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Chapter 48 - 48

I was taken to a small fast aid station that was set up so I could lie down .

As Myra sprinkled water on my face , she whisphered," Don't worry , Daniel has done your make-up waterproof."

I was trying my best to not break into a smile . It was not the first time I had pulled sick-card . There was also another time when a sponsor advertisement director kept asking me to wear bikini for a photo shoot , also another time when after reaching the venue the producer wanted me to promote a particular political group .So everyone in my team was well aware of how it was going .

I signalled to Myra to buy me just thirty minutes, after which I would get up with a ' very painful ' expression to continue the shooting - becoming a symbol of hardworking woman .

But lying down just for few minutes had me dozed off .

I woke up hearing a voice that seemed to come out of my dream .

" Are you alright?"

It was Liam . I knew it without opening my eyes . I tried to form a sentence to answer him. But I did not know how .

Then Mira spoke ," Babe , you are here ," as she was sobbing .

" What happened?," Liam was asking her in a gentle voice , something I was very familiar with since he had spent nights after nights beside my bed , talking like this .

" This woman !," Mira hissed ," She is ruining everything !"

" Let's go home ," Liam said , he sounded tired ," Let's have your favourite cake on the way ."

" Only you understand me ," Mira sighed .

And then I heard them kissing . The silence of the room was filled with whisphers of two lovers - of whom one used to be mine .

" I can't wait to see their faces when they meet you ," Mira huffed ," They dared to insult me when I am going to get engaged to you !"

" I don't think this is doing good for your career , babe ," Liam said , his voice dripping honey .

" Does it matter ? After marrying you , I am going to retire anyway ," said Mira.

" No wonder , Ms. Palmer is so reckless with her career ," it was Myra's voice ," How good is it to have a safety net !"

I realised that I was holding my breath , when I tried to inhale some air , I started coughing .

I sat up . I had done too much acting for today , anyway .

I looked at Myra , directly," What time is it ?"

" You have passed out just for twenty minutes , don't worry ," Myra came to sit beside me ," The lead photographer wants you up as soon as possible, he will take some of your single shots ."

Daniel entered the room , almost dancing ," I posted your picture online , did you see it ? You ARE GOING VIRAL HONEY ."

"Thanks Daniel , " my throat was dry like a desert ," Can someone get me some coffee ?"

Myra helped me up from the bed ," You would need some touchup makeup . By the way , the rookie you brought went back for today ."

" Yeah ? Thanks goodness then ," I was really thankful on it . God forbid , Liam found his sister at the back of my van , running around , buying coffee for my team.

" This is so unfair !," Mira shrieked ," Only I was supposed to have single shots . Liam , talk to the photographer for me ."

Here I was trying to avoid the lovebirds , but they would not just let me be .

I smiled at Mira , conciously avoiding Liam's face . I did not want to meet his blue eyes that had deceived me too many times . I was thankful for the curls that was done Myra . They covered him till his neck , so I could only look at his chest, not above from it .

" Didn't you say , Ms. Palmer , that you are going to retire after your marriage?," I told her ,"You could bear to let me have this then , right ?"

"Only if you kneel and beg me ," she hissed ," But you will need a backbone to even kneel , right ?"

" I could kneel but I am still sick ," I smirked, "If you will excuse me , I have some photos to shoot ."

I walked out , leaving Mira cursing at me from under her breath .

The shooting went way better than expected. Daniel showed me the new articles about me getting popped up , how after getting bullied, I had to reveal that I was actually not in scandal ,rather at an outing with my brother .

It had not been even a day but I was going viral.

Some fans had already started demanding apology from the newspaper for putting out fake news . Sponsors now also had to apologise for dropping me suddenly.

How easy it was to become fan's favourite again . The vedio of me bowing and getting harrassed by Palmer was trending now .

" Autumn Dane from ' Four Seasons ' , getting bullied by chaebol actress Mira Palmer "

" Does talent matter or your connections?- Beloved Autumn gets harrassed at the work place "

" Showing seniority - that's the reason

Female lead actress of ' Reborn Queen Won't Let His Majesty Take Any Mistresses ' was caught on camera bullying an idol on set "

' Autumn Dane - got harrassed while trying to help a rookie makeup artist ."

" 'The Four Seasons ' - deserves an apology."

When my work finally ended , I drove back to dorm and was greeted with balloons and cakes from Summer and Rain .

Jasper also came for the free cakes . Besides after today I doubted anyone would bother if they saw him coming in and out of the dorm.

The CEO of my agency called asking me to do a livestream.

So we did. Although I had my brother sit outside of camera view .

I did not think that Jayjay would suddenly become comfortable on live camera. If he was going to stay with me , I understood that people around me would need some kind of explanation about him . But that did not mean that my brother had to suddenly take in the toll of becoming internet famous overnight.

I knew that I had to apologise to him eventually. I never discussed with him about revealing his identity to my fans . He was intelligent enough to understand that it was nessecary. So I doubted that he would be giving me hard time over it .

The small party took twelve at night to end . I had to constantly talk about my family - something I had not done before. I was used to keep my family hidden in my shadow. Since a daughter of man who led his company to bankruptcy is not exactly a happy story .

I mostly talked about my brother and mother - and few happy memories I had left in my parents' house . Summer also talked about her family .

I knew that eventually someone might find out my mother was in psychiatric ward and my father - oh well .....I could not exactly bother with it now .

I had won today and I wanted to enjoy this victory.

By the time , I finally had time to take a bath , I came back to find most of my people had fallen asleep here and there .

I went to my room to lie down . Under the blanket , I could finally start crying.

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