Chapter 379 A Life-And-Death Struggle
As he spoke, Forbos stood up and was about to leave.
Confused for a moment, Evelyn's face immediately darkened when she realized what was on his mind. She stopped him and said, "What are you going to do?"
Forbos sneered and said, "It's not too much to ask my son-in-law for a bride token!"
Evelyn almost flew into a rage.
"Don't you have any shame? I have nothing to do with him at all! We had a few meals together as the main actress and sponsors of the same film. Even if he really likes me, we're not together. You don't have the right to ask for money from him!"
Forbos sneered, "That's none of my business. That's yours."
"How dare you!"
Evelyn was so angry that she felt a throbbing pain in her head. She always knew that her foster father was a scoundrel.
These years, she seemed to carefree, but in fact, she had been suffering in silence.
Since her father passed away 10 years ago, Evelyn's life seemed to have fallen into hell overnight and never got better.
After a while, she took a deep breath with reddened eyes and said, "I really don't have any money on my hands now. If you want it, wait for me to finish the filming. This is the only way. Otherwise, we will end up in a life-and-death struggle. Do whatever you want. My hands are tied."
Upon seeing this, Forbos was still a little dissatisfied, but he also knew that there was no better way.
He then said reluctantly, "Well, when will you finish filming?"
"By the end of this month!"
"Well, then I'll wait until the end of the month. At that time, make sure you keep your word, otherwise... Hmph, you know."
Evelyn was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to say.
She rubbed the space between her eyebrows tiredly and said, "You can leave now. I'll let you know when I get my pay."
With that, Forbos left with satisfaction.
......
After Forbos left, Evelyn sat alone in her room for a long time.
About ten minutes later, she sighed, picked up her cell phone and dialed a number.
The phone was connected soon
Evelyn asked carefully, "Marissa, well... can I ask you for help?"
On the other side, Marissa's voice was as cold as ever. "What's the matter?"
"I... Can I ask for a pay advance? Is that okay with you?"
Marissa frowned.
Marissa paused and replied, "I don't have the right to make a decision on this matter. Are you in a hurry to use it now?"
Evelyn bit her lip and said, "Yeah."
"Well, I'll ask them for you. After all, usually, you'll be paid only after the movie was wrapped up. But if they allow a pay advance, I'll make sure they do that for you."
Marissa sounded nothing but professional. Nevertheless, Evelyn was already very grateful.
She quickly said, "Okay, thank you, Marissa."
"Alright."
After hanging up the phone, Evelyn covered her chest as she felt her pounding heart. She felt a little relieved as she walked into the dormitory.
At this time, on the other side.
After Marissa hung up the phone, she told Millie about it.
Millie was a little surprised to hear this.
But thinking that Evelyn might need the money for the use of emergency, she didn't think much about it.
However, the main investor of this play was Energence International Corp. Starlight was a nominee. She couldn't make the decision.
Clarissa was not in charge of the Energence International Corp. Since this was a business matter, she didn't ask Clarissa and directly submitted the application for a pay advance.
The next day, the application status came out.
Evelyn couldn't get an advance of her pay as there was no such rule in the company. There was nothing she could do about it.
Evelyn was very disappointed.
However, she knew that it was kind enough for Marissa to ask it for her. So although she was disappointed, she still thanked her.
After coming back to the film set, Evelyn was anxiety-ridden.
As a result, because she was not herself today, Pablo yelled "cut" to stop her from continuing to act in that scene.
After a few more times, the people around them couldn't help but begin to discuss it amongst themselves.
Seeing this, Pablo felt a little helpless.
He came out from behind the monitor and said, "What's wrong with you today? Is there something on your mind? You can't seem to get into the mood to act?"
Evelyn lowered her head slightly and bit her lip.
After a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "Pablo let's have another shot. I'll try it again."
Pablo looked at her with a frown.
Even if he was slow-witted, he could tell that something had happened to Evelyn at this time. In such a state, even if she tried harder, the effect would not be ideal.
In the end, he waved his hand and said in a low voice, "All right, I think you are tired. Have a rest first. If there is anything on your mind, deal with it first and we'll talk about it later. We'll shoot your part today."
Then he ordered the staff on the other side, "Ask Susan to come here. Let's go on with her part today."
"Okay, I'll call her right away."
Pablo returned to the monitor and sat down. The staff went to call Susan. Soon, they had set up the scene for Susan.
Evelyn stood there and bit her lower lip, feeling guilty.
She also knew that she was in a really bad state today. Although she had tried her best to get herself into the mood, she still couldn't do it.
Seeing that Susan came over in a costume with her head held high, Evelyn could only helplessly step back.
Seeing that she was absent-minded, Pablo frowned and tried to persuade her, "You can't multitask. If you really have something to do, you should deal with it first. We are not in a rush to wrap this up and we can continue to shoot this scene when you have dealt with your matter."
Evelyn nodded. "I see. Thank you, Pablo."
After leaving the set, she went back to the hotel that was reserved by the crew. After taking a shower, she lay on the bed, staring blankly at her cell phone.
She was a little confused. At this time, she really didn't know who to find.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought of asking Clarissa for help. She knew that Clarissa was loaded.
However, she also had her own self-esteem and knew very well her situation. Forbes's debt was like a bottomless pit. There was no need for her to drag her friends down to her level.
Evelyn would never ask her friends for help unless she had no other choice.
Just as Evelyn was deep in thought, her cell phone suddenly rang.
She was slightly stunned and picked up the phone, only to find that it was Marty's call.
She was slightly surprised.
Marty had not been in contact with her for a very long time. Why was he calling her at this time?
Evelyn didn't want to take it, so she just hung up. Anyway, he was calling probably because of some monkey business.
On the other side, Marty was sitting on the chair, crossing his legs and waiting for Evelyn to answer the phone. To his surprise, she hung up his call.
She hung up!
Marty watched as the screen of his phone faded to black. He felt extremely angry!
This d*mn woman! How dare she hang up on him?
No matter where Marty went, he was the type of person everyone would suck up to. She was the only one who dared to embarrass him.
She had such a bad temper!
He ground his teeth hard. After a while, he sent her a text message.
"You dare to hang up on me? Are you tired of living?"
Evelyn looked at his message and smiled coldly.
She replied with one word, "Ha!"
Marty could almost imagine the arrogant and disdainful look on Evelyn's face right now.
He gnashed his teeth when he saw her message.
He looked at the phone and sneered.
"Well, you think you're so cool, huh? You'll fall into my hands sooner or later!"
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