Chapter 616

Eleanor’s acting skills detonated in an instant. Her emotional shift was lightning fast—yet utterly convincing. Tears streamed down her face with an almost ethereal beauty. Though her outburst came suddenly—and while most viewers typically cringe when female celebrities cry on camera, suspecting them of buckling under pressure—Eleanor didn’t give off that impression at all. Not in the slightest. Her lips pressed together, trembling ever so slightly. Tears welled in her eyes, clinging to the edge of her lashes before cascading down her cheeks like crystal pearls. It wasn’t staged. It wasn’t dramatic. It was devastatingly real. And under the dreamlike kaleidoscope of stage lights, she looked like a sorrowful angel—fragile, defiant, heartbroken. Far from putting people off, her tears hit viewers like a punch to the chest. An ache bloomed across the audience, both on set and behind the screens. In that moment, she became the victim everyone had ignored. With just one tearful glance, Eleano