Part 3Three Years of Secret Marriage to a Movie Queen

"I start to put you behind me, trying to return to the time before you, I stand at the other end of time, smiling goodbye, actually not in love..."

Kim Ming handed me some water, nodding slightly - a rare show of approval from the usually stern woman.

My nervous heart felt reassured, but her next words sent it racing again.

"It's passable. But I demand the best. This only proves your talent is still there. The company will promote your new song. For the next three months, you'll be filming a drama."

"Acting? I..."

"You'll have an award-winning actress guiding you, what are you afraid of? Don't be timid. If you want to stand on stage, don't hesitate. Opportunities don't wait for anyone."

Kim Ming patted my shoulder, cutting me off impatiently.

"You're right."

That competitive spirit inside me was instantly ignited. Compared to love, putting in effort for my career was much more likely to pay off.

Then, Kim Ming waved her hand. A sweet-looking girl with a bun hairstyle ran in from outside, smiling and winking at me.

"This is Lily Lin, the assistant the company arranged for you. You can go to her for anything from now on. I have other business, so I'll be leaving."

Lily circled around me several times, her eyes sparkling. She immediately latched onto my arm.

"Brother, I'm Lily! The one who's 'WillCrashWallsForBrother'! Brother, you were so great just now. I cried listening to you. You wrote it so well! I have a feeling this song will definitely be a hit!"

I burst out laughing, my nervousness around strangers dissipating.

"Well, thank you in advance then."

"Hehe, just give me a signed copy of your single album when it comes out. Oh right, you start filming tomorrow. It's in a pretty remote location. Do you want to go home and pack first?"

Back home, I couldn't help opening my email again.

Even though I knew Olivia would never initiate contact, I still felt a spark of hope.

I loved her so much that letting go would be a gradual process of detachment.

To my surprise, Olivia had actually sent me an email!

My heart started racing.

I opened it: "Jack, how did you join Pinnacle? And Kim Ming is managing you? Since that's the case, can you help Ethan? You know how much Ethan wants to enter showbiz, but Mei won't let me help him. Ethan is a good kid, he can't keep wasting himself as an internet celebrity. Besides, we owe him."

Ethan Song, Olivia's ex-boyfriend. An internet celebrity who had been on the same reality show as me.

She sent me more words for his sake than she had in the past three years.

My excitement died instantly.

"He has plenty of ways to get in if he wants. I'm not Pinnacle's owner, I can't help him. And I don't owe him anything."

This time the great Olivia replied quickly, not with her usual "I'm busy, don't contact me unless it's important."

"Jack, how can you talk like that! You know how dirty the entertainment industry is. Ethan is so timid, what's wrong with protecting him a bit? If you don't help him, we'll have nothing more to say to each other. Who knows how you managed to get into Pinnacle anyway!"

"Olivia, are you serious?"

I felt sick to my stomach. For three years, I had guarded this empty house, hoping time and again, only to be disappointed time and again. But I had never felt as disgusted as I did now.

She said she was busy with work. She was a movie star after all, I understood.

She said she had to play along with others for show. She was a movie star after all, I understood.

But she absolutely should not have tried to manipulate me morally or make assumptions about me.

You're a big star, are you?

I'll make you fall from grace.