Mr. Fairchild's Rose: She is Wild and Proud-Chapter 212 - 82: Paying the Price!

Sarah Sutton looked at Maeve Lane and suddenly thought of something.

If Julian Fairchild had been interested in Maeve Lane from the beginning, why didn’t he give her resources earlier?

There’s even some gossip in the company that many of Maeve’s opportunities were actually vetoed by the higher-ups, directly rejecting the collaboration.

At first, she didn’t believe it, but thinking about it now, it was like a light bulb went off.

No matter how powerful the higher-ups are, wouldn’t Julian Fairchild have more influence?

Could it be that this legendary higher-up is actually Julian himself?

Sarah was shocked by her own thought. Maeve looked so desperate for money at the time, why did Julian do this?

She frowned in deep thought for a while, "Even people with money don’t want to earn more... But you can’t use normal thinking for wealthy people. Is he worried she’d grow wings and fly away?"

Sarah paused, "Maeve did say before she owed quite a bit of money. Could it be that Julian fears she’d leave after paying her debts, so he kept suppressing her opportunities?"

If that’s the case, Maeve is really too tragic.

She clearly has an exceptionally beautiful face, but hasn’t had the chance to really shine.

As if discovering a secret, she stared at Maeve’s profile, lost in thought.

If this guess is correct, a lot of things start to make sense.

Why Julian rejected the collaboration for Illusionary Joy, and why Director Dayne personally sought Maeve for cooperation.

It’s because Julian only allows Maeve to act with him, as his leading lady.

She suddenly realized that Julian wasn’t neglecting her; he was actually being overly controlling.

The roles Maeve has played since her debut, except for Rivers and Mountains as Usual, have been without an official pairing.

Why didn’t she realize this earlier?

No wonder whenever Julian is mentioned, Maeve’s expression changes; she must’ve sensed Julian was blocking her opportunities.

Sarah couldn’t help but wince and complained, "Who would’ve thought someone as cold as a moving iceberg like Julian would have such a strong possessive desire towards someone he likes. No wonder Maeve’s reactions are much colder in comparison. If it were me, I’d probably pay multiple breach-of-contract penalties and leave right away. Maeve still manages to sit calmly and talk with him, truly not something an average person can do."

Sarah had initially given Julian nine points as Maeve’s friend, but it promptly dropped to four.

She didn’t want to be a wingwoman anymore. She had initially been happy to see it, but now... let that dog of a man chase for a bit longer. Maeve has endured too much hardship these years.

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The cold treatment by the Rivers and Mountains as Usual crew didn’t make the issue disappear from the public view but instead fueled Summer Ainsworth fans’ arrogance.

Under every topic involving Maeve and the Rivers and Mountains as Usual crew, they were biting at everyone, even trying to pull Julian’s fans onto their side in his super topic!

Julian’s fandom is far more influential than Summer’s. If they could pull them into a unified front, then Rivers and Mountains as Usual would definitely panic! 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

So, Summer’s fans started stirring up trouble.

"Aren’t you going to stand by and let this happen? After all, our Summer and Best Actor Fairchild were recently in the same crew. And from the leaked photos, Best Actor Fairchild really took care of our Summer. Are you really going to play dead and let Maeve continue as the leading actress? We should unite!"

"The fact that Best Actor Fairchild was pulled to be Maeve’s leading man doesn’t anger you? That woman is clearly trying to climb up by clinging to Julian! There’s already a mess before she’s even popular. When she does become famous and drags Julian into a fake relationship daily, you’ll be annoyed!"

"I’ve seen lots of women like this. If she gets a taste of sweetness from Julian, she might get her sugar daddy to constantly ask Julian to raise her status in the future! You won’t even find a place to cry when that happens!"

"You previously boycotted Maw Roland too, didn’t you?! Why compromise now?! Look at how Maw has been leeching off Julian for hype since joining the crew, even shamelessly asking him to speak for her. This is just the beginning! If you don’t continue to boycott her, she might end up being your sister-in-law!! Do you want to see such a woman together with Julian in the future!?"

They left comments under Julian’s latest advertisement on Weibo, even went to the super topics to find their presence.

Their words were so intense that anyone unaware of the real situation might think that Julian’s fans were arguing internally, as they seemed to be talking for Julian’s benefit continuously, which is quite confusing.