Reborn With a Money-Making System: Ruined Actress to Nation's Treasure-Chapter 170: Why Am I Blushing During Work Hours?!

I talked with Mira for a while, digging for gossip and storing everything in my mind. This way, I probably could tell my husband all the tea later.

"He wanted coffee from his favorite coffee shop, but since it was closed yesterday, the staff had to look for another branch farther away." Mira took a long breath, trying to calm her anger. "And he refused to continue the script reading until he got his coffee."

There were so many bad things Samuel did yesterday, but at least he didn’t try to harass his female co-workers.

While I was still chatting with Mira, I saw Marissa from a distance giving me a signal to come to her.

"I’m sorry, Mira, but it seems like my manager wants to talk to me about something," I politely cut her off. "Let’s talk again later."

Mira chuckled. "Yeah, yeah, I actually need to read my script again right now. Talking about Samuel really can take up a lot of time."

I patted her arm a few times before walking toward Marissa, and I noticed two young women standing behind her.

"Helcia, these two are your new assistants," Marissa said, introducing them. She pointed to the woman with brunette hair. "This is Gigi." Then she pointed to the woman with pretty coiled hair. "And this one is Zuri."

Both of them smiled and reached out their hands to me. If I didn’t know they were martial arts experts, I would have thought they were just normal women.

"Nice to meet you, I’m Helcia," I said with a smile.

"It’s nice to meet you too, Miss Helcia," Zuri said first. Her voice was soft like honey. "I hope we can work well together."

"Please, just call me Helcia," I replied.

I chatted with them for a moment before deciding to walk around the filming set first before the director called us to practice a few of the first scenes here.

"So... this series will be my first project," I said to Marissa as we stepped into the makeshift CEO office. "Do you think I made the right choice? I mean... people might remember me as a spicy actress."

"Spicy, my ass." Marissa snorted. "You don’t even have a single sex scene in this series, and you barely kiss the male lead. Don’t worry, people will probably remember you as a sexy secretary instead."

I laughed at her response because honestly, I wasn’t sure if it was a good thing either.

"Besides, since you’re only filming one series, you also picked up a few advertisement projects," she said, trying to reassure me. "Don’t worry, Helcia. There will be so many opportunities for you in the future."

Her words really touched me because Marissa truly cared about me as her actress. She even told me there were several ad projects that suited me, but she needed to narrow them down and choose the two that fit me the best.

While I was trying out some sexy poses—like sitting on top of the CEO’s desk—I suddenly thought about my husband, and my face turned bright red.

I lifted my high-heeled foot onto the empty executive chair, and for some stupid reason, I imagined what would happen if I touched my husband’s crotch with the tip of my heel.

Damn, damn, I’d be damned! Why was I suddenly thinking so many dirty things about my own husband now?!

[That’s because love and lust always come together, Host,] Penny chimed in out of nowhere.

[Sure, many people can love each other without having sex, but sex itself isn’t a bad thing.]

[If anything, sex is one of the ways couples communicate.]

I let out a long sigh and stepped down from the table. My mind kept wandering into embarrassing, dirty thoughts, and I just couldn’t focus anymore.

’Are you trying to convince me to have sex with him?’ I asked inwardly, glancing over my shoulder. I noticed Marissa had already left the makeshift CEO office, probably heading to the restroom.

[I’m not convincing you, Host. I’m only stating facts.] Penny sounded unusually serious for once.

[If you want to grow closer to your husband, physical intimacy can help strengthen your bond.]

I pressed my fingers against my warm cheeks. "Can we not talk about this while I’m trying to work?" I whispered under my breath.

[You were the one imagining his crotch, Host.]

"I—! That was an accident!" I hissed softly as I grabbed the edge of the desk for support.

Before Penny could say anything else, the director walked into the room.

"Helcia, are you ready to rehearse your first scene?" he asked, looking at me with bright eyes when he saw that I had transformed into a sexy secretary. Fortunately, he didn’t hear me talking alone with Penny earlier.

"Yes, Director!" I straightened up quickly, trying to look professional even though my mind was still filled with sinful images of my husband on this very desk.

Today, Samuel was also late by about thirty minutes. Sure, it wasn’t a full hour, but still... it was more than enough to make Mira look even more annoyed, especially because he had to rehearse his scene with me first before moving on to her.

Luckily, my first scene with him wasn’t very long, so Mira wouldn’t have to wait too much.

"Let’s start with the opening position," the director said as he moved beside the camera. "Lean back a little, cross your legs slowly, and give the camera a confident look. Not too seductive, just enough to show that your character knows her power."

I followed his instructions, even unbuttoning the top two buttons of my blouse so my cleavage was more visible. No, my chest wasn’t that big, but thankfully this world created something holy called a push-up bra.

And I could clearly see from Samuel’s eyes that he liked my look a little too much, and his Adam’s apple moved up and down as he swallowed.

After what Kai did to me a few days ago, I had already made up my mind: I would smack Samuel’s head the moment he tried anything beyond the script.