"Wait... wait a minute!" These three words were spoken with such difficulty, as she held his hand, trembling slightly, not too tightly, but it felt as if a drowning person was clutching onto a piece of driftwood, unable to let go.
Orion was a bit surprised. This wasn't in Lillian Scott's previous performances, but Mabel Quinn performed it in a way that made one feel Audrey's conflicting emotions about confessing love.
Then he saw her slowly lift her head, with a resolute determination in those dark almond eyes, "Caspian, could you look at me the way you look at Amy? Because... I really like you."
Her voice was so firm, yet her hand was still trembling.
For a moment, Orion felt a sense of daze, as if standing before him was Audrey, the proud young lady from a scholarly family, making her first confession of love because of it.
In the actors' lounge, Grace Yowell was listening to her agent gossiping.