Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
Grace shivered for a little and answered her. It was on her forehead near the scalp, so no one could see it if they did not look closely.
It was a wound inflicted in prison that was not taken care of.
Grace knew why the makeup artist mentioned it. It was because all the servant girls had to comb their bangs flat today. The scar would then be visible.
“Does it matter? Can I still act as a servant girl?” she asked nervously. At first, she had been worried about Lily spiting her. Now, she was worried if she could keep her job as an extra.
“It’s all right, we’ll just cover it with a little bit of powder,” the makeup artist said and quickly finished Grace’s makeup.
Grace looked in the mirror and sure enough, she could not see her scar anymore.
When she stepped out of the huge room and waited for her turn, she saw a familiar figure coming her way.
It was not Lily, but Evelyn!
Grace was stunned. She did not expect that other than Lily, Evelyn was also part of the cast.
Evelyn looked like a diva who was being followed by several assistants. One was holding an umbrella; one holding her bag; one reading Evelyn her lines for today.
Evelyn paused in her steps and looked at her. At first, she was stunned. Then, a smile came over her lips as she walked up to Grace. “Why, are you here as an extra today?” Evelyn asked knowingly.
Grace was dressed as a servant girl in the film, and her costume revealed everything.
Grace looked at Evelyn, somewhat surprised. The Evelyn now was no longer a small C-lister. She looked as if she was an A-lister.
Evelyn had not changed into her costume. Looking at the fancy branded clothes and jewelry she was wearing, they were probably worth millions.
Grace did not think that Evelyn would use knockoff goods. After all, her younger sister was the proudest. If someone found her using knockoff goods, the humiliation was similar to taking Evelyn’s life.
“Yes,” Grace did not hide and responded with poise.
After all, she was not stealing or robbing, she was only using labor to make money.
“If you want to be an extra, why didn’t you ask me then? I might even get you a few lines. You’ll make more money than being an extra.” As Evelyn said this, she deliberately raised her hand and stroked her hair to show off the fancy watch on her wrist.
Grace found Evelyn’s action a little funny. “I don’t think I’ll trick my older sister into being an escort just to have a few more lines.”
“You…” Evelyn’s expression changed, knowing that Grace was mocking her for tricking her into escorting her assistant director. However, she seemed to immediately think of something. As she looked at Grace, she said, “Are you so short of money that you need to be an extra? Didn’t anyone give you any money? You have to earn this kind of hard money now?”
“I’m not obliged to tell you.” Grace did not bother to talk to Evelyn. She directly walked past her and headed toward the place where extras were waiting for their turn.
Evelyn frowned and hesitated for a moment, then ordered the assistant beside her, “Check out that girl named Grace just now. What exactly is going on with her? How much does the person who introduced her to work here know about her? Find out everything. The more detailed, the better.”
Was something going on between Jason and Grace? Evelyn speculated but was uncertain.
If the woman she saw Jason carrying to the car was really
Grace, then there was no need for Grace to be an extra.
Grace was not someone keen on show business. If she lacked money, she could just ask Jason for it.
Besides, how much could an extra earn?
When Evelyn was having her makeup done, her assistant finally came back with the information and reported to her.
“What? She’s still working at the Sanitation Service Center? It was also a street cleaner from the Sanitation Service Center who introduced her here?” Evelyn said in disbelief.
“Yes, and Sidney said, according to the person who introduced her to work here, she was short of money and wanted to make some extra money or something,” the assistant replied.
Evelyn seemed to finally put down her heavy burden when she heard this.
By the look of things, Grace was not with Jason. Or rather, even if Grace had been with Jason once before, the two were clearly broken up now and no longer on good terms.
Otherwise, Grace would not need to be an extra to make money.
Earlier, she had been really worried that something was going on between Grace and Jason. If nothing was going on between them, then she did not have to worry anymore.
She remembered how she had lost her opportunity to be the leading lady and was forced to become a C-list actress all because Grace got sent to jail. She wanted to get a role, so she asked Grace to accompany the assistant director, but in the end, she was slapped by the assistant director.
Her journey to stardom got even more miserable after that.
Back then, she hoped that Grace could help her get a better role from her ex-boyfriend, Sean Stevens. However, Grace refused her with a straight face.
Grace just had to put down her pride for a moment and ask Sean Stevens to change her younger sister’s destiny, but Grace refused to do so.
If she had not met Brian afterward, Evelyn would never have been able to turn her life around.
Evelyn had always felt uneasy at the thought of Brian. After all, up until now, Brian had not really ‘touched’ her.
Nevertheless, she was Brian’s official girlfriend now.
As for Grace, she would make her understand that everything in life was cyclical. Previously, she had asked Grace for help but got rejected. Now, she would make Grace understand what she had to pay for saying no!
The director got the extras to rehearse twice before the formal shooting. When they were rehearsing, Grace did not see Lily. Lily’s stand-in was representing her.
Evelyn did not let her stand-in represent her. Instead, she did it herself and stood next to the male lead.
Evelyn was the second female lead in this film. She was the male lead’s mistress and had a lot of scenes with Lily.
Brian had given Evelyn a few films to choose from, and she immediately chose this one.
Brian even said, “I thought you’d choose the ones where you can be the leading lady. You’ll only be the second female lead in this one.”
“This drama’s a big production, the director’s a famous director, the male lead has won the best actor twice, and the female lead, Lily, is really popular right now. Even if I’m just the second female lead in the cast, it’s still better than being the female lead in other low-budget films,” she had replied.
However, only Evelyn knew that these were just excuses. The reason she joined the cast was just to show off to Lily.
Lily used to look down at her! When she went to Sean Stevens for a role, Lily treated her like trash.
Now, she wanted Lily to know that even if she was only a second female lead in this film, she could also overpower the female lead, Lily!
This grace is becoming annoying,her pride is higher than her IQ,she rather be trampled on, humiliated and abused than accept Jason’s help.