Chapter 506

If her memory did not fail her, everyone seated there was all the production company. This meant that those who were supposed to attend the banquet had all arrived?

Was she the last one to turn up?

Lucy carefully recalled the time that Susan had relayed to her. She then glanced at the needle on her watch.

She was certain that she had not arrived late according to the information that Susan had given her. As a matter of fact, she had even reached the place half an hour earlier.

What was going on?

A moment of uneasiness stirred up in her heart.

Lucy’s heart sank. She plastered a courteous, apologetic smile onto her face and placed her hands onto her chest. She bowed slightly as a sign of regret. “I have arrived late as the traffic was congested. Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Levi Fernandez stopped his joyful chatter with the others seated around the table the moment Lucy entered the private room. His face darkened upon seeing her.

The first impression she emanated was that she was an intelligent damsel. Her eyes filled with righteousness. She did not seem like she was someone to be messed with. Levi could not pick up any trace of her being unbearable like how Jada had described her to be no matter how he assessed the situation.

However, how could one judge the book by its cover in the world of entertainment?

This common understanding had caused Levi to not be able to accept the anomaly he felt.

How could young women nowadays lack this much self-respect and self-love? She could have settled for the original character that was assigned to her, but she just had to force herself in through her management. This was not virtuous at all!

Levi’s irked frown twisted his face more by the minute. The people sitting at the table started to notice his displeasure one by one.

They started to shrug at each other. Finally, the chatter completely stopped. Everyone looked at Levi with deafening silence.

Lucy also noticed Levi’s peculiar cold glare.

When had she offended Director Fernandez?

Lucy pondered all these thoughts with suspicion in her heart.

She quickly scanned through her contacts in those short few seconds.

Could it be from the event that she attended earlier? That was impossible. She did not bump into Director Fernandez at the event.

Aside from that, she did not have any opportunity to meet an A-list director like Director Fernandez.

Lucy's heart was so perplexed that she could not mask the hesitation on her face.

Levi noticed the change in her facial expression. More accurately, he had been closely monitoring her reactions.

When he saw that Lucy’s face had turned blank, the fire in Levi’s heart boiled further.

“Hmph, are you that clueless about your own wrongdoings? Have you been mingling with the same sort for too long? Has this young lady really lost all threads of self-respect?’

This thought led Levi to feel that he had made an inconceivably foolish decision.

Perhaps, he should not have agreed with the management’s request. He had only picked her as the main actress after seeing her astounding track record.

Levi was exasperated. He would surely not give Lucy a smooth time.

“Miss Katz, it looks like you think that you have become a famous celebrity, that you can make the whole production crew wait for you while you relaxingly cruise into this opening banquet. I think you may leave now.”

Levi’s sudden attack left Lucy frozen dead in her tracks and completely lost for words.

She really had no idea how she had offended Director Fernandez.

Lucy felt helpless. She could only admit her wrongdoing and apologize.

She held onto her chest and gave a deep ninety degrees bow. Those who were sitting at the table could see that there was guilt riddled all over her face and her eyes were tightly shut. “I’m truly sorry, Director Fernandez. I did not anticipate that the directions would be so complex on the way here and ended up delaying my journey. I’ve caused this hold up. Director Fernandez and dear colleagues, please do forgive my misdeeds.”

Levi faintly glared at Lucy. His cold tone was quite frightening. “How could we dare to even forgive the dignified and formidable Miss Katz.”

A glint of embarrassment flashed in her eyes. She was rendered speechless at that moment.

The unexpected intense irritation that Levi had for Lucy left the people who were present in shock.

They looked at each other with their mouths mum for words.

There were also those who were scheming on how to treat Lucy.

After all, Lucy Katz was certainly not in Director Fernandez’s good books.

It was no surprise for the people in the entertainment circle to have an inflated self-esteem and step on those who they deemed worthless.

Lucy straightened her back in utter embarrassment. She found it hard to look into Director Fernandez’s eyes. “Director Fernandez, I truly apologize for coming late tonight. I do hope that you can forgive me.”

Director Fernandez coldly laughed and looked at Lucy. “You should then know what to do.”

Lucy’s whole body trembled. She was still dumbstruck.

She had no means of justifying herself. Whatever she said would add fuel to the fire.

Levi saw that Lucy did not explain herself further. His eyes brimming with frosty scorn.

He thought to himself, that for a young lady to have no self-respect, everything else did not matter anymore.

Levi had made his verdict as he looked at Lucy with disdain. His tone started to turn frivolous.

Levi had hurled a slew of insults at Lucy the moment she stepped into the banquet. Her face was initially still palatable, but in the end, her expressions were frozen stiff.

Lucy did not have the courage to stand up against Director Fernandez.

She did not dare take the risk.

“The Path of No Return” was too big an IP for the gamble. If she had shown even a hint of arrogance only to be kicked out of the project, she might never chance upon this opportunity ever again. In fact, she might never encounter any opportunity for films in the lower tier.

This was too big a blow to withstand for Lucy.

Spoiled by the President Chapter 505 Opening Banquet Hence, Lucy forced herself to tolerate all the insults patiently.

She might have been wrong, but she was furious at the same time.

However, Levi did not know that she had all this pent-up anger in her.

He thought that Lucy was becoming an obedient and compliant woman. In fact, he thought that she was someone who could easily be manipulated.

If not for Levi’s bad impression of her, he might have thought that she was trying to sleep with him.

Lucy was not aware of Levi’s evil speculations.

If she had known, she would have left the production company, no matter the consequences.

She would have chosen to leave the place without a lick of hesitation and informed Susan that she would not be taking the job.

After the banquet was over, Lucy was pale in the face until she reached her apartment.

She kept replaying the traumatizing scenes in her heart. If not for Levi’s reputation and her desire to act in this film, she would not have been able to hold it in any longer.

After she had removed her makeup, Lucy stared at her haggard self in the mirror. She was left in a daze.

She could not understand why she had turned out this way.

Was it because of her mother? Not entirely.

Was it because of her stepfather? It did not seem so.

What could be the reason?

Lucy could not figure it out.

Finally, Lucy was too fatigued to ponder any further. She groggily went to her bed and fell asleep.

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