Please behave My Lord
Chapter 102: The Protagonist

Chapter 102: The protagonist

-Andrea, it was Mr. Durán who sent his assistant to inform the director.

The words fell on Andrea's ears, causing her to raise her head in disbelief, and her body rose, tugging at the wound on her shoulder.

However, at this point, Andrea could no longer worry about this, she just looked at the agent with paranoia,

-Is it... Leo?

Nodding strongly, the agent, who still had some resentment towards Andrea, at this point had both eyebrows furrowed, somewhat distressed. She was aware of Andrea's feelings for Leopoldo, and she had never stopped him because it would help his acting career, but she hadn't expected such a bad outcome in the end.

Andrea's hands were clenched into a fist and her collarbone wound was open, with bright red blood seeping out and soaking her light-colored hospital gown.

However, it was as if Andrea did not feel any pain.

Suddenly, Andrea removed the needle and stood up hurriedly, looking for something on the table in a panic.

When the agent next to her saw this, she frowned fiercely and said:

-Andrea, what are you doing?

Finally, Andrea found her cell phone on the cluttered table. She picked it up and pressed the button.

The call took a long time to be answered.

Andrea's eyes sparkled and she hurried to speak:

-Leo, it's Andrea.

There was no response from the other side, but Andrea was not discouraged and continued.

-Leo, why did you change me? Do you know how much effort I put into this role? You shouldn't have...

The cold, hard words suddenly came out of the other end of the phone, leaving her shocked.

-By all considerations, you are no longer suitable to continue as a female lead.

After a pause, it occurred to Andrea and the corners of her mouth curved into an odd smile,

-Leo, you promised my cousin that you would take good care of me, have you forgotten? Or is this your care? If so, aren't you worried that my cousin will never come back? Threatening words came from his pale lips and were transmitted to the other end over the phone.

-There is a price to pay for what you have done.

After saying this, the other party hung up the phone.

Andrea was stunned, sitting back on the bed, dazed, her eyebrows slightly furrowed in confusion.

The things he did? Suddenly, Andrea remembered what had happened at the investment conference, and it seemed that what Leopoldo was talking about was this.

Was it all Mariana's fault? Andrea stood up, sweeping all the objects from the table to the floor, her voice echoed throughout the room, signaling anger.

Damn Mariana!

***

Hanging up the phone, the director made a sad face.

The premises the team rented cost money every day, and they weren't cheap, even Xavier only left a few months for the crew, and now that they were without the leading lady, they naturally had to replace her quickly and fill the gap.

-Things are easy enough for Señor Durán, he just has to give the order, but where am I going to replace the protagonist?

He took out a cigarette, put it in his mouth and lit it, the director still looked a little grumbling.

The producer also took a cigarette.

Suddenly, a slender figure crossed the producer's mind, causing his hand to pause and his eyes to light up at the thought. Quickly stubbing out the cigarette in his hand, the producer looked directly at the director.

-What do you think of Mariana?

If I were looking for another leading lady in the entertainment industry now, no one would be as famous as Andrea before. Then you would have to replace a special one. Mariana was good looking and had endless charm and an excellent temperament. Such a surprising decision on the part of the crew was bound to provoke a heated discussion, and by then the popularity of the Holy Empress would only increase.

The director, however, was a bit hesitant when he heard this.

-Is it a good idea? Not even talking about her character, as a newcomer, she may not even be able to act, and now that time is urgent, we can't give her time to learn acting.

The producer smiled, looked at the director and spoke indifferently,

-Even Andrea's acting skills can get her to where she is now, I trust you to make Mariana popular!

-In addition, the video has a negative impact, but Mariana's popularity has not diminished.

-From the video you can see that indeed Xavier and Mariana are more compatible, which makes the impact that this video brings more and more huge, isn't it?

As the producer naturally put profits first, and the measure was whether revenue could be generated, other considerations were the director's.

The director silently exhaled smoke rings, frowned and thought for a while, and finally could only nod his head.

-Well, but now we have a lot of problems. Anything related to Empress Santa will immediately hit the hot searches, I think it's better to try it first.

***

-Ah! Mari! Have you seen the news? You're going to be a star!

A shout of surprise filled the dressing room, and Ana quickly ran to Mariana's side with her cell phone.

Mariana saw a big red headline on it: The female lead role in Holy Empress, which belonged to Andrea, had been given to Mariana!

Below was a slightly smaller sentence, in black lettering: Xavier and Mariana are together for the first time since the scandal! -Where does this false gossip come from? How could I ever star in Holy Empress?

As she handed her phone back to Ana, Mariana felt a little disgruntled. It was probably because the haters had increased lately.

Her eyes returned to the suit in front of her, Mariana's expression was serious, focused and devoted.

-Mari, why don't you believe it? Since so many influencers are posting this news, surely it can't be fake, think about it, Andrea is in this situation now, how is it possible for her to come back?

Then, Ana suddenly saw a Facebook post from a member of the production team, implicitly revealing that the female lead in Empress Santa would be played by Mariana, the head of the production team's wardrobe team, and she was immediately more certain of her thoughts.

She was about to put that test in front of Mariana when she accidentally clicked on the comments, and Ana's face suddenly changed.

The following comments were full of curses to boycott Mariana's role as the heroine of the Holy Empress, and the words were very nasty.

Ana looked closely and noticed that there were several comments made by Xavier fans, and they were very excited.

-What's up Anita?

Mariana looked at Ana with a puzzled and worried expression.

At the sound of Mariana's voice, a look of panic instantly appeared on Ana's face, and she turned off her cell phone and put it in her pocket.