Chapter 320


    Rachel was gobsmacked, not snapping back to reality until she got home. Izabe, initially


    auditioning for the role of the nasty female character, ended up bing the crush of the TV


    series, the supporting actress.


    She was dying to know what went down in that audition room, but no matter how many times she


    asked Izabe, she kept mum.


    "You seem to have changed a lot, like you''re a whole new person."


    Izabe put on her mask and sunsses, pausing after hearing Rachel''s words, and looked up at


    the bright sky.


    "No, I''ve always been like this..." Right, she should be like this, the proud Izabe who can handle


    any difficulty.


    She shouldn''t be the Izabe who lost everything for love. Loving yourself was even more important


    than loving others. This was a principle she understood when she was young, so why did she forget


    it as she grew older?


    The lesson she learned the hard way was, instead of chasing the light, why not be the light?


    ...


    When Izabe got back to her tiny apartment, Brad messaged her on WhatsApp about the contract.


    By offering her the supporting female role, Brad would undoubtedly ruffle some feathers. She


    needed to figure out how to clear these obstacles. If she couldn''t handle these minor obstacles, how


    could she stand up to Brett in the future?All rights ? N?velDrama.Org.


    Izabe picked up her phone and ordered some parts online, which she would receive first thing in


    the morning.


    After paying, she went back online to look up Casey. There was a rough outline of his resume, and


    Izabe stared at his pictures.


    Could there really be two people in the world who looked so alike? Even the two canine teeth in


    their mouths were exactly the same. If there was any difference, it was that Ryker''s eyes were clean


    but a bit silly, while this Casey guy didn''t look like a fool at all.


    Izabe closed her eyes, suppressing her bubbling emotions.


    Her soul was already thirty years old, way past the age of chasing after someone relentlessly.


    Facing Casey, who resembled Ryker, she was a bit unsettled. After all, he was the one who had


    been in her heart for more than a decade. Ryker was an irreceable presence in her heart.


    He appeared when she needed someone to save her the most. Even though he disappeared


    quickly, his figure always lingered in her memory, bing more beautiful and radiant over time.


    He was her long-time crush in her dreams. He would appear when she was most helpless to


    encourage her andfort her when she cried. How could she easily forget such a person?


    She really wanted to meet Casey. If he was Ryker, they could start over as friends. If he was not... it


    would be best not to get to know each other and avoid unnecessary trouble.


    ...


    At five in the afternoon, Izabe received a call. By looking at the caller ID, Izabe knew some


    people couldn''t hold back anymore.


    The caller was her agent, Graham. The moment he got on the line, he stated his purpose, "You


    need to decline the job offer from the Blood Ties yourself."


    They were afraid of offending people, so they decided to use her as a scapegoat, thinking she was


    weak and easy to bully.


    "Graham, let''s meet somewhere tomorrow and have a good talk."


    Graham probably didn''t expect Izabe to be so easy-going. Her manner waspletely different


    from the audacious demeanor she disyed during the audition. On second thought, she had


    always been like this. He thought she had changed, but she was still so weak. And that was good,


    because it meant they could continue to use her.


    After confirming he was free in the afternoon, Graham said, "Okay, I''ll arrange the ce. I''ll send


    you the addresster. Be there before three o''clock."


    After hanging up, Izabe replied to Mr. York''s message. Instead of immediately agreeing to the


    contract, she asked, "Mr. York, I have the most opponents in the entertainment industry. Aren''t you


    afraid that I will drag the whole team down?"


    Brad simply replied, "One should fully trust those they have hired."


    Izabe murmured these words and suddenlyughed. "Give me a week to sort out my affairs.


    Then we can sign the contract. I will prove to everyone before the announcement that you''ve made


    the right choice by picking Megan."


    After sending the message, Izabe turned off her phone. The weather was hot, and to save


    electricity, there was no air conditioning in the room, just a fan. Even at full st, the fan couldn''t


    alleviate the heat, it just blew hot air.


    Izabe took her clothes and went to the bathroom for a shower. She also washed her hair and


    came out, towel-drying her hair.


    Her phone was her only means ofmunication and browsing the inte. She didn''t even have a


    computer. Izabe began to n. When she had the money, she would buy herself aputer,


    rece those cheap cosmetics on her vanity, and buy new clothes.


    She would keep this house, a relic of Bell, but it was too small. She could buy the neighboring


    house and connect them.


    By her calctions, she needed a lot of money. She would never be able to face the obstacles in


    front of her if she relied solely on acting for ie.


    In short, she was broke...


    Izabe picked up her phone and looked up Casey''s family background. The information was


    scarce. The only bit of info was that Casey mentioned his mother''s surname in an interview, which


    was the same as Brett''s.


    Casey became famous two and a half years ago, and to this day, his family background remained a


    mystery, which suggested he came from a powerful background.


    But his mother''s surname was the same as Brett''s. Was she overthinking?