"Didn't you just say that I should pay you some of it first? I only have this card with me, and this is what's left." However, Forbos smiled obsequiously and said, "Don't you still have a cheque for 20 million dollars? You can give the check..." Before he could finish his words, Evelyn took another step back while clutching her bag, and quickly picked up the knife she had placed on the cabinet. Then, with a cold gaze, she looked at him while holding the knife in front of her chest vigilantly. "No way. You are on guard against me? Don't you think that I should be on guard against you too? If I pay you 20 million right now, and you don't show up tomorrow, it's basically a one-way street!" As soon as she said that, Forbos choked up. Needless to say that this was actually what he had in mind. If he couldn't get 50 million, he would've been happy with the 20 million dollars. After all, as long as he didn't divorce her mother, he could manipu
The 20-million-dollar cheque in her bag was actually the combination of her commission for her last movie, and the profit from the two endorsements. Initially, she wanted to save the money, so she would be able to take it out in case of an emergency in the future. But now that Forbos had finally compromise, naturally, she didn't want to miss this opportunity. With that in mind, Evelyn sighed, as she put the half-peeled apple aside, and held up her mother's hand. "Mom, I know you are worried about me and the money. But we shouldn't underestimate Forbos. The sooner you get a divorce, the sooner we can live a peaceful life. Otherwise, he will make a scene every other day. How can you live that way?" In truth, Evelyn was not worried about herself. She was worried about her mother. Since her mother was going to have an operation soon, the process to recovery would take a long time. During this process, she had to avoid being overjoyed and angry. She did
Suddenly Iris felt a little embarrassed to be scolded by her daughter at such an old age. However, she realized that Evelyn's words made sense. She just got too anxious that she spoke without thinking. So, without retort, she just went with it and said, "Okay. Okay. I got it." Only then did Evelyn smile and stand up confidently. "Then I'll call him right now." "Okay." Evelyn found Forbos's phone number and called him. A few rings later and the call was connected. On other end of the phone, she could hear Forbos's casual voice. "Hello, who's this?" With a sullen face, Evelyn said, "It's me." After she said that, a brief moment of silence could be heard on the other end. Then, she heard him laughing as he said, "Oh, it's you. What's up?" "You promised yesterday that we would go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get a divorce. Why don't you come over now?" "Oh!" Forbos suddenly slapped his head. "Look a
When it came to this surgery, she was already pretty sure it was going to be successful. But as long as she didn't hear the result with her own ears, she would still be worry about it. However, everything was fine now since the surgery was successful. In the end, he lived up to Evelyn's expectations. While she was thinking about that, Marty had the doctors go take a rest. Naturally, someone had already sent Iris back to the ICU and had someone looking after her personally. Because of the 48-hour critical period, Evelyn still wasn't allowed to visit her yet. All she could do was watch her from a distance through a thick pane of glass. And all she saw was her mother lying on the clean white bed, skinny and pale from the surgery. Fortunately, she could also see that her heartbeat was beating regularly through the heart rate monitor. As she watched it, tears rolled down her cheeks. Suddenly, Marty walked up from behind her.
Two days later, the doctor finally announced that Iris had survived the critical period. This was the moment the surgery could be deemed an actual success! Evelyn was extremely happy. Although her mother was still very weak, as long as she had a good rest, it was only a matter of time before she recovered. Meanwhile, she had delayed filming for too long and they couldn't delay it any longer. So, the next day after Iris had regained consciousness, Evelyn left the hospital and went back to the filming site. On her day back, the production crew had lit some fireworks to celebrate the success of Iris's surgery. They even paused filming at night just so they could have a decent banquet to celebrate the event. Evelyn was deeply moved. Seeing all the enthusiastic faces around her, her heart instantly melted as she felt hope revive in her heart once more. That night, she had a lot to drink. She was happy and she also let loose. In the past
After turning on the lights in the walkway, Marty changed her into slippers and then carried her inside the house. After some time, Evelyn had sobered up quite a bit. Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, she asked in a daze, "Where am I?" Marty replied with a blank expression, "It's your home." "My home?" A look of surprise appeared on Evelyn's face. The next second, she suddenly realized that she wasn't being helped up by Carrie but a man instead. However, the man before her looked so handsome and had such good-looking eyes. But why did he look so familiar? With a puzzled look on her face, she reached out and pinched his face. Wait, something wasn't right! Wasn't she just drinking? How did she arrive here? Where was she? Also, who was this before her? Why did this guy look so much like that bloke, Marty? At the thought of that man, Evelyn's face turned sour. After pinching his face, she started pinc
She knew very well that Marty had a lot of houses so this villa didn't really surprised her. With this thought in mind, Evelyn completely left this question alone. After sitting down at the table, she took out his mobile phone and called Carrie. After the phone was connected, she asked Carrie about things over at the filming site and Carrie told her everything. Fortunately, her scenes were arranged for filming in the afternoon or she wouldn't have made it in time if she were to makeup now and rush over now that it was already eight thirty in the morning. After confirming her timing for the filming, she almost hung up the call. However, on the other end, Carrie seemed like she was hesitating to talk about something. But in the end, she just told her to hurry back to the filming site ro the director will be furious to know that she wasn't there. After answering her in a hurry and hanging up the phone, Evelyn suddenly asked Marty, "By the wa
Evelyn was extremely surprised. After all, she knew Anthony's assistant. His name was Gick Berret and he was a boy from the north. But she didn't expect a man could broil soup. Feeling a little embarrassed at the offer, Evelyn wanted to reject but Anthony didn't even give her the chance. At the same time, the director shouted for him and after he responded, he instantly stood up and told Evelyn, "I'm going ahead to film now. Let's talk more during lunch later." After that, he left in a hurry. With her mouth opened, she had prepared her rejection speech but it never got said. In the end, she had no choice but to forget about it. At noon, Gick actually brought her a bowl of tonic soup in a warmer. Gick was young and looked to be no more than twenty years old. He was very handsome and had a sweet mouth. Usually, he liked to address his elders politely whenever he talked to them. So, everyone in the crew liked him. But for so