Chapter 195
Lance’s gaze darkened, and the smile on his face vanished. "Are you sad because you can’t be together with him?"
Madeline chuckled. She got up and walked to Lance, who was sitting in the executive chair.
She sat on his lap and rested her head on his chest. "You need to stop being so unreasonable, babe. I don’t love him. I wish things would turn out differently and we can be friends. After all, I have no friends..."
"You don’t need friends. You have me," Lance said. But then he realized that he sounded too possessive and didn’t want to scare her. So he added, "You also have Nathan and Jasmin, and you’ll befriend all my siblings and cousins."
"Alright, alright," Madeline chuckled. "We still have a lot to do. Let’s focus on handling work for now."
"Don’t you want to star in another show? I can create another show for you or a movie if you want."
"I want to have a rest, probably a full year of rest while waiting for this controversy to die down," Madeline replied. "Besides, there’s only enough acting gigs to handle before I get burned out."
"Are you sure? I don’t want you to spend your time holed up here, reading documents and such; it gets boring eventually."
"I’ll tell you once I want to do something," Madeline said. "For now, all I want is to support you through this difficult situation."
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Zane checked his phone. His heart grew wary as he saw that the boycott was only effective at the start, but as Lance hired those critics to give a genuine review, the movie and TV showgoers started watching Psycho Moth and gave it an objective review, which made the boycott become less impactful and also ridiculous.
He was heartbroken after Madeline dumped him and spent his days holed up in his bedroom, drinking and scrolling through social media, hoping there was a text from Madeline or at least something that would give him hope.