Too Late to Ask Too Late to Love (Julian and Eleanor) novel Chapter 26

The moment the candid photos were released, Twitter nearly crashed.

“Holy shit, so it wasn’t Eleanor five years ago? She was framed by Sophia!”

“Tsk, tsk, what was she thinking trying to seduce Director Morgan? Doesn’t she know he’s gay?”

“Wait, isn’t Sophia Mr. Blackwood’s girl?”

“What ‘Mr. Blackwood’s girl“? The Blackwood Group issued a statement. They said it was a promotional partnership back then. Besides, if she was really his girl, why has her career been such a mess all these years? I think she’s really finished!”

“I have a friend in the media. I heard Mr. Blackwood was involved. He probably got fed up with Sophia throwing his name around all these years. Damn it, Eleanor was actually innocent in that whole nude photo thing. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have kicked you when you were down.”

“Hey, you know what? I also have a friend in the media who said those viral photos from a while ago were of Mr. Blackwood and Eleanor.”

“Holy shit?”

After one wave of trending topics after another, a new round began.

The candid photos from in front of the hotel were released.

Just as the netizens had guessed.

Following that, The Dawn is Coming became a massive hit before it was even released, with pre- orders soaring past 3.5 billion.

Some experts even publicly analyzed that, regardless of its content, the show’s popularity was already unprecedented.

Eleanor didn’t have time to look at any of this news.

Because she and Jason had gone to Japan, where summer had arrived early due to the climate, and the two of them had a good time there for a while.

Just as Jason was about to buy plane tickets from Japan straight to the States, Eleanor received a message from the film crew.

They said that due to some cuts, Eleanor needed to come back and reshoot some scenes with the two leads.

Eleanor was extremely serious and responsible about her work, so she agreed without objection and had Jason buy the return tickets.

Although Jason was a bit unhappy about it, he still showed his full support, saying, “Whatever my wife says, goes.”

But when Eleanor arrived, she discovered that the lead actress was abroad due to a scheduling conflict. With the release date so close, it was completely impossible for her to make it back in time.

Just as the crew was at a loss, someone muttered, “Why don’t we use a body double? I think Mr. Jennings’s back looks a lot like hers. In costume, it would be totally convincing.”

And so, they actually decided to do just that.

Eleanor was an actress, after all, so she wasn’t shy about it. But the plot was complex, and she was more worried she couldn’t portray the female lead’s final sense of release and resignation towards the male lead.

After all, the emotional journey between the original male and female leads had been built up over several months of plot.

She had wanted to find the male lead to rehearse their lines and get a feel for the scene, but she didn’t see him until right before filming started, when he finally showed up late.

The two of them stood on the steps, one above the other, one higher and one lower.

The moment Eleanor saw the male lead, she froze. It was Julian.

They hadn’t seen each other in a long time.

But with a single “Action!“, they both instantly got into character.

Julian knelt at the feet of Eleanor, who was now a queen, his eyes and his knees pressing forward step by step.

There was no close–up on either of them; you could only see her feet slowly backing away as Julian’s kneeling form advanced.

But in the next moment, off–camera, Eleanor’s gaze sharpened, and she stood her ground firmly.

Then she turned, quickly stepping onto the high platform, making a clean break with the past.

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