makeup done. Then you’ll wait


    there until you get called…” “Have you practiced your lines?” he asked. “Yup!” Ruby nodded. Ste was


    now relieved. It really seemed that she didn’t have to do anything else apart from apanying Ruby.


    She was starting to feel at ease there. Once the assistant was gone, Ruby sat down and pulled out a


    small notebook from her backpack. Ste looked at her with fascination, curious to see what she was


    going to do next. It turned out that she was practicing her lines.


    “Miss Steele!” cried Ruby, handing Ste a copy of her lines. “This is going to be my first audition! I’ve


    been inmercials before, but I’ve never been in a movie yet!” “Oh.” Ste nodded and asked, “So is


    this a movie set?” “Yeah!” Ruby nodded frantically. “Don’t you know that director? He’s really cool and


    famous! There are loads of superstars in the movies he made!”


    “Oh!” Ruby eximed after a pause. “Do you know Guinevere Cohen, Miss Steele?” Ste froze


    momentarily, but she quickly regained herposure. Because Ruby was very young, she did not


    notice anything wrong and just went on talking excitedly. “When I grow up, I want to be a famous


    actress just like Guinevere Cohen!” Ste pursed her lips and rubbed her temples but said nothing.