Nemesis Game

Peyton's eyes turned wintry. She went up to her and gritted her teeth as she said, "Why did you know that?"

Who was she? Why did she know so much?

Samantha stared at Peyton without a change in expression, "What? Did I step on your tail?"

"I don't know what are you talking about." Peyton looked around. It was crowded and she had to control her temper.

It was the filming set and there were a lot of gossipy people around. She wanted to know really badly why but she couldn't afford to cause a scene with Samantha in public right now.

She needed to keep her angelic and pure image in public. She couldn't be like Helena, being bashed by the internet like it was nothing.

"You know what I'm talking about. There's no need to say it out loud." Samantha glanced at her in disdain.

She then fixed her clothes and walked towards the filming area.

The director was nice to her. They probably thought that she was inexperienced and gave her some advice in person.

The first scene was the main scene, it was also the first step the main character took to fight back.

Samantha had to do it well.

"Director Solomon, this actress isn't all that pretty. The character Lillian in the story should be an extremely beautiful person." The person talking was Emilia, a person who argued with Samantha not long ago. She wasn't an extra, but she was getting older. She was more than 30 years old and could only play minor roles.

"Your scenes do not start until later, why are you here already?" The director avoided the topic. Emilia wasn't a famous actress and her personality sucks. She licked boots and talked down to people of lower status than her. The director didn't want to have anything to do with her.

Helena wasn't pretty, but she was chosen by Gabriel. These actresses sure had free times on their hand, it was just a show and they made it seemed like a killing field.

Director Solomon wasn't interested to talk to her at all.

"Hey, what are you saying, Director. The early bird catches the early worm." Emilia felt embarrassed. Why did the men around her tend to talk good about Helena?

She was just an internet star who got her role from pillow talk. Her face looked plastic, she didn't deserve the role.

Emilia was in the entertainment industry for so many years and never got the leading role. Some people were just luckier.

The more she thought about it the angrier she got. She glanced at Peyton who was standing at the side.

She ended her conversation with the director and walked up to Peyton.

"Peyton, you are so much prettier but you are not the main character. It's so unfair." Emilia wasn't feeling pleasant and she tried to take it out on Peyton by intending to cause ridges in others's relationship. She couldn't talk back the last time she argued with Helena. This time, she wanted to set a trap.

Peyton smiled, "Emilia, don't say that. Many people are deserving of the main character role, not only me."

She smiled but her heart was pitch black.

Who did Emilia think she was? She wasn't even in the position to talk to her.

Emilia felt happy seeing that Peyton was talking politely to her, she smiled, "Peyton, you are pretty and you are a good actress. This role should've been yours."

"It's fine." Helena had the guts to snatch my role. I would make her pay for it.

The payback was going to happen very soon.

Samantha was stopped by the director for the third time already at the set.

"Helena, what's going on? Your expression is not right!" the director was a straightforward person. There was annoyance in his voice seeing that Samantha unable to get things right. Samantha sat on the grass and her wrist was cut by the dry grass. She glanced at the extras around the set.

Great!

She was bullied even during filming!

She tried hard to avoid the extras' hand and made a mistake during the filming.

She thought she was being too sensitive, but these people were really touchy, touching her here and there...

The script stated that they had to only tear her clothes apart, but they kissed her forehead and face!

She wanted to say something, but they were as cunning as foxes. She didn't have any proof!

She was so mad.

The filming was stopped so many times, and the people on the set were starting to get annoyed. "Playing the main character with this level of acting? No way."

"Everybody knew she got the role from pillow talk."

"If it was Peyton Moore, it would be okay in one go."

"What is she doing? Just go home and warm her sugar daddy's bed if she's not going to act well!"

Samantha's face turned dark listening to the people talking.

"I'm sorry, Director. One more time, I will not disappoint you," she said as she pursed her lips, she was apologetic.

The director looked at her in annoyance, "Be more serious."

Samantha wanted to curse. She was serious, but she was being sexually harassed!

How dare they did that?

"Action!" the director said.

The extras leapt onto her and sexually harassed her again.

Samantha glared at them and slapped one of them in the face.

"What are you guys doing? Didn't the director explain to you guys beforehand? Is this how this scene should be?" Samantha was boiling in rage.

The extras made an innocent face, "Ms. Powell, I don't know what are you saying...this is what the director tells us to do."

Samantha was going crazy, and she yelled, "The director told you to harass me during filming? Trespassing my personal comfort and sexually harass me?"

