Love Contract novel Chapter 181

Though Mary rolled her eyes and shook her head, she had a huge grim on her face. "It's natural because they haven't done it as many times as you, Archer."

"Hey, Vivian! How do you know I'm experienced in that field? Seems like you're paying attention to me more than you'd like to admit." Archer deliberately leaned into Mary as he donned a meaningful smirk on his lips.

"Oh my god, Archer..." Mary looked visibly annoyed as she forcefully pushed him away. "Where is the substitute, by the way?" she immediately asked to change the subject.

"She didn't come today."

"What?" Mary felt a headache coming on, and so she took a deep breath to calm herself. "It's okay. I'll see what the situation is and I'll iron things out."

"Sure. Thank you." Victor shrugged.

"I..." Ena bit her lips.

"Ena, I know you're uncomfortable with those kinds of scenes. I understand, trust me. But every actor and actress has to do it at one point. If you want to be successful at what you do, you have to face those scenes fearlessly," said Mary. "You need to learn to overcome the discomfort it brings. Do you understand?"

"I do, Mary." Ena nodded slowly before turning to Victor. "Then let's do it again!"

She and Victor went back to their positions and readied themselves to be shot. Once everything was in place, the director shouted, "Light, props, and we're rolling!"

"Mila," Victor grabbed Ena's arm and asked, "where have you been? "

"I..." Pretending to be drunk, Ena faltered, "I... I just... went to see... a friend..."

"Are you drunk?"

"Yes... yes I am." As she said that, she tried to free herself from Victor's grasp. Unfortunately, she was not a match for his strength. "Let go of me! I want to go to sleep!"

"I won't let go of you!"

Ena tried to turn away from Victor, her eyes full of emotions.

Behind the camera, Mary couldn't help but be incredibly impressed. 'These two are great at acting!'

"Mila..." Victor sensually whispered as he held Ena in his arms. Ena's heart began pounding hard against her chest. The scene felt so real to her, especially because she was doing it with Victor! As they began to kiss passionately, she felt all the more lost in the moment.

Victor then slowly and sensually led her to the bed, where he successfully pinned her down.

"Victor, let go of me!" Ena suddenly yelled as she kicked him on his knee.

"Ouch!" Victor cried out in pain, "Cut! Cut the cameras!"

Mary was shocked and confused. 'What the hell just happened?' she thought as Victor got up from the bed, visibly upset.

"I'm so sorry..." mumbled Ena as she sat up on the bed. "I just... can't. I really can't..."

"You almost broke my leg there!" Victor hissed as he massaged the area Ena kicked.

Mary quickly came up to Ena with a copy of the show's script in her hands. "Ena, what's happening? Everything's in the script- you know what will happen next."

"I just..." Ena shook her head. "I just couldn't!" "What? Why not?"

"I... I couldn't bring myself to do it," said Ena, biting her lips. "I once auditioned for a minor supporting role in a play. I was so excited back then that when the director invited me out that evening, I agreed. Apparently, he had a different plan that night... If I hadn't run fast, I might have..."

Ena, now looking extremely distressed, wrapped her arms around her torso, as if trying to keep herself together. Mary didn't know what to say, but she felt sorry for her deeply.

"I'll do it," she suddenly said after staying silent for some time.

"I'll do the scene. Just zoom out a little bit, no one will notice it."

Archer was caught by surprise. "What? You don't have to do that!"

Mary shook her head. "It's fine. I'll do it. I acted with Victor in a play before, so I don't think we'll have a problem. I just want to show Ena that she could do anything as long as she overcomes the barrier in her heart."

"Mary..."

"Do you really want to act?" asked Victor.

"May I?" Mary smiled at Victor teasingly. "Or do you think it would be difficult for you to act if you're doing it with me?"

Victor let out a chuckle. "Of course not. Actually, I think if I were acting with you, I wouldn't be acting at all." "Oh quit it, you." Mary blushed.

As this development unfolded before Ena's eyes, she couldn't help but feel annoyed at herself and her uselessness. It was made worse by how intense Victor was staring at Mary—slowly, she felt her heart get filled with envy.

"Vivian," Archer lamented. "I, too, have an obstacle in my heart that I need to overcome. You also have to act with me so that it goes away. Please..."

Archer's audacity never failed to make Mary cringe. She shot him a nasty glare and hissed,

"Never!" This, however, did not stop Archer. "Why the attitude? And why do you treat that brat Victor so well?"

"I have no other choice!" Mary retaliated, now staring directly into Archer's eyes.

This seemed to have finally shut Archer up, as all he did was pout and look away.

Mary once again rolled her eyes, shook her head, and left to have her face made up.

As soon as Mary was out of earshot, Archer hissed at Victor. "Hey, you —I'm warning you. Acting is just acting, bro. Don't get too carried away!"

A shiny black Maserati pulled up right outside the filming set. When the door opened, a man with black leather shoes and long, model-like legs got out of the car. It was William, and he looked dashing in his suit and tie.

The moment the staff noticed his arrival, they immediately made their way to him to greet him. "Mr. Lan! How are you? What brought you here today?"