Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Nicolas was taking a break after wrapping up a scene when Liam called.
He picked up. “What’s up p>
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Liam didn’t beat around the bush. “Nicolas, I heard something at the office today. Alicia wants to terminate her contract with the company p>
Nicolas’s casual expression shifted to one of confusion. “Alicia? No way. Did someone just make this up p>
Liam knew Nicolas wouldn’t believe it and said, “It’s not a rumor. I checked. She went to the company herself and asked to terminate her contract p>
Nicolas was silent for a moment, then asked, “So, how did the negotiations go p>
Liam replied, “They’ve already agreed. It’s just a matter of going through the formalities now p>
Nicolas’s face darkened. “Who signed off on her termination p>
Liam picked up on his irritation and quickly explained, “Alicia hired Thomas Wise, one of the top lawyers in the business. He came in person to negotiate the termination with the company.
“He’s got some evidence that could really hurt the company, and he made it clear that if the company didn’t agree, he’d take it to court.
“The company had no other option but to say yes p>
Nicolas frowned, still puzzled. “Why would Alicia suddenly want out? Did something happen p>
He’d been filming a movie deep in the mountains for the past six months.
The network signal was so bad that even loading a simple webpage was a struggle, let alone making a video call.
Thus, he hadn’t been able to keep in touch with Alicia very often.
They’d even had a cold war for over a month, not speaking to each other at all.
It wasn’t until last week that Alicia finally called him, inviting him to her show.
But on the day of Alicia’s performance, he was caught up filming a crucial scene, so he couldn’t make it.
Then, Nicole invited him to attend a gala the following day.
Once the key scene was finished, and knowing how disappointed Nicole would be if he didn’t show, he decided to support her at that gala.
After the gala, he was planning to go see Alicia, but the director suddenly summoned him back with a phone call.
He was worried Alicia might be upset about it, so he decided not to contact her for the time being.
Yesterday, Nicolas even went all the way down to the town at the base of the mountain just to pick up some local treats he knew Alicia would love, thinking he’d bring them back for her in a few days.
‘If she was still mad at me, that should be enough to make her forgive me, Nicolas thought to himself.
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But out of nowhere, he got hit with the news that she was quitting the company.
Liam knew there was no way to keep it from him.
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But he tried to downplay it. “A C–list actress tagged Alicia on X and started mocking her. Alicia called the cops, filed a defamation suit, and blasted the whole thing all over X.
“Her agent thought it wasn’t worth making a fuss over and told her to just delete the post.
“But instead of deleting it, she dropped the call recording with her agent online.
“And then she had her lawyer come to the company to request the termination of her contract p>
Liam wasn’t really covering for Haley; he just purposely left out Nicole’s involvement in all this.
Nicole was super close with Liam’s wife, always gifting her the latest designer clothes, handbags, and jewelry.
She’d even bring his wife along to those high– society events she normally wouldn’t have a shot at getting into.
So whenever Liam was dealing with Nicolas, he’d always take Nicole’s side.
Nicolas frowned, “Who’s got the nerve to call out Alicia like that? ”
Liam could hear the irritation in Nicolas’s voice.
He said tactfully, “It was Alexandra Barton. She was pretending it was for Nicole’s benefit, but she didn’t even bother to check with us first and just went ahead and mocked Alicia p>
Nicolas couldn’t help but feel a headache coming on. “Who does Alexandra think she is? She’s not even qualified to get involved in their drama, and she’s trying to stir up trouble with Alicia? Is she crazy?
“Ban her. I don’t want to see her name again p>
Now that Nicole’s involved, this whole thing just leveled up into a real headache.
Honestly, for the past year or two, Alicia just couldn’t stand Nicole anymore, and their beef kept getting worse and worse.
And now someone waved Nicole’s flag to stir up drama with Alicia? That was basically lighting a fuse.
Nicolas was seriously annoyed. ‘Who does Alexandra think she is, coming after Alicia like that? She’s way out of her league, he thought.
Liam breathed a sigh of relief. “Got it, I’ll take care of it right away p>
Throwing Alexandra under the bus was the easiest way to handle this mess.
Honestly, she brought this on herself.
Nicolas added, “Go dig up the details about the termination and fill me in p>
“Got it,” Liam replied.
After hanging up with Liam, Nicolas didn’t even think twice. He dialed Alicia’s number right away.
But every time, all he got was a busy signal. No matter how many times he tried, he just couldn’t get through.
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So he sent her a message through the app instead.
With the crappy signal, it took a while before an error popped up. His message couldn’t be delivered.
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