Someone continued, "I feel that the woman's back doesn't look like Miss Burton's, nor it's Sierra's. The clothes on that woman were obviously from cheap stores! How could they just go shopping in the square when they're in such a controversial situation? Especially Sierra, who usually wears popular brands. The clothes on that woman's body were obviously not!"
Another staff member wanted to speak, but was cut off by the noise outside the dressing room.
The makeup artist had finished applying makeup for me and looked at me with amazement. "Wow! Miss Reid, your facial features are really delicate, and your skin is great."
I smiled as a group of people came into the dressing room, led by a woman who appeared to be in her forties.
She was in a bad mood. "Sierra hasn't come yet. Why are you using a substitute to shoot?"
"Sammy, didn't you say that Sierra was sick? She couldn't come, so we've decided to find a substitute!" The person who spoke was from the publicity department, Eugene Lance.
Sammy Clark looked at me with disdain. "Sierra is sick, but she didn't say that she won't be shooting. Look at what kind of substitute you found. Do you really think that she, even with makeup, could ever compare to Sierra? What a cheap imitation."
After that, she raised her hand and looked at the assistant behind her. "Go to the car and bring Sierra out. Makeup artist and stylist, get ready and do the makeup for Sierra."
The makeup artist and stylist were a little flustered and said, "Sammy, but our superiors have asked Miss Reid to come and shoot. Our makeup has already been done, so we are ready to shoot. If we start from scratch again, it will delay everyone's time."
"How valuable is your time? Is it as precious as Sierra's? Is it that hard to do makeup and styling? Do you really think that a substitute can act in such a high- end advertisement from Roberts Group?" Sammy glared at me with immense disdain.
She sneered, "Just because she looks a little similar to Sierra, she thinks she's the real deal? Has she ever looked at her hideous face?"
It was obviously a personal attack on me.
"Sammy, when did your mouth become so foul? Who's being hideous here?" Kelsey, who had rushed over from outside, walked up to me and patted me on the hand. She asked comfortingly, "Are you alright?"
I shook my head, staying calm. I was used to seeing things like this four years ago.
Seeing Kelsey's appearance, Sammy
sneered, "Huh! Miss Parker, you are the director of the marketing department. What are you doing here, meddling with the publicity department's affairs?"
After working in business for so many years, Kelsey was already able to deal with people like her. "Sammy, since when did a manager like you have the right to criticize the Roberts Group's publicity department? I am an employee of Roberts Group. Who do you think you are? In Mr. Roberts' eyes, you are just Sierra's agent. To put it bluntly, you have nothing to do with our company."
"How dare you..." Sammy's chest heaved with anger. "It seems that you're not going to continue working with Sierra. We will have to talk to Mr. Roberts about this. Let's see whether Sierra is a member of Roberts Group."
Sammy was purposely manipulating Kelsey's words. Kelsey scoffed coldly. Looking at the photographer, she said, "The makeup and styling are done. Prepare for the shoot. Staff members, you may now escort the irrelevant people to leave the premises."
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