We are over.

Knock Knock...

Evily went to the door and looked through the peephole. When she saw Alexandar outside, her brows furrowed.

Evily inhaled deeply and decided not to open the door. But Alexandar wouldn't stop knocking. His persistence which she once found admirable was now extremely annoying.

Exploding, he yelled, "Eve, open the door!"

Since Evilu didn't reply to him, Alexandar continued to harass her, "Eve, I know you're at home. open your door."

Evily raised her brows in alarm.

"I'm worried about you. Do you know that I am worried sick? I called you so many times, but you didn't even pick up. Why didn't you answer my calls? Don't you know how worried I was?" 

"Worried?" Evily sneered, "Why would you be worried? Weren't you a lot disappointed because Amelia's friend Nelson didn't rape me? What are you worried about?"

Alexander banged on the door harder. It seemed like he would never leave if Evily kept ignoring him. "Eve, What are you saying? Open the door, let's talk. You've misunderstood everything."

"Enough, Alex!"

Finally, Evily opened the door. 

"Eve I'm sorry. You misunderstood the situation at the time. I don't know how to convince you...but you've got to believe me" Alex said with a sincere expression. He paused as he looked at Evily's eyes for any reaction to his words.

"Eve, I love you. I truly do" He said softly as he slowly pulled her into a hug. Alexandar was caught up in diverse emotions as she stood still and let Alexandar hug her.

Evily forcibly took a step back from Alexandar's hug, making him frown slightly before regaining his apologetic look.

"Love? Did you say love? I think I just got a new definition of love. Does your understanding of love entail cheating and betrayal?"

"Eve, I don't have feelings for Amelia. It was just a fling. I am lonely here and...."

"Enough. Alex! We are over."

Evily thought she would go crazy if this conversation with Alexandar kept up.

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The next day, Evily picked herself up and headed to work. To her, no matter what happened, life had to go on and she certainly couldn't neglect her work.

The press conference had ended, but the director still kept mum about the female lead.

While all the audience members had left, Evily remained seated. Someone came and sat beside her.

Evily responded with a grin. She knew who the person was without the need to look at him.

Johnny too, responded with a smile. "Remember what I told you?" 

Evily looked up and gazed into his eyes. "Why are you here?"

Johnny looked at her pinkish cheeks and gently rubbed the back of her head. Evily tapped his arm and gently shoved it away.

"Come on, Johnny. Don't do this to me. I'm an adult now. Shouldn't you be heading for your show now?"

"Are you going to watch my show today?" Johnny asked.

"Of course." Evily tried to remain cheerful, even though she was under the weather.

As the post-production for that final episode of the variety show was completed, the producers had asked everyone in the group to a meal. As this was only an informal dinner, everyone decided to have a hotpot.

The post-production group was not as big as the production group. At this time, including the producers, around ten people were joining this meal.

Evily sat down and ate her meal in silence. When good food was served in front of her, Evily would prefer to keep silent and eat her food. As she took a bite at the cooked beef strip the door slid open again. The moment she saw the person at the door, Evily began to choke on her food.

"Evily!" Sophia patted her friend's back to ease her cough. Worried, Sophia Sheng grabbed a glass and handed it over to her friend. She helped Evily to drink her water and waited until she finally stopped coughing.

"Evily, are you alright?"

When she looked up, Evily realized that everyone in the room was looking at her. Evily waved her hand and whispered. "I'm fine now."

Producer Nolen heaved with relief when he saw that Evily was all right. Seeing that everything was alright, everyone turned their attention towards the person who just entered the room.

"Director Hudson"

Bruce exchanged a few wordsexecutive producers. He glanced at Evily and sat down with the others.

"Director Hudson, Thank you for coming," Nolen said.

Bruce watched as the waiter poured him a glass of water, and then he reached to take a sip. "Coincidentally, I have a meeting around here." saw a smile and said, "Everyone, please be at ease and have your meal. Tonight, it will be my treat."

Evily peeked at Bruce before she continued to lower her head. The others were busy discussing work or sucking up to the big boss while she tried to reduce her presence.

Meanwhile, Bruce peeked at the girl across the table when the others were not looking.