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Alice snatched her hand away from Blake, showing no respect for his position “You've disappointedcountless
times,” she said coldly.
Blake, mindful of the surrounding fans, held back from any physical retaliation. His voice, however, turned icy
“Alice, let’s hear it. When have | disappointed you? When you were bullied as a kid, wasn’t | always there for your
“You were there? Those bullies were attracted tobecause of you! You were the danger!” Her eyes were sharp
with sarcasm.“Stop using the good brother card. You don’t deserve it.” She turned and walked towards the
gaming team’s base. Blake seethed. “He didn’t deserve it? He'd almost been killed, and she just run away!
Seeing Alice storm off, Chloe, one of Alice's teammates, offered a fake apologetic expression to the crowd of
Blake's fans. “Don’t misunderstand, Alice’s been swamped lately. Family issues are still unresolved. That's why
she’s acting this way.”
The fans grumbled.“But she shouldn't be acting like a diva, keeping the crew waiting!”
“Yeah, | saw her snapping at our Bro Blake.”
Chloe sighed tically. “She’s always had a temper. At home, they all walk on eggshells around her.”
Blake arrived, cutting her off.“Sorry, my sister has a stubborn streak. She's not as sweet as Chloe, but she’s
incredibly talented. For my sake, please don’t hold it against her.” The fans shrieked at his appearance. After
greeting them, Blake and Chloe retreated, and hie smile faded.“Why’d you say all that?”
“Brother, | was just trying to smooth things over. Alice’s behavior might have a negative impact on you.”
Blake's eyes narrowed.“The worse Alice treats me, the better it is for me.” He was a veteran of the
entertainment industry. He knew how these games were played. He fixed Chloe with a hard stare.“But you, if |
catch you playing these games again, if you try to smear Alice, you're out of the Windham family!”
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Chloe's eyes welled up, clutching her wrist.“Brother, | didn’t
Blake squeezed her wrist tighter, his voice low and dangerous.“Do we weren't in public, I'd have already dealt
with you.”
mean to...
you think you can fool me? If
Chloe nodded miserably. I'm sorry. | won't do it again.” “There won't be a next time.” Blake released her hand,
instantly switching back to his charming persona. “Alice’s here. Let's
get to filming.”
Chloe rubbed her aching wrist. She hadn't expected Blake to be so ruthless. He'd always ignored. her before,
until “that” incident when he’d been injured, and she'd spread the rumor that Alice ran away. Once she became
a star, no one would dare look down on her. And that mama's boy, Gavin- he would beg for her back. After the
bidding incident, Jack had likely put pressure on Gavin's mother, forcing their breakup. Gavin was too cowardly to
resist, and now they were stuck in a fake breakup, dating secretly.
Alice entered the base and found cameras set up. The scene was to be filmed here. Her teammate, Alice,
approached.“You okay? You look pale.”
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“I'm fine. How was practice?”
“We were supposed to practice, but the film crew needed time, teaching everyone how to act, so there was no
practice.”
Alice's face turned cold. Blake was definitely doing this on purpose. He knew the team was preparing for the
upcoming competition, and they only had limited practice time. Blake walked in. “Everyone ready? Just do what
we practiced.”
Alice glared at him.“When will this be over?”
“It depends on everyone's cooperation and the actors’ performance.” He acted as if nothing happened. “If you
don’t perform well, we'll take longer. We might have to continue tomorrow.” Alice frowned.“There are only two
scenes, one here and one outside.”
“Correct.
Now you can memorize your lines, we'll film the leads first.”
Alice retrieved the script. She'd written scripts before, so it wasn’t a problem. But when she reached the set,
Blake stopped her.“Let’s begin. Ready?”
“Yes.”
Her role was simple; the team captain. She played a villain, looking down on the heroine, only to be defeated
later. She would have a gaming battle with Chloe. But Chloe was quickly defeated. Chloe started
complaining.“Alice, this is a movie. You need to go easy on me. How are we going to film otherwise?”
Blake calmly said, “Redo it.” Chloe beamed; she was finally going to
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was finally going to beat Alice. But even with Alice intentionally losing, Chloe's character still lost.
Alice was irritated, “Did you leave. your brain at htoday? How could you lose? How did even make it to the
competition level?”
Chloe started crying.“l didn’t mean to.”
you
Blake intervened.“Alice, if you're unwilling to let Chloe win, we can’t film today. We'll have to continue
tomorrow.”
“No, we're finishing today.”
Blake shook his head.“Let’s all rest. I'll coach her. My sister is a newbie, so everyone needs to be more patient.”
Blake took Alice to his office upstairs. Alice was furious.“Chloe’s just bad. If | go easy on her too obviously,
everyone will notice. They'll think Cloud Warriors are that weak.” This was a lighthearted to promote their
team.
I know Chloe's bad, it's not your fault.” Blake casually took a drink of water. Alice challenged him, “You're
deliberately wasting time, aren't you?”
“Exactly,” Blake replied, a malicious glint in his eyes. He knew Alice wanted the team to focus on practice for the
upcoming competition.
Alice snatched the cup from his hand and tossed it into the trash.“What do you want?” Blake calmly wiped his
clothes with a napkin. “I'm teaching you a lesson. Disobeying your older brothers has consequences.
This revised translation further enhances the emotional intensity, clarifies the motivations of the
characters, and keeps the dialogue sharp and realistic, suitable for a young adult or new adult American
audience.