FreeNovelChapter 664
Keegan's face darkened. "What do you mean by that?"
Aldor replied softly, "Her signal's gone. She's probably here in Sapphire Clubhouse and entered the
signal jamming zone. However, I couldn't see her anywhere in the audition venue.
"I talked to the clubhouse manager. He's looking at the surveillance cameras now, but it will take some
time." Aldor paused before continuing, "Somebody probably set Mrs.
Kane up."
Keegan was unfamiliar with the "rules" of showbiz, but Aldor was.
Aldor knew that Stella would be a threat to her competitors after Jurisdiction was aired. Jurisdiction was
a legal series that gained over a million viewers in just a week and topped the trending searches
several times without paying for any promotional campaign.
The showbiz pie could not get any bigger. Stella was good at acting, and she had a pretty face too. She
would get a piece of pie off somebody else's plate if she ever got famous.
Aldor figured that Stella took the audition seriously, and she would have shown up at the audition
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtvenue way earlier before this time. So, her competitor probably set her up.
Keegan stood up and went outside without speaking.
It was not easy for Mr. Hudson to have Keegan there, so he wanted to stop him from leaving. However,
Aldor raised his arm to stop him and said gently, "Mr. Hudson, Mr. Kane has an emergency today. The
Vinci Rivera Group will be having its anniversary banquet on Wednesday next week. We hope to see
you there. I'll have someone send the invitation to your house after today."
Mr. Hudson paused. The Vinci Rivera Group would only invite a few outsiders to attend its anniversary
banquet.
Only their major partners and brand ambassadors would have the chance to attend it.
Mr. Hudson had only been working with Vinci Rivera for about two years, yet he had just got invited to
join their anniversary banquet. It was simply unbelievable for him.
Aldor ignored the surprised look on his face and left with Keegan.
Stella knocked on the door several times, and the lights went out. She panicked and immediately
switched on the flashlight on her phone.
She was a little afraid of the dark, not to mention how tiny and confined that dressing room was. She
could not help but be reminded about some of her unpleasant experiences when she was younger.
She squatted down and kept knocking on the door. Her hand was starting to feel sore, but she still
could not hear anything from outside. She should have expected that because of how good the
soundproofing was at Sapphire Clubhouse.
Stella figured that the person who locked her in here would expect her to escape, and that person
might even get somebody to keep an eye around this area to stop anyone from finding her. That person
would not give her a chance to get out quickly.
She held her phone up and looked around her with the help of the dim light from her phone. Suddenly,
she saw a few boxes of alcohol on the floor. An idea popped into her head. Then, she stood up and
carried those boxes to the door.
She opened a bottle of alcohol and poured it outside from under the door.
Keegan quickly went to the ninth floor, where the audition was held. He left the elevator and asked
Aldor as he walked, "How long will it take for the footage to come out?"
"I'm unsure because we don't know when Mrs. Kane arrived. I told them to start checking around when
the audition started. It's probably going to take half an hour... I guess."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmKeegan's face turned darker.
It was already thirty past eight. The audition would end before the cameras could find out where she
went. Aldor immediately said, "The clubhouse manager has sent somebody to find Mrs. Kane floor by
floor. I'm sure we'll know where she is very soon."
He paused before continuing softly, "Mr. Kane, this could be good for you. If you ignore what's
happening, it'll be a good opportunity for you to take advan- I mean...help Mrs. Kane."
Keegan stopped walking. Then, he turned around to look at him and said, "This is her dream."
Of course, he could do what Aldor suggested and let Stella go through the harsh side of society. He
could be a savior and pull Stella out of the ditch after she realizes how tough and terrifying life could be
after leaving him. In that way, he could keep her by his side like a canary forever.
However, Stella was not a canary. In those years she spent with Keegan, she looked like she had
nothing to worry about while spending a lot of money shopping, but her feathers lost their colors
gradually every day.
She would lose sleep after seeing what her old classmates achieved in their careers and point at one of
the actors and say while watching a drama, "He used to be my classmate, and he would always have a
lower score than me. I didn't expect him to be so successful now. Everybody's working so hard."
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