"Excuse me, Sir." Jay's expression was stony. "I respect your interest in this production. However, I believe you should not affect our progress." For some reason, Jay could feel the hostility this cold and reserved man had towards him. It felt almost tangible. "Is that so?" Beau looked up at him. His gaze was so domineering that it was almost suffocating. "Yes, Sir!" Jay frowned and looked into the man's dark, obsidian eyes. "You must not disturb us." The fact was that they could very well go through their lines while filming, but Jay had insisted to do it in the conference room instead. He intended to make use of Eliza to gain more popularity. But if this man decides to sit between them to separate them, there would not be any photographs taken of him being close and intimate with Eliza! "It's not necessary to sit next to each other to go through our lines." Eliza interrupted Jay. "We can get it done like this too."
Who did he think he was?! "I'm the Best Actor-to-be at this year's Golden Bull Award!" Jay was furious. He glared at the director fiercely and hissed between gritted teeth, "You call this a valid reason?" He didn't understand. Why? Who exactly was he? How did he coerce the least corrupted director in the industry into losing his bottom line? "Best Actor at the Golden Bull Award?" The man sitting beside Eliza let out a chuckle. "Not necessarily, right?" As soon as he finished speaking, the chief director promptly caught on that Jay no longer stood a chance to be crowned Best Actor. He snorted coldly and instantly grew apathetic toward Jay. "To the best of my knowledge, the final results of this year's Golden Bull Award aren't out yet. "Do you really consider yourself a candidate for Best Actor?" He turned toward the chief scriptwriter and ordered, "We'll make changes as this gentleman sees fit!" Then, he glanced at Jay in
Eliza was taken aback. The entire way back from Parson Media, Beau's words kept reverberating in her head. "To them, you're merely a weakling that they can bully at will. "If you wish to avoid being bullied and framed in the future, grow stronger so that you can crush them under your feet." 'Crush them under my feet…' Eliza chewed on the thought. She closed her eyes and clenched her fists. That seemed to be the only way out now. Beau was there to help her deal with it this time. But will he be there the next time? And after that? As long as she carried on with this career, it was inevitable that she would meet these two people and be entangled with them again. If that was the case, then it would be better to... As Beau said, crush them under her feet! With that in mind, she arrived at the entrance of the Valentine's villa. When she went upstairs, she found Demarion coming out of her room sneak
Eliza stared at Madeleine's insolent expression. "To them, you're merely a weakling that they can bully at will." She saw her reflection in Madeleine's eyes. Beau was right. To Madeleine, she was but a weakling whom she could bully at will. But… Was she really weaker than Madeleine? Eliza narrowed her eyes. "What's wrong? Are you desperate now that you are unable to get the intimate photos of Jay and me that you need?" "You—!" Eliza's words had hit a sore spot. Had that person not messed things up today and the paparazzi she arranged for managed to capture images of Eliza together with Jay, she would be having the time of her life seeing the uproar going on online right now! But now, she was left with nothing. The high price she paid to hire the paparazzi, editor, and media had all gone to waste. She had already exhausted all of Jay's and her own money to put her post at the top of the trending list. Now, eve
"That's right." Eliza nodded as she reached for more food. "Is anything the matter?" "I'll be heading there too." "I'll give you a lift there tomorrow." The cold, aloof man picked up a morsel of food from her plate and sent it straight into his mouth. "I'll take this for the fare." Eliza was dumbfounded. "Goodness me! So what you are saying is that I will be going to Ertonphia in the same car as the legendary Mr. Valentine tomorrow?" Graciana went bananas after Eliza told her the news after dinner. "I had planned on traveling light, but I guess I'll have to put on my most extravagant outfits now!" Eliza sat by a large window and sneaked a glance at Beau, who was a distance away, out of the corner of her eyes. At that moment, he was leaning against the headboards, reading a book. The bed lamp lit up one side of his face, highlighting his sharp profile and further accentuating his charming features. Eliza pressed her lips
