"Sure, I will," Kylie said with great respect.

In fact, she didn't hate smoking but subconsciously pinched her nose upon thinking of the baby in her belly.

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Lauren walked to the assistant director, then rolled her eyes at Kylie. "Stop pretending. A cigarette isn't a drug anyway."

After that, she put on a smile looking at the assistant director. "Are you free now? Could you please explain the next scene to me?" Lauren said while rubbing the assistant director's arm with her body. The assistant director gave her a glance, then bent his elbow to rub her body as a response.

"You just need to act yourself, which is enough." Saying that the assistant director made eyes at her.

The role played by Lauren was the younger daughter of a tea house owner. A young lord from the richest family in this county had stopped at her family tea house and wanted her to be his concubine, but she refused to go with him.

However, in the end, she had to yield to the young lord under the threat of the local government.

On the wedding night, she escaped and met a blind woman played by Kylie.

A make-up artist reapplied make-up on Kylie's face before Kylie went back to act in front of cameras.

Lauren had been through a lot in the process of escaping, so her hair was loose, and her clothes were crooked.

She glanced at the distant Ethan, knowing that he was watching on the monitor, so she deliberately pulled the collar on one side, and her beautiful neck was bare in the air at once.

Men had compassion, and they would become protective when they saw a weak woman.

Therefore, Lauren did her best to arouse his sympathy.

Kylie was amused but didn't point it out. Instead, she gave Lauren a piece of advice. "I think it'll be better if you pull it a little lower again."

Lauren thought it was a good idea, so her shoulder was exposed too.

"Alright, Scene 721, Shot 3, Take 1, action!"

Lauren put on a pitiful face, squatting in front of Kylie, "Please, I'm begging you. Please help me out..."

Saying that big drops of tears were falling down from her face.

At this moment, Kylie was wearing a veil on her face. Nobody could see any of her expressions, but they were able to hear her cool voice.

"Is it true what you just said?"

"Of course, yes. How do I dare lie to you?" Lauren's hand barely covered her shoulder, and her boob was almost out.

At this time, she felt ashamed, then got up and rushed to the nearby road monument, wanting to hit her head on the road monument to kill herself, but was stopped by Kylie.

However, she looked to Ethan all of a sudden.

Although there was a long-distance between them, the brightness of the monitor was enough for her to see the expression of the man.

The man stared straight at her with his eyes full of tenderness.

Lauren lost her mind now.

He just had been so cold to her, but now looked at her with tenderness. Lauren believed she successfully aroused Ethan's interest in her.

It seemed her life was going to change.

Lauren was too proud and pleased that she forgot she was still acting in the scene.

On her pitiful face, her lips moved upwards and made a shy smile. Even her eyes, which were still filled with tears, now we're full of happiness.

"Cut!" Bob stood up in anger. "Lauren Collins, you're acting like a poor girl who just has been bullied, not a prostitute!"

This was the first NG in today's shooting.

Lauren felt embarrassed, pouting her lips, looking to the assistant director.

The assistant director compressed his lips, then said in a resigned voice, "Lauren, you need to feel this character with your heart, and devote yourself to it."

Lauren felt aggrieved now more than ever.

Ethan had just made eyes at her, so she made a terrible mistake in acting. However, when she was criticized by the director, Ethan sat aside and said nothing.

Thus, Lauren vented her anger at Kylie. "What's so funny? Isn't NG a common thing?"

Kylie took off the veil on her face and pulled her lips. "Did you see me laughing?"

"I..." Lauren was mad. "I saw you laughing! Don't you dare deny it!"

Right at this moment, the man's steady steps sounded behind her.

Lauren raised her jaw with arrogance.

She pointed at Kylie, saying, "Don't think you're better than me only because you had a boyfriend who's a doctor. Didn't he dump you already?"

Lauren was so arrogant because the man was stepping to her.

Ethan, wearing a cold face, stood right behind her back.

Lauren gloated. She still believed Ethan stood by her side.

Kylie was making fun of her now, and he, of course, should stand up for her.

Thinking of that, Lauren turned around to hug Ethan's arm and played cutely. "Chairman Parker, did you see that? Kylie just laughed at me."

Kylie crossed her arms on her chest, looking at Ethan. She was curious about how he would handle it.

Ethan lowered his head, glancing at Lauren's hand, then said in a deep voice, "She did."

"Ha, Chairman Parker said you did laugh at me!" Lauren couldn't wait for a second longer to side herself with Ethan.

This time, Kylie really laughed.

Before Lauren could show off her relationship with Ethan, the man opened his mouth again, "So what?"

Lauren was struck dumb.

"Chairman Parker, what do you mean?"

Ethan drew his arm out of her hand, then unfastened the buttons of his suit coat at a slow pace in an elegant way. Seeing that, Elliot stepped ahead at once.

"She laughed at you. So what?" Ethan said, then threw his suit coat to Elliot.

Elliot glanced at Lauren with obvious disdain when he took Ethan's suit coat, then gave Ethan a clean handkerchief.

"Lord Ethan, I'll go take a clean suit coat for you right away."

After that, Elliot turned around walking to a trash can, then dumped the suit coat which just had been taken off by Ethan into it right before everyone.

Lauren was shocked.

Why did he do that? The suit coat seems very expensive and new. Did he dump it just because I held his arm?

When Lauren turned to look at Ethan, the man was wiping his fingers one by one, then threw the handkerchief away.

Lauren literally had no idea what was going on now.

Am I bacteria or a virus? Does he have to do that?

Even though she couldn't show any touch of her unhappiness, because Ethan was the chairman of Peak Pictures, which was the leading company in the entertainment industry.

Lauren raised a smile, wanting to explain it to Ethan, but the man interrupted her. "What's your name?"

Lauren was cheered up again.

He must be interested in me, and he wants to know my name!

"My name's Lauren Collins," Lauren smiled with anticipation.

Ethan, instead, sneered. "I don't think acting is a great job for you."

"What?" Lauren panicked.

Ethan raised his hand, and Bob stood out from his back.

"Cut her part out," Ethan ordered.