Prologue

I have lived my whole life as a naive, pure, selfless person which affected my career both positively and negatively.

It has always been my dream to become an actress. Not just any actress, but a top tier actress, the most sought after both home and abroad.

My life was pretty much simple. I say simple because it was a life that most people lived. “Stay in your zone. Don’t speak when it doesn’t concern you. You are not the one to cause change etc.” I took that to heart and lived by it.

Not until, I became a rookie actress and I began to understand the dynamics in the entertainment industry. A world full of plots, hatred, greed and superiority complex. That was the world I had hoped to live in but my expectations were cut short when I began to win awards for my growth in the industry.

I became a prey in the company I was signed under, RM Entertainment. It was the best entertainment at that time, focus its energy and success on helping harness more talents into the industry. Everyone knew of RM Entertainment and its pioneering work in the field. But they never once thought those talents they claim to harness were just their play tools for the higher ups.

Fast forward

I met someone. Someone I could trust, talk to, be vulnerable with and love. My first love, Rowan. He worked as an intern in the company in charge of activities outside filming like brand deals, ambassadorial deals etc. I was to do a photoshoot for a jewellery company after I won my first award as a rookie actress.

He helped me and guided me through what needed to be done. Even in my nervous state, he did not hesitate to comfort me and boost my confidence. I liked it. I liked how he cared about me but in my mind, he probably treats everyone equally. I wasn’t sort of special to him.

We started speaking more and more and more until I had completely fallen for him. One time, he invited me out for dinner at a fancy restaurant. I wondered how he was able to even have a reservation in this luxurious place with his current pay check. There has to be something he hasn’t told me about.

“I ordered your favourite. Medium rare steak with cheesy potatoes.” I smiled at that. I only said that once and he still remembered.

“Thank you.”

“Anything for you. My princess.” I blushed.

Even in that moment, I never thought the worst of him. How he had the money to pay for our expensive meal which was even the least expensive thing we did that day. I thought he was good. Well…good to me. I wanted to know him more before confessing my feelings, which was the dumbest mistake ever.

He became my own enemy. My downfall. My biggest regret. The thorns in my flesh and the pains in my heart. He was all of them yet my mind was never at ease without seeing him.

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PS: This is not usually my go-to genre but I wanted to give it a try. If it flops, then so be it.

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