Possessed No More: The True Star Returns to Claim Her Throne Chapter 146: Passive-Aggression

The next morning, Riley Perry and Rocco grabbed their suitcases and went to the eting point the director had given them. This ti, filming for the show would start at the airport.

When they arrived at the airport, Victoria Koenig and so of the others were already there.

They’d been told there would be two new guests for this episode. Riley Perry knew one was Holly Sumrs, but she hadn’t expected to know the other one too.

Holly Sumrs was busy trying to get chummy with the other guests, but she spotted Riley Perry the mont she arrived.

She imdiately stood up and waved enthusiastically at Riley Perry. "Riley, quick, over here! Why are you so late? Out of eight guests, we were just waiting on you!"

As soon as the guests arrived at the airport, the live stream began. Every word Holly Sumrs said was being picked up by the recording equipnt.

’...All right, all right,’ Riley Perry thought. ’So this is how you want to play it, right from the start of the show.’

’Throwing shade at for being late?’

Riley Perry dragged her suitcase over and said hello to Silas King and the others. Chloe Sterling ran right up and linked arms with her, then turned to Holly Sumrs. "The eting ti Director Warren gave us is eight o’clock. It’s still fifteen minutes to eight. How is that late?" After speaking, she turned back to Riley Perry. "Riley Perry! Aren’t you surprised to see ? Totally unexpected, right?"

"I really am surprised. You’re a new guest for this episode too?"

Riley Perry pulled Chloe Sterling down to sit next to Silas King. "I had a sumr job once. It was pretty miserable. The manager was a workaholic who was there from dawn till dusk.

Coincidentally, there was this one super-ambitious female coworker in the office. Every day, she’d make sure to get there before the manager, then grab a rag and pretend to be cleaning his office. During the day, she’d just paint her nails, read novels, and play gas. But once it was ti to clock out, she’d scramble to work overti. And it wasn’t enough for her to work late alone; she had to make the entire office stay with her.

The manager saw all her ’outstanding’ efforts and praised her several tis. He even gave her the Employee of the Month award.

Because of her, everyone in the office had to start coming in half an hour early and stay for two extra hours of overti before they could go ho.

Do you know what happened to that coworker in the end?"

Chloe Sterling played along perfectly. "Don’t tell she got a promotion."

Riley Perry glanced at the cara that was now right in her face and pursed her lips. "In her dreams. Stealing credit from the cleaning lady was one thing, but she never should have been so passive-aggressive about it. In front of the manager, she told the cleaning lady to co earlier next ti so she wouldn’t ’disrupt the manager’s work.’

The cleaning lady got so mad she dragged her into the bathroom and beat her up, scratching her face all over. Then she went and complained to the manager. After checking the security footage, the manager fired her the next day."

Holly Sumrs’s expression froze instantly.

’What is Riley Perry trying to say? Is she threatening to beat up just because I said she was late?’

’What’s even more infuriating, is she implying she’s going to get kicked off this show?’

"Riley, are you still mad at ? It was my fault. I’m sorry, okay? Please forgive ."

Riley Perry held up a hand in a ’stop’ gesture. "Don’t co any closer. I have trypophobia. Seeing people who are full of sches makes want to lose my mind. For your own safety, please keep your distance from !"

Holly Sumrs was stunned by the coback. Her eyes welled up, ready to burst into a pitiful stream of tears.

"I know you really want to cry right now, but hold it in. The whole damsel-in-distress and innocent victim act is out of style. You should probably try a new persona."

The tears were already shimring in Holly Sumrs’s eyes, but she forced them back down.

Live Comnts: [LMAO, what kind of woman is Riley Perry? This is a live stream! She’s not even trying to hide what she’s thinking. She ca out swinging!]

[This Holly-sothing-Sumrs person is already stirring up trouble. Does she have any idea who she’s ssing with? Riley Perry is the kind of person who wouldn’t even give Miles Ford the ti of day!]

[I’ve t people like the one Riley Perry described. They’re so damn punchable. We’re all just trying to make a living on five or six thousand a month. Who wants to co in early and work overti every single day? It’s good enough that we get our actual work done.]

[Riley Perry: I’m just here to do a job, why the hell should I have to work overti!]

[Hahaha, in her head, she’s probably already killed off Holly Sumrs, that corporate bootlicker, a hundred and eighty tis.]

[What’s going on? Riley Perry and Holly Sumrs don’t get along either?]

[Is there sothing wrong with this Riley Perry? Why is she shading our Susie right from the get-go?]

[Our Susie used to interact with Riley Perry on Weibo! They’re supposed to be best friends, so why are they acting like this in person? Is Riley Perry going to bully our Susie?]

[So I guess you guys are just completely deaf to your Susie being passive-aggressive from the mont she opened her mouth, huh?]

Silas King used to hate it when won caused drama in front of him. But seeing Riley Perry, with her foxy face, expressionlessly throwing shade at soone... he found it incredibly interesting.

Of course, with the caras rolling, he wouldn’t ask about any of that. "You’ve worked a sumr job before?"

Riley Perry shook her head. "Nope."

Her family wasn’t exceptionally wealthy, but they weren’t poor either. She never reached the point where she needed to work a job to save for college tuition. Besides, as soon as her college entrance exam scores were announced, she beca the richest person in her village. Why would she need to toil away to earn money?

Of course, calling her the "richest person" was a bit of an exaggeration. But as for soone who could earn hundreds of thousands just by getting into school, she was the one and only in her village!

"I was just learning from soone how to subtly shade people."

Silas King was floored by her answer!

Seeing the ugly expression on Holly Sumrs’s face, everyone’s lips twitched. They suddenly felt that maybe being too honest wasn’t always a good thing!

At eight o’clock sharp, Director Warren finally appeared. "To our audience in the live stream, welco to this episode of *Go on an adventure together*! This ti, we’re welcoming two new guests, Chloe Sterling and Holly Sumrs! Co on, let’s give them a warm welco!"

Chloe Sterling and Holly Sumrs stood up and bowed to the cara.

Everyone applauded in unison.

"Next, we’ll be heading to the filming location for this episode. Your assistants won’t be coming with you this ti, so look after your own belongings. It’s a three-day live stream. I hope everything goes smoothly for all of you."

Riley Perry’s eyes darted around for a mont before she took the backpack from Rocco’s hands.

Chloe Sterling also knew they had only ended up with one backpack last episode, so she had packed light: one suitcase and also one backpack.

After grabbing her things, she stood next to Riley Perry, looking for all the world like she intended to stick to her for this entire episode.

Of course, Riley Perry was more than happy to let the little cutie stick to her.

Victoria Koenig quickly squeezed in on Riley Perry’s other side. After the last episode ended, his manager had practically twisted his ear while ordering him: ’You have to latch onto Riley Perry. She’s your ticket. Even if you don’t get put in the sa group, just talking to her a little more will get you more screen ti!’

He knew that for as long as he’d been in the industry, he’d always had to pay to get on the trending topics list. But after participating in the last episode of *Go on an adventure together*, he’d hit the trending list three tis in a row—all high on the list, no less—and had gained over a million followers!

In his manager’s words: he had hit the jackpot!

So, he made up his mind. For the next few episodes, he would do everything he could to get into a group with Ria!