Chapter 23
Yeah, we have to prove to everyone that Alicia leaving LUMIA was a huge mistake,” Felicity said.
They all stacked their hands together, voices firm. “Without Alicia, LUMIA is going to be the top girl group out there. We’ll all go further than she ever will p>
Right now, they were already doing better than Alicia, and Starlight Entertainment was just as powerful as Lucent Media.
They were sure they’d blow Alicia out of the water and leave her in the dust.
In the fanciest lounge at Starlight Entertainment, Nicole was scrolling through Jason’s post.
Her face was stormy, and she looked seriously pissed off.
She’d always thought Alicia was just throwing a tantrum. That was the reason she quit the group and broke her contract on a whim.
Nicole had been scheming about how to use this chance to crush Alicia for good.
She even reached out to the head of a mid–sized entertainment company, telling them to find a way to sign Alicia.
Her plan was to keep using Alicia’s clout to hype other artists, or maybe just let her fade into obscurity.
She never planned to force Alicia out of the industry right away.
After all, the worse Alicia did in showbiz, the more embarrassed the Hammonds would be, and that would just make Nicole look even better in comparison.
The Moores would get more and more fed up with Alicia’s reputation, and eventually, they’d give up on the idea of Nicolas marrying her.
That way, Nicole could snatch away the chance to marry Nicolas for herself.
All that talk about passion and dreams was just for show. Nicole didn’t join the entertainment world because she loved it, no matter what she told the Hammond family.
She was just using Alicia as her stepping stone, making herself look good by comparison, and grabbing every opportunity to get in good with Nicolas.
Her goal was simple: land herself a spot in high society. And Nicolas was the prize she was after.
Nicolas might be in showbiz right now, but he was the only heir to the Moore family fortune.
Once he left the entertainment world, he’d be taking over the family business.
The Moore family was no less powerful than the Hammond family, with serious history and deep roots in high society.
For someone like Nicole, Nicolas was the best catch she could ever hope for.
But she’d never guessed that Jason, someone who totally outclassed Nicolas in status, power, and influence, would suddenly show up to back Alicia.
That just pissed her off to no end.
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Chapter 23
Nicole barely knew Jason. After her mother married into the Hammond family, she’d only run into him twice,
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Back then, he was hands–down the most handsome and classy guy she’d ever laid eyes on, like some prince charming straight out of a manga.
He was the golden boy among the rich kids, always getting hyped up as a total prodigy and straight–A legend. Seriously, he was the kid everyone’s parents wished they had.
Nicole had thought about trying to get close to Jason, but once she realized Nicolas, Maxwell, and Jason didn’t get along at all, she could only sigh and give up on the idea.
After all, if she wanted to establish herself in the Hammond family, Nicolas and Maxwell were way more important.
After that, she couldn’t reach out to him anymore because Jason had gone abroad.
Nicole had heard that Alicia didn’t get along with Jason either, thanks to Nicolas and Maxwell.
Thus, she just couldn’t wrap her head around why things had turned out like this.
And Alicia’s sudden move totally threw a wrench in Nicole’s plans.
She had this sinking feeling that things were starting to spiral out of her hands.
After mulling it over, she told her agent to message Nicolas’s assistant and fill him in on the whole situation.
She wanted to get a read on Nicolas’s take.
Alicia was now hanging out with their sworn enemy. Nicole knew that Nicolas and his side weren’t pissed about it.
If this ended up making them fall out with Alicia, that’d be a win in Nicole’s book.
Besides, Nicole knew she had to get ahead of this. She couldn’t just sit back and let Alicia turn things around and get a fresh
start.
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