Chapter 1

I'm an actress, and my boyfriend—who's also my agent—told me to gain twenty pounds to land a role.

But when I arrived on set, the director looked at me with regret and sighed.

"Your acting is solid, but you're too heavy. Didn't your agent tell you this role requires someone slimmer?"

I was about to ask my boyfriend what was going on.

But then I saw him smiling as he congratulated my rival, Natasha.

Turns out Natasha got the role.

When our eyes met, his expression was weary.

"She needs this role more than you do. Your acting is too good—to keep you from getting cast, I had to trick you into gaining weight."

"You've been pestering me about marriage, right? Perfect timing—now that you've gained weight and can't get any roles, let's hurry up and get married."

In that moment, I realized that in five years, he'd never forgotten Natasha.

I let out a bitter laugh and removed the simple ring engraved with his initials from my finger.

"No. We're breaking up."

The ring rolled under the sofa. Cameron's expression darkened.

"You want me to beg you to stay in front of her, to prove how important you are to me, is that it?"

I opened my mouth.

"No..."

Before I could finish, he raised his hand, impatience in his eyes.

"Don't explain. Whatever. Just don't come crying to me drunk later, begging to get back together."

I clutched the hem of my clothes, my cheeks burning.

It was more humiliating than being slapped in public.

Natasha tugged at his sleeve.

"I told you not to talk to girls like that... He's just blunt, he doesn't mean any harm, don't take it personally..."

Cameron pulled her away.

"Don't waste your breath on her. Don't you still need to pick out your costume?"

The two of them left without hesitation.

Their interaction was almost identical to the romantic clips that circulated online years ago—so in sync, as if they'd never broken up at all.

Someone caught this moment on camera and posted it online from a burner account.

And once again, my figure became negative news.

[Oh my God, her body is seriously ugly. Does she even know she's an actress? Is she planning to play a pig with that weight?]

[I can't believe this. She just gains weight whenever she wants—does she have any professional standards? Can't she control her eating? Look at Natasha!]

I've had the kind of body that gains weight from drinking water since I was a kid.

The first time I was mass-ridiculed online for looking heavy on camera, I developed depression and had to take hormones to control it.

My weight skyrocketed again. Directors rejected me. I was on the verge of giving up my acting dreams.

That's when Cameron pushed through the crowd of people mocking me and took me away.

Looking at my tear-streaked makeup, he said, "Everyone already looks down on you—are you going to bully yourself too?"

From that moment on, I saw him as my guiding light. I followed him silently, and I fell for him.

He knew how hard my journey had been. He knew how much I trusted him.

And now, he'd shattered that trust with his own hands.

My phone chimed.

It wasn't a message from him—it was several loyal fans privately messaging me on social media, telling me to fire my agent.

From the first time I worked with Cameron and got cyberbullied over styling and unflattering roles, they'd been telling me to drop him.

But I always believed that as long as my acting was solid, I could play any role well, no matter how thankless.

But now, the labels of "most vicious" and "most foolish supporting character" had been nailed to me, even seeping into my real life.