Chapter 3

Simon and Starlight didn't take it lying down.

At eleven that night, Starlight Studios released a statement saying I was emotionally unstable, had skipped cast training, and that Tidebound had changed actresses only after weighing the overall risk.

It even hinted that Leo and I were involved behind the scenes and that I was using marriage to cover personal problems.

Mia was crueler. She posted a photo of herself reading the script in the table-read room with one caption: [A role is won by skill, not by men.]

The comments section instantly turned into a feeding frenzy.

I sat in…