The people around the set were dumbfounded. She kept making mistakes because she was actually being harassed?

These extras were so gutsy.

Peyton and Emilia were looking happily from the side.

The director frowned and was about to say something.

But Peyton was quicker, she said slowly and elegantly, "Ms. Powell, I know that this is your first time. It's normal to be inexperienced, but how can you blame the extras for your incompetence? You bully them because they're easy targets and I won't let that happen, they are just innocent hard workers."

Peyton was so good at acting. She berated Samantha and talked about her lack of skills, and at the same time gave herself a good impression.

Look.

Peyton was sympathetic about the extras and Helena was just all talk and no show. She had no skills and was blaming others.

Because of this the people immediately sided with Peyton.

The people who were sympathetic about Samantha quickly glared at her in disdain after hearing what Peyton said.

They believed Peyton's words easily because Samantha was actually inexperienced. She was probably afraid that people would punish her for her bad acting and hence she blamed it on the extras. It was fine if her personality sucks. But she should've done the job properly since she got the main role.

She didn't have to skills to back it up and claimed that the extras harassed her?

Samantha's image in their heart quickly became rotten.

The director believed Samantha, but what Peyton said had some truth to it.

Some sugar baby shift the blame on the extras, since they didn't have experience nor people to back them up.

He started to believe what Peyton said instead.

"Let's stop this scene for today, go look at the script again properly!" said the director angrily, "Peyton, let's get your scene done."

Peyton smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. I will do it in one go so that everyone can take a rest."

Samantha stood up from the grass and glared at Peyton coldly.

Peyton was probably targeting her and schemed the incident just now.

Samantha thought about it and it sounded plausible.

Peyton had so many tricks up her selves.

She lectured her and made herself looked good.

Peyton was not an easy opponent.

"Peyton, you are too humble. We believe in your skills. You won't be like those who keep making mistakes!"

"Yeah, Peyton, you are our goddess!"

Peyton smiled gently, "Thank you for liking me. You guys worked hard. I told my assistant to buy some afternoon snacks."

They went to another set to film Peyton's scene. Samantha sat down and rest in a corner.

"Helena, the extras were so rude. And what's worse, they didn't believe you! That Peyton..." Clara said angrily.

Samantha shook her head, and looked down and stared at the wound on her wrist.

"I underestimated Peyton. There's nothing I can do but take the blow today."

She was still annoyed about it, but she understood that this was a trap set by Peyton.

Clara tried to comfort her, "It's fine, you are still the main character. It's just one scene."

Samantha glanced at her coldly, she said plainly, "It's important because it is my first scene in my first show. Peyton wanted to make it rocky for me from the start."

She understood what Peyton was playing at. What happened today would go public and the media would add fire to the flame in the future.

She would probably be framed as someone who was just a poser, or someone who blamed the extras for her own mistake!

She was the main actress, but she couldn't even do the first scene well.

The internet would take the chance and talk even more badly about her.

She underestimated Peyton this time around.

"Is there some way to bounce back?" Clara rubbed her finger against each other nervously.

Samantha looked down and clenched her fist into a ball.

"Let me think about it."

She felt helpless all of a sudden. Could she really not defeat Peyton?

But she didn't want to admit defeat. Peyton did so many bad things behind the scene, how could she give up just like that?

She was already infamous, and there was nothing to lose.

She would try her best to bounce back!

Peyton was good at acting, but it was overrated. Though among the actresses of similar age, she was above average and was rather deserving of the praise.

She did her scene in one go. The director said that everyone could take a break for half an hour.

Peyton walked out of the cluster of people. She was smiling humbly, and when she saw Samantha, she looked as pleased as ever.

Samantha ignored her and drank her water slowly.

The afternoon snack that Peyton ordered had arrived. She walked around with her assistant, giving food to everybody. She was nice and humble.

Even the director couldn't stop praising her, "You did well Peyton, keep up with the good work."

"That's because you were good at giving instructions, Director Solomon," Peyton lowered her head and smiled.

The director was famous, and even Peyton had to act more courteous around him.

Peyton grabbed a cold drink and walked towards Samantha.

"Ms. Powell, I wasn't purposely targeting you just now. I just felt sorry for the extras. I know that you are nervous because it is your first time. Don't worry about it. Everyone has their first time, and you should just take it slowly. I apologize for what I said and here's a drink on me. Please forgive me."

Peyton appeared to be cordial and generous in front of the people. They admired her awesomeness.

"Apologize?" Samantha looked at the drink and didn't take it.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