His love

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Tim Selwood, the game director in charge of the audition, followed lan around like a sycophantic ghost.. 

Tim pointed at the barefoot starlet perched atop the swing and said dutifully, “Mr. Nightingale, that’s Rowena Levinsky, one of the Four Flowerbuds of showbiz…” 

“Her feet are too wide,” lan said curtly, cutting Tim off mid–sentence. 

“All right, then…” Tim replied slowly and crossed Rowena’s name from his head. 

The female celebrities that went up after Rowena had tried their best to showcase their beauty, at least by Tim’s standards. 

However, lan frowned through their performances and did not show any approval for any of them at all. 

Tim wiped the beads of cold sweat on his forehead and mentally crossed out the names of the starlets 

who did not make the cut. 

His face, slick with sweat, finally brightened when it was Skyler’s turn to audition. 

Skyler had the most potential among the candidates, and Tim had come to an agreement of sorts with her that would end with her landing the endorsement deal. 

He was confident that lan would approve of Skyler. 

Skyler’s performance that day was indeed stellar, though it had more to do with her graceful nature than her acting skills. 

She could transition from elegant to bright and intelligent effortlessly. 

The muslin dress she wore for the audition had a pale green bodice. 

The top half of the skirt was a matching shade of green and faded into white toward the hem, which cut 

off at Skyler’s ankles before pooling into a train at the back. 

Skyler resembled a nymph. 

With Nightingale Corporation’s impressive funding, even the stage design for a simple audition like this was complex and surreal. 

White mist unfurled across the stage, which was decorated with all manners of flora. Skyler might as well 

have been swinging above an enchanted lake from a fairytale. 

The swing was entwined with vines and blossoms. There was an ethereal beauty to the handiwork. As Skyler perched atop it, her stunning looks seemed to bring the entire setting to life. 

She had dyed her long hair a deep, ebony shade for the audition. She had half of her hair twisted into a simple up–do and left the rest cascading past her shoulders. 

Her hair lifted in the invisible breeze as she swung back and forth. A few locks of it curled at her chest. 

As her bare feet kicked off against the flowerbed and she swung gently through the air, a lock of her hair 

fell past her face. 

With her side profile partially obscured, she looked like a woodland princess–beautiful and demure. Exclusive © material by Nô(/v)elDrama.Org.

Tim couldn’t take his eyes off Skyler. He nearly drooled at the thought of what she promised him in exchange for the endorsement deal. 

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He swallowed and decided he must have Skyler as the ambassador of Arena of Glory so that he could savor every bit of her beauty. 

Tim turned to lan and said, “Mr. Nightingale, the woman on stage is the famous actress Skyler Dawson. She’s the Dawson family heiress and Zayn Carter’s fiancée. 

“Her status in the entertainment industry makes her the perfect ambassador for Arena of Glory, to say nothing of her impressive background. What do you say, Mr. Nightingale?” 

Tim broke into another bout of cold sweat after saying this. He couldn’t help feeling as though all the air had been drawn out of his lungs whenever he was in lan’s imposing presence.