Possessed No More: The True Star Returns to Claim Her Throne-Chapter 25: Are You Satisfied Now?

Soon, all the online posts about the Sinclair Group had vanished, and all the gossip accounts had received a lawyer’s letter from the company.

"And that Janice Goodwin. Didn’t she want an endorsement deal with the Sinclair Group? Have the official account release a statement that the Sinclair Group will never work with anyone surnamed Goodwin in the future."

’Once the official account posts the statement, that woman should get the message, right?’

’If she dares to pull another stunt, I won’t indulge her again!’

Henry Hayes immediately had someone post to the official account. In no time, the post was flooded with a pile of mocking comments—all directed at Janice Goodwin, of course!

[LMAO, a certain Best Actress tried to ride President Sinclair’s coattails for clout and ended up hitting a steel plate!]

[This girl hasn’t had any new projects lately, just manufactured hype to stay relevant. But she ended up pissing off a titan like President Sinclair. This is gonna be good!]

[She probably paid for those earlier articles herself, tsk tsk~]

[President Sinclair is such a badass. It hasn’t even been two hours, and the official account already dropped a statement. Best Actress Goodwin, how’s that slap in the face feel?]

[Janice Goodwin: It hurts like hell!]

Cole Sinclair opened his company’s official account and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the solid wall of comments mocking Janice Goodwin.

He then casually sent a message to Riley Perry: Satisfied now?

Riley Perry sent back a simple "Mm."

Staring at the simple "Mm" on his phone, Cole Sinclair felt an unprompted wave of irritation. "Do I have any important appointments in the next few days?"

Henry Hayes immediately began to report, "Tomorrow you have a meeting with the president of JM Company. The morning after, you’ll be discussing the development plan for Land Plot 07 with the president of Apex Development. In the afternoon, Mr. John of the Jeffrey Group arrives, and you need to pick him up from the airport. Three days from now, you have to travel to..."

’Now I’m even more irritated!’

’The company employs so many people. Why am I, the president, still so busy?’

Suddenly, Cole Sinclair’s phone pinged again. He picked it up and glanced at the screen: A kiss for my Mr. Sinclair as a reward. Below the text was a photo of a pair of red lips.

Others might not have recognized them, but Cole Sinclair did. He’d lost count of how many times he had kissed that mouth; it was all too familiar.

’So she wasn’t giving me the cold shoulder, she was just busy taking a picture.’

Someone’s mood instantly went from cloudy to sunny. A hint of a smile appeared on his face, and the unhappiness he’d carried since leaving home seemed to vanish in an instant. He even felt the urge to tease his little lover: So you care about me that much? You get your hackles up just from seeing me in the same frame as another woman?

Riley Perry’s reply was lightning-fast: Mr. Sinclair is so exceptional, of course I care!

Cole Sinclair typed on his phone: Then stay by my side always.

He wrote it, then deleted it. ’I shouldn’t say something like that. It would make me seem so desperate—desperate for someone to stay by my side forever. It would make me look too weak, and the Sinclair Family has no need for the weak.’

He typed again: I’m not a fickle person.

And deleted it. ’Written like that, it sounds like I’m making a promise to my little canary. How can I do that?’

Again, he typed: Be good, and I’ll let you stay by my side.

Deleted again. ’What if she gets other ideas? Their relationship is simply that of a patron and his canary, a transactional arrangement.’ 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

He wrote one last time: As long as you behave, you won’t miss out on anything I’ve promised you.

’Yes, that’s it. The only thing he could give was money. Things that were impossibly difficult for others were as simple as eating and drinking for him. All he had to do was lift a finger and vast sums of money would flow in. To him, money was the most insignificant thing of all.’

Riley Perry was so angry when she saw the message that she actually laughed. ’Does he think he’s raising a cat or something? Telling me to "behave"?!’

’Has he forgotten that even the best-behaved cat will scratch when it gets mad?’ With that, she tossed her phone to Rhona and decided not to reply. Her next scene was about to be filmed anyway.

Her role as the fifth female lead had most of its scenes set in The Elysian, so they barely had to change sets. Filming was going by very quickly, and Nana was already looking for other projects for her.

As evening approached, the director from the neighboring *Immortal Demon Tribulation* set came to visit. The crew was just breaking for dinner, so Riley Perry grabbed her meal box and joined a few other actresses to eat and chat.

Talia White seemed a bit unapproachable, but her personality was the complete opposite. It also seemed she really did have something going on with Jordan Joyce. Even though the two of them tried to be discreet on set, everyone had eyes.

"Ria’s scenes are all scheduled back-to-back. She’ll probably be done filming in another two days."

Riley Perry took a large bite of chicken and nodded repeatedly. "It’s going by too fast. I kind of don’t want to leave. Everyone on this set is so congenial, which is different from some of the other productions I’ve been on. I’m learning so much here, too."

After saying that, she snagged a piece of braised pork from Chloe Sterling’s meal box and popped it into her mouth. Chloe immediately retaliated by snatching a shrimp from hers. "You’re just trying to wind me up, aren’t you? I can’t even look forward to wrapping up early like you can."

Talia White didn’t say anything. She had just gotten lucky. She had originally competed for the female lead role but lost out. To be with Jordan Joyce, she had chosen the minor role of the fifth female lead. In any case, she’d earned plenty of money over the years, so making a little less didn’t matter.

But as it turned out, she didn’t even land the fifth female lead role, and all the other parts were cast. She had already started looking for other projects when the actress for the second female lead got into trouble—arrested for drug use. The moment Jordan Joyce heard the news, he went straight to the director. And that’s how she lucked into the role.

Her role had a lot of screen time, meaning she would likely be on set until the very end of filming. For her, though, that was perfect.

"Chloe, your scenes will only take about half a month at most. Don’t worry, it’ll go by fast."

The two young women were always fighting over the meat in each other’s meal boxes, especially Riley Perry. Chloe Sterling and Riley Perry had started eating together, and Talia, finding it amusing, had joined them. After that, Summer Quinn started tagging along as well.

It was a funny thing, but watching them squabble over food every day didn’t just improve everyone’s appetite; it lifted their spirits, too.

Summer Quinn patted her stomach. "I feel like I’ve gained a couple of pounds these past few days. I’m going for an early morning run tomorrow. Anyone want to join?"

Chloe Sterling waved her hands frantically. "No, no, no! I’d rather get fat and die than go running. Besides, I’m not even fat!"

With that, she took a huge bite of braised pork. ’The medicine Riley Perry gave me works like a charm! My appetite hasn’t changed these past few days, but the food I’m eating is completely different. I’ve eaten all the things I wasn’t allowed to before, but my weight hasn’t gone up. In fact, not only has it not gone up, I’ve actually lost three pounds! So I don’t need to exercise to lose weight at all!’

Talia White picked at some vegetables with her chopsticks, but her gaze drifted toward Director Quinn. ’I know for a fact that Director Miles is filming a major Xianxia epic next door, with Best Actor Hughes as the male lead. He should be incredibly busy. Why would he have time to drop by the set?’

Riley Perry followed her gaze. The two middle-aged men were sitting on small camp stools with a little table between them. On the table were three dishes and a soup, with a bowl of rice for each of them. They were eating and chatting.

She quickly looked away, shoveled the last mouthful of rice from her meal box into her mouth, and said, "I have to go to makeup. I’m in the first scene tonight."