Nemesis Game
Chapter 20 To the Top

Gabriel had a business smile on his face, and he grabbed Samantha by the hand.

"Calm down," he whispered.

The gaze in Samantha's eyes was threatening. She clenched her fist and the hatred in her eyes was overwhelming. She wanted to kill Peyton, the liar on the spot!

Peyton took everything away from her and she was suffering until today because of her. Samantha had to change her identity and her face because of Peyton. To Samantha, this wasn't pleasant at all. Her enemy was right in front of her, hand in hand with her ex-husband in public. Everyone was looking at them in awe.

Samantha hated them to the core, and she almost lost control of her emotions. Her eyes were turning red. She didn't care that the crowd was present, and she glared at Peyton sharply.

Ruben and Peyton were slowly approaching her. Her heart hurt seeing them holding hands, so painful that she felt like the blood inside her body was all dried up.

It hurt, and she hated them so much.

This wasn't what she wanted.

"Oh, it's Peyton Moore!"

The reporters ignored Samantha and went up to them. Tonight would be exciting, as Samantha and Peyton met each other so soon after the role-snatching incident. Peyton smiled shyly, she wore a necklace with a mermaid's tear on it. Her dress exposed her back, yet she still looked innocent.

"Hello everyone." Peyton greeted them politely, and she was standing not far away from Samantha.

Enemies were bounded to meet on a narrow road!

"Quick, Peyton Moore is here! Take pictures of her."

"My goddess, you are my goddess. You are so much prettier than some internet star!"

"You are so gorgeous. I'm your big fan!

The people were praising Peyton non-stop. Unlike just now, they were berating Samantha non-stop. Peyton was the goddess in everyone's heart.

Some reporter raised their mics and asked, "Ms. Moore, your fans were worried. They thought you wouldn't come tonight!

"How could I not, charity is important and it's something I should do. Thank you for worrying about me, thank you for loving me and thank you for letting me give back to the society..." Peyton smiled shyly, but she looked pleased.

Ruben had a poker face the whole time. His aura was cold and stern, so the reporters didn't dare to go near him.

"God, you're pretty, you can act and you're so loving! You are so much better than that internet star!" The reporters had stars in their eyes.

"What do you think about Universal Entertainment? They suddenly tore the agreement with you."

The question was straight to the point.

"The agreement is no torn up, I'm still on the rooster," said Peyton.

"The agreement wasn't torn?"

The reporters were stupefied.

Gabriel and Samantha were also taken aback. At this moment, Peyton walked up to them slowly. She greeted Gabriel and then she glared at Samantha.

She put on a pretty smile but on the inside, she was boiling in rage and was filled with venom.

"Mr. Baker, maybe I'm not good enough to take the leading role yet. I will work harder to hone my skills. Though I don't mind the supporting role, I wonder if you would give me a chance." What Peyton said was shocking.

What?

She just won Best Actress, and she was willing to take the supporting role and give Helena, who probably got the role through pillow talk, the leading role?

It was a nip to her career as an actress.

What she said created a huge fuss among the crowd. Gabriel's face tenses up, but he quickly received the blow like it was nothing.

There was no way that he could refuse her in such a situation.

He didn't only invest in the drama "Be Passionately Devoted" just to put Samantha in the spotlight. The drama would be trending even more if Peyton was willing to play the supporting role.

It didn't matter if the show ended up popular or not. It would be a catfight between Peyton and Samantha, and through this Samantha would be known. That was his goal.

"Of course, I would love to have you if you would be willing to, Ms. Moore." Gabriel smiled.

Ruben hated life like this. He didn't want to show up in public and he didn't want to come with Peyton as it always caused a fuss, but he went along this time.

He accidentally met eyes with the woman next to Gabriel and he grimaced.

Samantha met his eyes and she grabbed Gabriel's hand tightly.

She calmed herself down and glanced at Ruben nonchalantly, she didn't even pause.

She looked calm and was smiling, but her arched red lips were saying something else.

She was looking at him sarcastically.

Especially the way she looked at him. She stared at Peyton's hand which was grabbing his arm, it made Ruben uncomfortable.

He quickly pulled his arm away and he didn't know why he did that.

It felt like Samantha was looking at him, the way Helena looked at him.

It was filled with disdain and derision as if she was trying to tell him something.

Telling him that he was guilty of something.

The smile on Peyton's face tensed up, she looked in the direction Ruben was looking at and noticed Samantha.

Her eyes turned cold, but her smile was as pretty as ever.

"Hello, Ms. Powell. We will be working together, I hope we will get along well." Peyton held her dress and walked up to Samantha, she held out her hand. Samantha looked at her and her eyes were cold, "You just won Best Actress, Ms. Moore. I look forward to learning from you."

Samantha grabbed the hand in front of her calmly.

"Let's work hard together." Peyton smiled, but she felt her heart skipped a beat.

Helena hated her? Peyton could feel it immediately.

This confirmed her theory. Helena snatched her role on purpose.

But why? What did she ever do to her?

Powell... Peyton frowned, and she hated this surname.

Samantha was dead and now there was another Powell. God was messing with her.

They were both smiling, but their eyes were not.

Peyton was grabbing Samantha's hand on the surface, but her nails were actually digging into Samantha's palm.

"Yeah, let's work hard together," Samantha scoffed. She knew what kind of person Peyton was, and she was playing the old tricks on her in public.

She politely bid Peyton goodbye. She grabbed Gabriel's arm and grabbed her dress to hide what she was going to do as she turned around. She stepped harshly on Peyton's foot with her heels. Peyton screamed silently and her eyes were filled with poison.

"Ms. Moore, I'm sorry... It was an accident," Helena interrupted her and put on a puppy face.

Peyton tried to act big-hearted, and her mouth twitched a bit as she said, "It's okay."

Samantha looked at her coldly, "That's great."

She then left with Gabriel in her arms, they walked into the hall.

Peyton endured the pain. That bitch Helena was not going to go down easily.

And she did it on purpose!

Great. Now the ridge between them was bigger than ever.

Samantha walked into the hall with Gabriel. The seats were assigned, and Gabriel walked her over to hers.

She saw the name next to her seat, and it was Rubens'. She gripped the hem of her dress.

Was this intentional? Was this a coincidence? The demon Ruben would be sitting next to her!

She was in a daze when Gabriel pulled her arm. Her pale arm turned pink from the grip.

"You did well just now." He looked at her.

Samantha tried to move her hand away, but he grabbed it even tighter with his thick palm, "She thought everyone is like the Samantha she used to bully."

Peyton pulled the same old trick so many times in front of Ruben and put her in trouble every time.

She wanted Peyton to experience how she felt back then!

And it was great!

But this wasn't enough. This was too mild compared to what they did to her.

"Yes, that's the way. No matter what they do to you, splash the hot water back at them." Gabriel looked at her and seemed happy for her.

Samantha lowered her head, "Peyton is prideful. I don't understand why she voluntarily asked for the supporting role."

"There's nothing to understand. She wants to shine brighter than you, the leading actress, in a supporting role. There's nothing to lose for her! She knows that she won't get the leading role and acts like she takes a step backwards for you, but she is actually forcing you to a corner," said Gabriel as he looked yonder.

It seemed that Peyton was still quite smart.

Samantha frowned, "She was a trained actress... I'm a bit worried."

Peyton learnt music and acting when she was in prison.

Life was so ironic.

Could she win against Peyton?

To be honest, Samantha didn't think so.

"If you don't want to be under her feet, then you have to step on her bones and get to the top!" said Gabriel, displaying a rather brutal and crude speech, unlike his usual politeness and gentleness.