Jack put down his phone. His lips curled into a grin.
He looked at the girl who was desperately holding her tears after his barking.
It was not his fault. Who asked her to introduce herself as the no 1 beauty in the university and the man beside him whispered she's the daughter of the CEO of the university.
So he casually asked her to wipe off the make-up and do 10 different expressions without using any prop.
He furrowed his brows. The crying was pissing him off.
"Out."
The girl looked at him with her wet eyes her lips quivered.
"Daddy~"
"Sir, maybe we can…"
"Out!"
He threw the water bottle to the wall angrily when it seemed like the girl refused to move from her spot. He glared at everyone.
"Honey, please leave first," her father begged, feeling the room getting colder.
"But… but…"
"Leave first, Sweetie. Father will talk with him."
Reluctantly, she finally left the room. Although her face was wet, she was full of anger and humiliation. How dare that man humiliate her in front of her father?
Jack looked at other forms. Still, no one caught his attention.
"Prepare a contract," he suddenly said.
Everyone looked at him in shock.
"Contract, sir?" one of them choked out.
"Yes." He didn't add more. He waited until a document was handed to him. He read it for few times, nodding his head in satisfaction.
"Call Catherine in," he ordered.
"But… but there is no one named Catherine applying for the role," a woman stuttered.
"She's outside. Just call her name."
Everyone looked at each other. Catherine? Who was this girl?
"Call her now."
Jack was getting pissed off again. Why were these people so slow? Shouldn't university people be clever and quick wit?
*~*~*~*
When Ryn returned back, she saw a few girls were crying. She cocked an eyebrow and shook her head. Trust him to frighten everyone.
She approached Erine and watched as some girls started to withdraw from the room, too scared to try after so many girls running out crying.
Ryn saw how pale Irene was. She sighed again and patted Irene's shoulder. She knew how nervous and scared Irene was.
"I'm a model. I can do this," Irene murmured over and over again.
"Yes, you can do-"
"Catherine, please come inside," a woman walked out from the casting room and looked around.
"Why is she calling you?" Irene was taken back.
Harry cocked an eyebrow. The Ryn he knew so far did not even bother joining this kind of audition. According to Mei Li, Ryn only went to audition overseas. Here, she only modeled by invitation and it was almost non-stop.
"Catherine?"
Ryn took a deep breath and went into the room after raising her hand slowly. That devil really did whatever he wanted.
There were five people in the room including Jack. Jack was looking at some papers, his face grim.
"Miss Catherine?" one of the others asked.
"Yes. My name is Catherine, second year in business management," Ryn introduced herself.
"Don't let her look fooled you," Jack barked. He gestured Ryn to approach the table.
"Sign this. Clear your schedule in two more days."
"Jack, maybe we need to talk this through," Ryn tried.
The others nodded quickly.
"What to think about? I want you. That's enough. Sign."
"I have class."
"So?"
"I can't skip my class, right, sir?" she looked at the man she recognized as the CEO of the university.
"Those who are selected have to skip their class so what's the problem?" Jack glared at the CEO.
"Urm…" They looked at one another. Seriously it was as if this creative director they chose held more power than the CEO of the university.
"They're excused from the lecture. We will inform the lecturers about the shooting." The CEO said finally.
"Now, Ryn, do you have any more excuse?" Jack grinned winningly.
Ryn pursed her lips, thinking hard.
"Sign this contract." He nudged the contract toward her.
"Can I think first?" she asked weakly.
"Five seconds." Jack felt generous and gave her time to think. "See how good my mood is today?"
Everyone almost felt down. What joke was this? This might as well forcing the girl to sign the contract.
Ryn sighed heavily. Even if she was unwilling, the modeling world is quite small here and Jack is the best. She also knew Mika wanted to poach him for the next collection.
"A job is a job. They'll pay your usual price and I'll owe you," Jack felt like he needed to throw something to sweeten her up.
"You owe me," She took out her phone and called Mei Li.
"Ryn?" Mei Li's voice was husky. She must be sleeping again instead of exercising.
"Mei Li, can you come here quickly. There's a job and you need to settle everything. I'm having a headache."
"Where?"
"M University. Please hurry."
"Wait here. I don't want you to run away." Jack warned as he signaled a man to get a chair for Ryn.
"Devil," Ryn mumbled under her breath as she took her seat.
"Now we'll continue for the extras."