Chapter 128
In Michelle’s room at the Wallace mansion, she glared at Richard who had just fallen asleep after stressing her out as usual.
Michelle took her phone, reading the text she’d received from her father that day. He’d not been given entry to the Clark building, which only means that their plan to deceive Ezekiel into marrying her was on pause. And there was a high chance her father’s plan would never work.
Michelle sighed, already tired of the whole thing. She had fantasized about being the daughter-in-law of the Wallace family—as Xavier’s wife, but that was no longer possible.
Michelle made sure Richard was deeply asleep before she went to her closet, opened it, and took out a box of cigarettes hidden so deep no one would find it.
She still smoked despite the toll it took on her health, a habit she couldn’t fully abandon even though it had once led to a severe illness during her time as a heavy drug addict.
Michelle went to the balcony of their room and peeked around to make sure no one was nearby, as almost everyone had retired for the night. Satisfied with her solitude, she pulled out a cigar stick, placed it in her mouth, and lit it with a small flame.
“Now, that’s the stuff,” she mumbled under her breath when she inhaled the smoky scent of the cigarette.
Michelle decided to check the contacts on her phone. She hadn’t gotten any movie contract since the end of The Sinner which was completely unusual. Every time she finished a movie, there was another movie contract waiting in line for her.
She scrolled through her phone and stopped when she found the number of one of the producers she knew. She called him.
“Who is this?” The person from the other side questioned as soon as the call connected.
Michelle was slightly baffled by his sharp tone, she had to check the name to make sure she called the right person.
“T-this is Michelle Wallace, one of the actresses who starred in your movie. I was just calling in case you have any role you want me to play p>
“Michelle Wallace You are the one who was involved in that scandal with Selene Jones right?” the man asked.
Michelle clenched her fist tightly when she heard Selene’s name. That name still made her blood boil especially after what the latter had done to her. But she calmed herself down before she replied to the director.
“The rumors were fake. It was an edited video and picture She tried to defend herself.
“That’s nonsense. Netizens who are good with editing proved it was real. Forgive me Mrs. Wallace, but I don’t want to have anything to do with an actress who keeps getting scandals every day like she’s shopping in the market. You are not going to bring my movie any success but would only bring it down. I would rather have Selene Jones star in my movie. You have too many people against you and that’s risky, even for me. Goodnight p>
The producer didn’t give Michelle a chance to defend herself and hung up on the call.
Michelle’s face flushed red in embarrassment. The producer had just compared her to Selene, and he even preferred Selene instead of her.
Michelle’s cheeks stung as if someone had just slapped her hard in the face. She was the first to debut in the industry way before Selene did. And in just a year, the latter had surpassed her in both popularity and fanbase.
Michelle decided not to dwell on the producer’s words. She ignored it and dialed another producer whom she knew, asking for a role.
“Your scandal is going to ruin my movie. I am planning on starting Selene in my next movie p>
Michelle hung up on the call and made another phone call.
“Selene is a better actress than you are. You are no good p>
“Selene p>
“Selene p>
“Selene p>
“Arghhhh!!” Out of anger, Michelle threw her phone on the wall with so much force it broke into pieces. “Damn you Selene p>
She pulled her hair in frustration. Each one of them wanted Selene to star in their movie instead of Michelle.
“They might as well go fuck Selene since they praise her so much p>
Her chest heaved as she glared at her broken phone. If things continued like this, she might not be given a role in a movie for the time being. But Michelle wasn’t worried about that. She was married into a wealthy family and came from a wealthy family. Money was never her problem and she believed it never would be. But her career was dying, and it’s all thanks to Selene.
Michelle couldn’t bear it anymore.
She needed to sabotage Selene’s career.
Michelle quenched the cigarette with her feet before throwing it into the trash can. She stomped towards her closet with an aggravated look, searching for her second phone. When she found it, she dialed someone’s number.
“I want you to do something for me,” she ordered as soon as the call connected.
“Some more money has gone missing ma’am, and this time, it’s a much bigger amount than the first time,” Leo informed Selene.
It’s been two months since he last visited them
to inform about the first money missing.
Selene frowned deeply as she retrieved the document Leo was giving her.
Her eyes widened in shock when she saw the huge amount of money missing from the company.
10 million dollars.
’Who could want such a huge amount of money?’ She wondered.
“Have you informed Robert about this?” She asked.
“He already knows he was the first person who found out about it,” Leo replied.
“And what did he do about it?” Xavier questioned from beside Selene.
“They are investigating the issue, him and his son. But that’s not all p>
Leo fetched more documents from his bag and handed them to Selene.
“I checked recent records and it seems this is not the second time someone has been stealing money from the company. For a year, every two months, money from the company will just disappear. It’s always been in small amounts which is probably why Robert hadn’t investigated or he actually never noticed it at all p>
Both Xavier and Selene shared a confused look.
“The theft had been happening for a whole year,” Xavier concluded.