After breakfast, Eliza grabbed her bag and trailed after Beau into the car. Demarion and Braint stood at the door like parents who were seeing their kids off. Demarion urged earnestly. "Be careful. "Don't be too nice to the other kids. "Come back soon and make us delicious food. "Remember to take lots of nice photos. "Remember to…" Braint shot him a chilly glance. After a long while, he raised his head and stared at Eliza with his big sparkly eyes. "Be happy." Eliza nodded. "I will." She was going on this trip to unwind. When she came back, she would no longer be bothered by Jay or Madeleine anymore! "Get in the car." Beau, who stood behind the two boys, frowned and instructed coldly. Eliza complied obediently and got in the car. The tall man turned around and looked down at the two kids. They did not even reach his thighs. "I've been on so many business trips, but never have you seen
When Eliza woke up, the car had already arrived in Ertonphia. The car whizzed into a deceleration zone. Her head had slid down to Beau's lap and was bobbing up and down with every hump on the road. In her sleep, she turned and adjusted herself into another position. However, she felt as though something was pressing against her nose for no apparent reason. It was making her rather uncomfortable. Out of instinct, she raised her hand in her sleep and tried to remove the object... "Stop the car!" Suddenly, a man's voice sounded from the back seat of the car. The suppressed anger could be heard threatening to overflow. Startled, Noah quickly slammed the brakes. "Graciana Ryan." Beau furrowed his brows. "Come to the back." Leaning against the passenger seat in a sleepy daze, Graciana yawned. "Why?" "No reason." There was a slight hint of forbearance in his cold voice as he demanded, "We're changing seats!" Gracian
Eliza bought some essentials for going to Sea World the next day and hurriedly returned to the hotel. "So the beautiful auntie lives here!" A little girl with sparkling eyes sat on the sofa in the lobby of the hotel. She wore a white chiffon dress. Her excitement was evident as she watched Eliza enter the elevator. "Such fate!" "Mr. Benton, can I go meet her?" Julian frowned and reached out to hold her hand. "Stay out of trouble!" Liliana looked up at him with grievances and whined, "Mr. Benton..." "Liliana." The man crouched down and looked at her with a stern gaze. "You are young. There are many things you do not understand. "You cannot act so impulsively. What if this beautiful auntie you mention is married and has children of her own? "Am I to set foot in her marriage then?" The little girl pouted at Julian's words and kept her mouth shut. "Okay, be good now." He ruffled her hair and said, "I am here for
"Don't move!" The police escorted Hollie away. Eliza and Lyric were sent to the hospital. Fortunately, after the examination, Eliza's body was fine. But because she suffered a shock which affected her baby, she had to stop shooting and stay at home to recuperate. As for Beau, he didn't even go to the company. He stayed at home to accompany Eliza. "Why don't you go back to work?" Eliza really couldn't stand Beau wandering around in front of her all day long. More importantly, Beau always made some strange tonics for her in the name of being good to her. Eliza really couldn't take it anymore! Every time, she would secretly give it to the three children. But now, in order to avoid being fed by her, the three children had already left with Matthew and Roseane, saying that they would come back after the baby in her belly was born... "Doesn't it taste good?" Beau pulled up the corner of his mouth. "I made it following the recipe. Your bod
Hollie stretched out her finger and lifted Eliza's chin. She clicked her tongue and said, "What's wrong? Are you very surprised? Can't you even differentiate yourself anymore?" "What exactly do you want to do?" Crazy! At this moment, Eliza only felt that Hollie was crazy. Only people who were completely insane would fall to such a state! Hollie sneered. "What else can I do? I just hate you. Eliza, do you think Beau can tell the difference? Don't worry, I'll definitely keep you alive." Suddenly, Hollie grabbed Eliza's chin and suddenly tightened it. Eliza's chin creaked as she was pinched. However, Eliza's eyes were still extremely stubborn. "In your dreams!" Eliza's gaze was gloomy as she berated her. "You will never become me. Even if you look the same as me, you are just an illegitimate daughter who's despised by others!" Slap. Hollie's eyes were bloodshot from anger. She raised her hand and gave Eliza a hard slap on
