She hesitated for a moment, âAre⦠are you absolutely certain youâre into girls?â
âOf course!â Tyler sounded a touch defensive.
âIâm one hundred percent sure Iâm attracted to girls.
Plus, Cole doesnât like boys either.
He tried to date Selene before.
Itâs just him messing around, which is seriously annoying.
â
âThatâs a relief.
Anyway, all those things on the Internet are fake.
Donât pay attention to them.
Now, the most important thing is to focus on your movie and prepare for the shooting.
Iâll take care of everything else.
â Ariana felt a sense of relief as she heard his words.
Having reassured Tyler, she hung up the call and called Francis next.
âMr.
Salazar, after giving it some thought, weâve decided not to accept the last-minute change to the ending.
As per our contract, Tyler will allot three days to film the original script and wonât partake in any additional arrangements.
â
Ariana didnât beat around the bush.
She trusted that Francis would grasp her intentions.
Sure enough, Francis got anxious.
âAriana, would you reconsider? The pairing of Tyler and Cole is creating quite a buzz.
If we change the ending to accommodate their pairing, it will undoubtedly attract a huge fanbase.
â
âMr.
Salazar, Tyler is not interested in being part of a coupling.
He is solely focused on his acting career.
â Arianaâs resolve was unshakeable.
If Tylerâs fame hinged solely on a pairing with Cole, it would be a disaster.
She wouldnât permit Cole to leverage this for his own popularity.
âAlright.
Please inform Tyler to prepare for the final scenes in the coming days.
â
Francis had no choice but to back down due to the contractual obligations and Arianaâs influential background.
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Although he didnât say anything harsh, he harbored a sense of grudge.
It was clear Ariana had foiled his chances of making more profit.
Even after disconnecting the call, he was still upset.
âI did tell you she wouldnât agree.
â Jasper, comfortably sitting in a leather armchair, sounded overly confident.
âMaybe itâs time you gave my proposal a thought, Mr.
Salazar?â
Ariana spent the entire afternoon browsing the Internet, attempting to clarify that Tyler wasnât interested in boys and that his relationship with Cole was solely professional.
However, she was overwhelmed by the persistent shippers.
Shortly after, Betsy also joined the online fray.
The two of them even established a separate fan group solely for Tyler, already boasting twenty members.
Their numbers may have been small, but each had multiple alternate accounts â
Betsy alone had over ten.
Meaning, they had over a hundred accounts collectively, and they stood their ground fiercely against the shipper onslaught.
By evening, however, all their accounts were flagged for disrupting the online community.
Biting the bread angrily, Ariana cursed in her heart and shut down the computer.
âAriana, itâs useless.
Weâll have to escalate this to the company.
â Betsyâs face turned red as she passionately declared with a decorative sign on her forehead that read âWin for sureâ.
It was clear that she was still caught up in her emotions and hadnât yet calmed down enough to argue rationally.
âIâve forwarded the request to our public relations team, but itâs yet to get a nod.
â
Removing a similar bandana from her forehead, Ariana rose from her chair, her legs protesting from the prolonged sitting.
âEnough for today.
Weâll revisit this tomorrow.