If you have not guessed by now, I am a male, used to be a top actor. 35 years old this year. Started my career when I was 15, under my mentor and manager's wing, Vicky. She discovered me, performing in a shopping mall, when she was shopping with her boyfriend. Signed me up, paid for my education and acting and singing classes. Gave me modelling opportunities, radio jingles and kalafe roles in various dramas and movies.
After my graduation, I started working full time as a professional actor and singer...though I have to say, I preferred singing. Even though it took a while and the fact that I was not as tall or as hot as Junn, I managed to hit it big in one of my drama and won the Best New Performer Award when I was 23 years old.
Two years later, Jun and I shoot a movie together and I managed to bend him. He was 5 years younger than me, and I was 5 cm shorter than him....so I guessed the world is fair after all.
We were at the top of our game. I guessed everyone could sense the sizzling chemistry between us, and endorsements started pouring in....one after another, 67 in total.
Jun won the Rising Star of the Year Award for the role that he played, which he played very well, on screen and off screen...my poor tired body can attest to it.As what Newton said, what goes up, must come down.
It all started when Vicky, my savior, mentor, titanium supporter asked me to buy some shares on her behalf. Why ask me to buy it? Because she doesn't want the public to know that she wanted to invest in this e-commerce company. Of course, I would help her out and the next thing I knew, the Security Commission charged me for insider trading.
Overnight, all my endorsements disappeared like Chipsmore...now you see, now you don't. I got bashed by literally everyone and their mothers too. Thankfully, I was not jailed, but was fined a very hefty sum.
Vicky did a disappearing act immediately, worried that I might drag her name in the investigation. But my thoughts are, she was the person who gave me this opportunity. She made me who I am today. Even if I drag her down, was it going to help my situation? I am now branded as a scammer; I didn't want to be branded as a stupid scammer. Let me take the heat for her, let me pay her back for everything she had done to me.
I didn't have the money to pay the fine. My bank accounts were frozen. Jun was the person, who went round town, borrowing money, putting his neck on the chopping board to rescue me. I owe him.
It took him 3 years to pay back the loan. Meantime, I was hiding myself in our apartment, licking my wounds, too ashamed to go out in public, to show my face.
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Romance"I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." - Maya Angelou What would you do, when you lost everything, career, family, money and self esteem? This is a story of fall from grace with a (un)healthy dose of smut.
