Chapter 25 Friendship (1/2)

It felt like years before Jack finally let them go. Mei Li almost shed tears of happiness when she stepped out of the building.

”Why did you enter the audition?” she wailed.

”I didn't. I only accompanied my friends. He saw me walking,” Ryn almost cried too.

Mei Li glared. ”I don't believe you. You told me you don't want to work under him anymore.”

”Save your nagging. I need to say goodbye to my friends,” Ryn stopped her and rushed back inside.

Mei Li rubbed her temple. She had a headache as well and it's real.

Ryn approached her friends, noticing how they quickly kept silence when she was near.

”Err… is something wrong?” she asked hesitantly.

”You… You didn't tell us you're a real model,” Racheal became their spokesperson.

”Err… because you've never asked?”

”You're always like this. We never asked. We never said. Are you happy embarrassing me in front of everyone?” Irene couldn't control her emotion and burst out.

Ryn cocked an eyebrow. Was Irene blaming her?

”You must be laughing seeing I struggle so much. You must be laughing when you came for my first photoshoot. Was it funny?”

Ryn took a step back but her face did not show her emotion. She had a poker face mask and it oozed coldness.

Some of the girls shivered.

”For someone who is still new in modelling, you have a lot of things to learn and the first important thing is your attitude. I'm sorry. Excuse me.” Without waiting, Ryn turned around and walked away.

None of them noticed a girl standing not far from them, watching everything. The girl smirked.

”Attitude? Can't you believe what she said?” Irene choked out. Her body shook with anger and frustration.

Where could she put her face after what happened? Everyone knew Ryn started to show off during her turn, meaning that it was because they found her performance bad then they did this.

It must be Ryn who told them to make it harder for her during the audition. Didn't Ryn go into the room way earlier? She had the time to badmouthing everyone!

”Calm down, Irene.”

She glared at them before stormed away.

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Ryn handed the Cola to Mei Li, starting to get worried seeing how traumatic her manager was.

”Are you okay?” she asked again.

”Why I have the feeling he will pop into my dream. Ryn, it'd be a nightmare,” Mei Li grabbed Ryn's hand. Her eyes were getting wet again.

”He won't. He'd be busy popping into my nightmare,” Ryn coaxed.

”Maybe I should go to the church and pray hard,” Mei Li quickly gulped down her drink and grabbed her bag. ”Do you want to follow?”

”No. Mika is picking me up. You should go now before the traffic gets worst.”

Mei Li nodded. She grabbed her bag and walked back to her car, leaving Ryn watching her quietly.

Ryn let out a sigh. It seemed like when her career as a model waz exposed in the campus, she could no longer be the quie and boring Ryn. And it seemed the new friendship she was just having among her classmates were gone.

”How cheap is my friendship in their eyes,” she murrmured bitterly.