Soone had just entered through the main hallway, wearing a long beige coat and sunglasses, surrounded by two assistants. Her walk was graceful, powerful. Her aura was heavy like royalty returning to claim her throne.
Lilith turned her head slightly and when she saw who it was...
Even she blinked.
The studio practically shook. So people were crying in excitent.
So were frozen in place.
And soone behind Lilith shouted, "THAT’S HER?!"
Because standing at the entrance, removing her glasses slowly, was one of the most legendary veteran actresses in the entire country.
Her na was Krystal Knight, but in the industry, everyone called her KK.
She had been a big na for years. Almost every famous old movie had her face in it. She was the kind of actress who didn’t just act—she ruled the screen. Even now, after so many years, people still looked at her with shining eyes. She had long, shiny hair and a beautiful face, even though she was older now. She walked into the studio like she belonged there, and in a way, she did. Her presence filled the whole place without her saying a single word.
Everyone rushed to look at her. So were whispering, so were shouting in shock, and others were trying to take secret pictures with their phones. People couldn’t believe she had joined their cast.
Lilith was standing near the side, calmly watching the whole scene. She wasn’t surprised easily but sothing strange happened.
As Krystal entered the set, her eyes scanned the space slowly.
And for a few seconds... her eyes stopped on Lilith.
Just stared for a little too long before she looked away and greeted soone else.
Lilith raised one eyebrow slightly. Sothing about that woman felt... off.
But she didn’t say anything.
Soon, everyone was called to co forward and greet the new actress. It was a big mont for the team. Nina grabbed Lilith’s arm in excitent.
"Co on! It’s Krystal Knight!" she whispered with stars in her eyes. "We’re eting a legend!"
Nina went ahead first and bowed her head slightly, smiling like a happy kid. "It’s such an honour to et you, ma’am!" she said, almost tripping over her words.
Krystal smiled sweetly and gave Nina a soft nod.
Then it was Lilith’s turn.
She walked forward slowly, no nerves in her face, no excitent either. Her face was calm. Cold. The sa unreadable look she always wore. She raised her hand and shook Krystal’s hand, not too soft, not too hard.
Krystal looked at her with a charming smile and said in a smooth voice, "You’re such a gorgeous young lady."
Before Lilith could speak, Nina gasped loudly behind her. Her eyes widened with joy as if she had just received that complint.
But Lilith didn’t even blink. She simply nodded and replied in her flat tone, "You’re not bad yourself."
The set went silent.
Everyone around stared with big eyes.
So makeup artists stopped moving their brushes. One caraman dropped a pen.
Did she just say that to Krystal Knight?
Krystal—THE Krystal Knight?
But Lilith didn’t care.
And Krystal chuckled softly. Her eyes were still locked on Lilith’s face.
She didn’t seem angry but she didn’t look away either.
There was sothing in her gaze...curious, almost amused as if she already knew sothing no one else did.
Lilith sat quietly in the corner of the studio lounge, reading her script. Her scenes were delayed, and her eyes were going over the lines, but her mind was sowhere else. Her hands were still, her lips tight.
She wasn’t in a good mood.
She hadn’t been, for days.
The silence from her human doll was starting to get under her skin. No call. No explanation. Just a ssage that didn’t feel like him... and lies.
What is he hiding? she thought, again and again.
She wanted to throw her script and book a flight. Just get up and go et him face-to-face. But she didn’t move. Not yet.
While she was still reading, soone sat beside her.
She turned slightly and saw Krystal Knight.
The veteran actress had finished eting most of the crew and cast. People were still whispering about her presence, still glancing in her direction every few seconds. But she ignored them and casually sat down next to Lilith like they were old friends.
"Hey," Krystal said softly.
Lilith looked up.
Their eyes t.
"Oh my goodness... you’re just like—" Krystal started, her voice light, almost surprised. But then she stopped herself. Her words froze in the middle, like she caught sothing too soon.
She looked at Lilith again and gave a slow smile.
"You’re cute," she said.
Lilith blinked.
She wasn’t in the mood for fake complints or playful teasing. Her voice ca out colder than usual.
"I’m not."
Her eyes returned to the script in her lap, but she wasn’t reading it anymore. She was thinking about her flight options. About packing. About confronting him.
Because she could feel it in her chest...sothing was wrong.
"Aww..." Krystal cooed softly, still staring at Lilith like she was sothing adorable sitting in a glass box. "Such a cute child."
Her voice was sweet, too sweet like sugar lted in warm milk.
Lilith sighed deeply.
Her eyes stayed on the page of the script, but she wasn’t reading a single word.
She wasn’t in the mood to be called cute like so little kitten. She wasn’t so fresh-faced rookie actress who blushed over veteran complints. And definitely not a child.
"I’m not a child," Lilith said flatly.
Her voice was quiet, calm but her tone made it very clear she didn’t like being talked to that way.
Krystal just smiled.
Still sitting close. Still looking at her with that sa tilted-head, soft-eyed expression.
Lilith finally closed the script with one hand and sat back in her chair, tired of pretending.
She didn’t want small talk. She didn’t want strange complints.
And she definitely didn’t want Krystal’s attention right now.
Because her chest felt heavy. Her head was buzzing.
Her human doll was still missing and hidding sothing from her.
And every passing second without his voice, without his truth, made sothing inside her tighten.
She didn’t know if she wanted to cry, or burn sothing.
And now this woman was calling her cute like she was ten years old.
Lilith exhaled slowly.
If she stayed here longer, she might explode.
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