Across the table, her father's gaze was fixed on her. Beatrice Hargrave pressed her lips together and mumbled, "It's always been Uncle Nicholas talking to the director. I'm not really sure."
As soon as Beatrice finished speaking, Josephine Hawthorne sneered, "Ha, with an intelligence like that, you still dare to enter the entertainment industry," then she turned to look at her husband with a raised eyebrow and asked, "Grayson, are you sure you can make her a star?"
Beatrice glared fiercely at Josephine, full of defiance but unable to find a reason to retort.
Henry Hargrave glanced at his wife indifferently without responding, then turned to Beatrice and asked sternly, "Why did you stay out last night?"
