Nemesis Game novel Chapter 19

Breaking news! The cast members for “Be Passionately Devoted” were announced, and the leading actress would not be Peyton Moore, the most recent best actress winner!

Breaking news! The Universal Entertainment tore up the agreement, the star Peyton Moore lost her role!

Breaking news! The beloved Peyton Moore lost her role to the rookie Helena Powell!

The heroine role was given to Peyton for the show “Be Passionately Devoted”, but Helena Powell came out of nowhere and snatched the role. The news sent showbiz into turmoil.

And the media was making speculations about Helena.

Peyton was beautiful and was a good actress. The sudden change in the casting pushed the show into the centre of the storm and it was already a hot topic before it even aired.

Topics about Peyton were often trending on social media, but this time there was an unfamiliar name trending as well, Helena Powell.

The netizens were saying bad things about Helena already. Her account was newly created, and Peyton’s fans already flooded her account with scolding and berating.

“What the, who is this Helena Powell? She landed the main character role immediately after she got into showbiz. Is the president of Universal Entertainment her sugar daddy or something?”

“I think so too!”

“We want transparency, strip Helena Powell off the role! How can some random internet star get the role just like that?”

“Get out of showbiz! How dare you snatch my favourite actress’ role!”

Samantha was sitting calmly in front of the monitor. She smiled as she read the netizens’ comments.

Get out of showbiz? That was never going to happen.

If her fans were so enraged, how would Peyton herself react?

Was she erupting in anger right now?

“Peyton… do you like my present?”

They would see each other real soon.

Samantha looked forward to that day, and she wanted to tear her angelic face off and reveal her true face!

…

Peyton’s face was twisted from anger at Universal Entertainment.

She smacked the paper angrily onto her manager’s table, “Linda, explain! Wasn’t the role given to me already? Why did some random internet star get my role instead? I will not let this happen!”

“Peyton, calm down. We have not lost yet, look at the comments on the internet…” Linda glanced at the paper calmly.

Peyton wasn’t buying it, “Did Universal Entertainment go bonkers? How can a rookie be better than me? How dare they give that role to someone else!”

“Calm down.” Linda glanced at Peyton, “If you really want the role, just go to Mr. Knight and complain about it. The Moore family can help you out too.”

The Knight Group didn’t have a partnership with Universal Entertainment, but they were the real estate mogul around the area. Nobody dared to defy them.

Peyton shook her head, “That’s what I don’t understand. Everybody knows who is behind my back, but Universal Entertainment still dare to switch me out for some rookie! They are obviously declaring a war against the Knight Group and the Moore Group.”

For some reason, Peyton had a bad feeling about this. The person behind the scenes was coming for her!

But who could it be? Nobody in showbiz had the guts to pull such a stunt.

“Well, one thing’s obvious. This Helena Powell is no ordinary person, and the person behind her back is someone powerful as well,” said Linda.

Peyton gritted her teeth in indignation. She rejected roles here and there before, but there was never a time when her role got snatched away!

Helena Powell, this rookie. She would be dead soon!

Peyton wouldn’t let some random internet star embarrass her like that!

“Linda, I don’t care. I’m not letting this slide,” said Peyton confidently.

Linda thought briefly and said, “Let me think a bit. They already announced it, so we have to think about some other ways to go around it.”

“There’s a charity dinner tonight, I heard that Mr. Baker will be bringing Helena Powell along. You can get ready and take this opportunity to do that!”

“Okay, I understand what to do.”

Peyton gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with coldness and hatred.

“Be Passionately Devoted” was going to be a big movie. It had great writers and directors. Whoever got the main role would be famous in no time. The main role went to Helena, but Peyton was planning to use her popularity and show off her skills to convince the people to rethink it!

Around 7 pm, the reporters camped outside of LT Hotel in City L. They got the news that Peyton was going to the charity dinner tonight and hence they were here. Peyton was trending right now because her role got snatched.

Samantha was sitting in Gabriel’s car. She thought about how her life would change after this.

Once she got into showbiz, she would have no privacy.

But she wasn’t afraid about the rocky future.

How could she step on others if she wasn’t on the top?

From now on, she would bow to nobody. Only others would bow to her!

“Tried you best tonight. Don’t disappoint me.” Gabriel glanced at her, and there was an odd look in his eyes.

Samantha thought that the look in his eyes was always very complicated. He was looking at her, but at the same time, it was as if he was looking at someone else through her face.

She was going to say something when Gabriel said coldly, “I forgot to tell you, Ruben would be accompanying Peyton tonight at the charity dinner.”

Samantha’s face tensed up.

Ruben…

The last time she saw him was at the hotel when she first got back from overseas. They never met after that. She wasn’t as good as Peyton, and she wasn’t trained in acting before. Gabriel got her the best teachers, but she still needed to work hard, she was working hard every day.

