Chapter 218: Chapter 218: Selling Oneself
Nina Sinclair heard the complaints from outside and let out a shushing sound in alarm.
About ten minutes after class had started, Nina Sinclair finally pushed open the stall door with a CREAK. She looked left and right, breathing a sigh of relief only when she saw no one was around.
She was supposed to have a lab class that afternoon, but after what had happened, Nina Sinclair didn’t dare to go. She asked her academic advisor for leave and headed back to her company instead.
But when she got to the company, she had no idea just how serious the situation had become.
"They’re going to blacklist me?"
Nina Sinclair stared at her agent in disbelief, her anger flaring. "On what grounds are you blacklisting me?"
Her question made the agent’s temper flare as well. "You’re asking me? Why don’t you take a look at your Weibo? It’s been completely overrun! Tens of thousands of people are filing complaints against the company, an online poll demanding you get out of the entertainment industry has over a million votes, and the company has spent a fortune just trying to keep you off the trending topics!"
"If we don’t blacklist you, who should we blacklist?"
"I..."
At that, Nina Sinclair truly began to panic.
Her entry into the entertainment industry had been smooth sailing. With a powerful backer pulling the strings, she landed the lead female role in a major production for her very first project.
But now they were threatening to blacklist her just like that, and of course, Nina Sinclair refused to accept it.
Suddenly, she remembered her powerful backer and hurriedly said, "I want to see President Logan!"
The agent froze for a second before guessing what she was thinking. He sneered, "Give me a break. President Logan flew to Korin an hour ago."
’Still trying to rely on her backer at a time like this.’
Nina Sinclair’s last sliver of hope vanished. She collapsed into her chair like a boneless heap, her eyes filled with despair.
Seeing this, the agent’s expression suddenly darkened. "Actually," he said, "it’s not entirely hopeless."
Nina Sinclair’s attention was instantly captured. "What is it?" she asked instinctively.
"A certain someone from the Shaw Family has taken an interest in you lately. If you’re willing to spend one night with him, perhaps... there’s still a chance to turn things around."
A flicker of hope ignited in Nina Sinclair’s eyes, but it was extinguished just as quickly.
"Are you talking about Seth Shaw?"
"You know him?"
The agent was a little surprised.
"How could I not? The man who drove his own wife to suicide and tried to have his son killed. You’ve really thought this through, haven’t you? Sending me to spend the night with him... Hah!"
’Don’t be fooled by Seth Shaw’s glamorous public image. His father lords over him, and his son controls all the power.’
’Puppet emperors in ancient times at least got to sit on the throne, but Seth Shaw doesn’t even hold a single title in the company.’
’How could a man like that possibly save me?’
’Even she wasn’t stupid enough to believe that.’
Seeing the look of disdain on Nina Sinclair’s face, the agent felt even more contemptuous.
"Do you really think you’re in a position to be picky?"
"If you don’t want to be blacklisted, you’ll be smart about this."
The agent’s eyes darkened, and a mocking smile played on his lips. "You know what to do, don’t you?"
The color drained from Nina Sinclair’s face. Staring into her agent’s taunting eyes, she instantly knew she had no other choice.
When Nina Sinclair didn’t say anything for a long time, the agent knew what to do next.
"Nightfall, Room 506."
With that, he turned and left without a moment’s hesitation.
Nina Sinclair clutched the key and slip of paper in her hand, a flash of pure loathing in her eyes.
’One day, I will make every last one of these people pay!’
That evening, while Chloe Sinclair was in the lab, she received an intelligence report from Eight.
Chloe Sinclair was a little surprised.
It wasn’t the fact that Nina Sinclair was getting a new backer that surprised her. It was that her new backer was none other than Seth Shaw—Jasper Shaw’s father.
Remembering Seth Shaw’s fate from her previous life, Chloe Sinclair just gave a faint smile.
"I thought Nina Sinclair had learned her lesson, but it seems she’s still just as foolish as ever."
