...The next day, Vicky walked out of her room with the bag containing a male jacket.After everything that happened the day before, she forgot to pass the jacket back to Charlie and figured she could hand it to him later at the hotel restaurant.She had a strict biological clock and would head down for breakfast at the same time every day.For the past few days, she would often run into Charlie, but for some reason, not only had she not run into him when she went down the floors in the elevator, but she had not seen him at breakfast either.Though confused, Vicky did not think much of it until she arrived at the production site to find the crew whispering to one another and the production paused.When Mindy arrived at the dressing room and saw Vicky, she waved her hand at Vicky. "Vicky, come over for a bit."Confused, Vicky followed Mindy into the dressing room. "Vicky, Charlie is in trouble."Vicky froze. "In trouble? Is it about that scandal?""No. Well, kind of..." Mindy m
Tyler did not speak, but Sheila, who was standing next to him, gaped. "Miss Shaw, it's so late now. Why haven't you gone to rest?"It was close to midnight, and it was indeed odd for Vicky to be in the hotel lobby."I need to talk to Tyler," Vicky said emotionlessly.Sheila glanced at Tyler and hesitated at his lack of response. "Tyler has been really busy lately and has just gotten off his flight. If it's not important, maybe you can talk to him tomorrow."Vicky ignored Sheila and stared at Tyler intently. "Can we talk?"He did not spare her a single look and simply walked toward the elevator. "Maybe tomorrow.""Tyler..."The elevator door opened, and he walked in.Vicky followed him inside and said, "It won't take that long.""What do you want to say?"Vicky glanced at Sheila hesitantly.Since no one else was using the elevator at this time, the elevator ascended quickly and arrived at the presidential suite while Vicky was hesitating.Tyler walked out almost immediately,
"Five?""Yeah." Sheila kept her eyes trained on Vicky. "Tyler has been busy and just returned to Arrowtown yesterday. He's out most of the time and rarely sleeps. That's why I advised you to let him rest."Sheila was clearly acting as though she was Tyler's wife, which amused Vicky, but she did not intend on commenting on Sheila's attitude."Alright," she said before turning to leave....In the following days, Vicky had not been able to see Tyler.He seemed to be extremely busy and rarely returned to his hotel room, and despite standing outside his door for three days in a row, she had not seen Tyler anywhere.She tried calling Tyler.He would answer occasionally, and hang up at other times. Even when she managed to get a hold of him, he would soon be called away for meetings and had to hang up again.The clouds gathered and Vicky stood in front of the window, staring at the traffic outside on the road with a heavy heart.She made another phone call, and after half a minute,
The scent on Tyler's body felt both familiar and strange at the same time.Perhaps it was because she had just woken up, and she felt dazed still."Vicky, have you been waiting at the door to offer yourself up to me?" She heard his husky voice above her and felt his warm breath against her skin.Vicky snapped out of her daze and instinctively shoved him away, but since the numbness on her feet remained, she soon fell back into his arms yet again."Heh," he scoffed and lifted her chin.As she gazed upon his perfect features, he looked into her eyes and smirked coldly. "That eager, huh?""I'm not—" Before she could finish, she was lifted off her feet.Once they entered the room, Tyler tossed her onto the bed and pinned her down before kissing her fiercely.Terrified, Vicky struggled, but none of her protests was heard as she suffocated in his kiss, so she bit down on his lip with all her might.The taste of blood stopped Tyler, and he gazed down at him as the blood stained his l
"Are you trying to tell me that you didn't dine and return to the same hotel at the same time, nor did he drink your alcohol on your behalf? You haven't bought him any piece of clothing, and you two weren't seen holding each other?"She narrowed her eyes. "We ran into each other inside the elevator and went to the first floor together for the buffet. You saw it as well. He drank my beer simply because he didn't want me to drink too much and hinder the progress of the filming. As for the clothing…" Vicky paused."I lost the jacket he lent me, and all I was trying to do was buy him a replacement. Charlie and I are just friends. I don't like owing others. That's the only reason why I bought him a jacket. That hug... He was simply shielding me from the attack of a hysterical fan of his. We parted ways from that point onward and have not seen each other since."The smoke rose and blurred Tyler's features as he narrowed his dark eyes.Vicky observed the man on the couch, not knowing if h
Vicky's eyes widened. 'Trash? Is he referring to me?'"Tyler, what can I do for you to spare Charlie?""I've already shown him mercy," he said coldly.She looked into his eyes. "I won't see him or contact him ever again."Tyler made no remarks on that, and she finally caved. "Fine. I'm begging you."He lifted an eyebrow. "'Fine'?"She bit onto her lower lip to the brink of drawing blood. "I'm begging you...please spare Charlie."He looked at her mockingly. "Vicky, do you really think that your plea is worthy of anything at all?"She paled and moved her lips to speak but was rendered speechless in the end.After a while, she finally moved and walked toward Tyler.She then proceeded to unbutton her shit, and Tyler scowled.He stood abruptly. "Vicky Shaw, what do you think you're doing?!"She smiled faintly. "You are right. My plea isn't worthy of anything, but I have nothing else I can trade with apart from myself," she whispered with a dazed look in her eyes.Tyler was a bu
"That's right."Vicky gritted her teeth and turned to leave.Instead of stopping her, Tyler made a call on his phone and said, "Give the command to make Charlie's case public. Keep updating any progress made in the investigation to the public—"Before he could finish, his phone was snatched out of his hand, and Vicky hung up the call before turning to glare at him in disbelief."Tyler Hart, are you not going to stop until you destroy this man?!"He took a sip of his wine. "Yes.""You lunatic!"He gazed up and looked at her with a half-smile on his face. "Are you sure you want to keep saying those things?"Sensing that it was a threat, her breath caught in her chest as she clenched her fists."It's getting late. I need to rest. You want to go, right? Give me back my phone and you may leave," he said.She held onto his phone with dear life and backed away, instinctively wanting to escape.It was not until she took a few steps away that she realized that running away with the p
Even until the elevator had started descending, the actresses remained dazed.After a while, one of the girls said, "I don't think she's here looking for Sheila.""I…don't think so either.""But then..."They turned and looked into each other's eyes in realization.There were only two presidential suites on the highest floor of the hotel, and if Vicky was not there to look for Sheila, she could only be there for one other person....A few days later, Vicky received a call from Charlie when she had gotten out of the shower and was about to rest."Vicky, I'm about to leave Zendonia."She remained quiet for a few moments and said, "It's not that bad to leave and start over somewhere new.""I heard from Jules that you've been helping me... Thank you."Vicky glanced outside the window and said, "Don't thank me. To be honest... I'm the reason why you had to go through all that. I'm sorry for making you leave.""Vicky, don't be sorry. I'm the one at fault here," he said gently an