If she couldn’t make this, she wasn’t deserving of standing on this stage.

“Are you afraid?” Gabriel noticed the dejection in her eyes.

Samantha looked straight at him, “Afraid? I wouldn’t be here if I am. It’s fine, I would like to meet them in person anyways.”

She was still traumatized by Ruben’s cold-heartedness.

Would he be blazing in anger knowing that she snatched Peyton’s role?

But so what? She wanted both of them to be unhappy with her.

They owed her this, and she wanted to get everything back!

Gabriel noticed her gaze and reached out his hand to snap her back into reality.

“Hide your hatred. You’re not Samantha but Helena from now on.”

His warm palm and words made Samantha shiver.

She smiled brightly and said, “Of course I know who I am.”

“Who are you?” he asked without blinking as if he was trying to look for her weak point.

Her voice cord was treated. It wasn’t 100% back to normal and her voice was still slightly coarse, but it drew people in as if she had sad stories to tell.

Samantha hid the lonely look in her eyes, she put on a pretty smile, “I am under your wing and there will be people who’ll go around digging you up.”

“Are you scared?” Gabriel was still as calm as the lake as if he didn’t have any temper.

Samantha was taken aback, “Scared of what? If you are not afraid to be the target of hatred with me, why should I be scared?”

Gabriel was on the same boat with her, going against the Knight Group and Peyton. People would be finding out about their relationship very soon.

She was an internet star, and he was the well-known third son of the Baker Group. He was the one behind her back and this would be big news!

The car stopped right in front of the hotel. Gabriel was the CEO of the Universal Entertainment company and he created a buzz at the scene. The reporters who were waiting for Peyton quickly pointed their cameras and microphones towards Gabriel and Helena.

“Mr. Baker, why did you tear the agreement with Peyton Moore?”

“Mr. Baker, who is Helena Powell, the rookie that Universal Entertainment is trying so hard to put out? “Why were you willing to pay a large compensation fee to Peyton Moore just for Helena Powell?”

“Mr. Baker, people are speculating that you are the person behind Helena Powell’s back, is that true?”

Peyton wasn’t under Universal Entertainment and the company invested a lot in “Be Passionately Devoted”. They were stupid for suddenly announcing the change of roles and had to pay a compensation fee.

Samantha stood next to Gabriel. It was her first time being in the spotlight like that. The camera shutters went off non-stop, she thought she would be nervous but she was oddly calm.

It was only the beginning and Gabriel already managed to create such a hot topic around her. Gabriel said that bad publicity was also good publicity. By doing this, she was instantly known around the country.

“The person behind her back? Like right now? I mean, I’m standing now behind her,” said Gabriel as he cleared his throat. He was oozing with confidence.

The reporters were dumbfounded but they quickly rebounded. They looked at Samantha who was behind Gabriel.

“Helena Powell? This is Helena Powell?”

“What, she’s not all that pretty. Peyton Moore is a popular actress, who is she to compete with Peyton?”

“Her face is obviously plastic! Are the people in Universal Entertainment blind?”

The reporters were mostly Peyton’s fans. They were talking bad right in front of her without holding back.

But Helene was good looking as well. Unlike Peyton’s fragility and innocence, she was like a newly budding rose, exquisite, elegant yet cold.

“Hello everyone, I’m Helena Powell. Nice to meet you all,” said Samantha neutrally. She walked up and smiled in front of them.

The reporters quickly woke up, “Fuck, press the shutter. It’s the role snatcher, Helena Powell!”

Samantha admitted her identity and the reporters stopped bothering Gabriel. They gave her the mic and surrounded her.

“Ms. Powell, do you think you have the skills to take away the role from Ms. Moore?”

“What is your relationship with Mr. Baker? More like… how did you convince him to give you the role?”

“Helena Powell, is Mr. Gabriel supporting you? Can you tell us?”

The reporters bombarded her with questions and the cameras flickered. Samantha felt dizzy, their questions were so intense!

She was wrong no matter what she said, and the hate comments about her on the internet were growing in numbers.

Just when she trying to find a good answer, there was a huge fuss upfront.

She looked over and saw Peyton in a red dress that revealed her shoulders, walking towards her hand in hand with Ruben.

They were a good looking couple and was the centre of attention.

It was her!

Peyton…

Samantha glared at her and clenched her fist.

She remembered the time when Peyton kicked her again and again. Her heart throbbed in pain, and she didn’t want to go through that ever again.

The pain subsided and Samantha’s eyes were blood-shot.

She looked at Peyton who was approaching her with the crowd looking at them. She almost couldn’t control the hatred in her heart and wanted to walk up to her!