"Eliza, are you okay?" Lyric, who had just picked up the phone, was about to open the door to see what was going on inside when she saw that Eliza had already come out. She changed into clean clothes. "Let's go." "What's wrong with your voice?" Lyric noticed that Eliza's voice was a little hoarse, and she asked with some worry, "Did you catch a cold? I'll make you some medicine later." "Okay." Eliza replied. Lyric felt that something was wrong, but she thought that Eliza was not feeling well, so she didn't ask more. Because he was worried about Eliza's health, the director didn't arrange for Eliza to shoot later. Lyric drove the car and prepared to send Eliza back. "Don't go back yet. Send me to a place." Eliza leaned against the chair in the back seat and spoke lazily. Hearing that Eliza's voice was so hoarse, Lyric hurriedly asked, "Eliza, why don't we go see a doctor first? Your situation doesn'
"All hands on deck!" The director held a big loudspeaker and shouted loudly. For a time, the originally lively filming site immediately became serious. The actors and actresses also took their positions. "Eliza, are you sure you can do it?" Lyric, who was waiting by the side with a bath towel in her hand, frowned and asked with a worried face. If something went wrong, she really didn't know how to explain it to Beau! Eliza smiled at Lyric and comforted Lyric with her gaze. She said quietly, "It's going to be okay." The moment she turned her head, Eliza had already got into character. The main focus of this scene was the role of the second female lead played by Luna Snow. Because she was jealous of the role of the female lead played by Eliza, she took the opportunity and pushed the female lead into the water when she was not paying attention. Moreover, the second female lead even had to say vicious words to the female lead! "Be care
"What happened to him?" When Eliza saw that Matthew was huffily leaving the set, she was instantly puzzled. Beau seemed to be used to it. He handed Eliza a cup of warm water and calmly replied, "Aren't you used to Matthew's presumptuous attitude yet? Roseane dotes on him but he doesn't dare to do this in front of me." Eliza smiled. "No one dares to be presumptuous in front of you." Beau touched Eliza's head and said in a doting tone, "Cough, what you said is right." Eliza wanted to say something to Matthew, but she saw Beau's phone ring. Beau's expression was very serious as he looked at the screen. She realized that something must have happened. "Beau, if you have anything to do, you should go and get busy first. Lyric and a few of your bodyguards are here. Nothing will happen." Eliza saw that Beau was looking at her with hesitation, so she took the initiative to persuade him to go and get busy. After all, Beau's career
Early the next morning, Matthew followed Roseane everywhere like a clingy person. As long as Roseane had a scene with the male actor, Matthew would stand next to the director with a gloomy face and cold eyes. The cold air pressure emanating from his body, as well as the crunching teeth, were hard to be ignored. "Mr. Valentine..." The assistant director couldn't stand it anymore. He slowly moved to Matthew and suggested in a low voice, "Why don't you go to the lounge and wait for a while?" If it went on like this, they would not be able to finish shooting! The assistant director was so annoyed that he almost started scratching his hair! Matthew smiled and replied politely, "It's fine. I'm not tired." Help! The assistant director almost rolled his eyes. But he had to bite the bullet and smile awkwardly. As soon as Roseane finished a scene, Matthew ran over with his long legs and quickly helped her up. "What's wrong?" Matthew as
"I haven't seen you for an entire day." Matthew's entire head was buried between Roseane's neck, rubbing against it non-stop. Afraid of the itch, Roseane held back her laughter and stroked Matthew's head. "Can you not be so childish? You're already a father." Hearing this, Matthew immediately squatted down, put his ear on Roseane's belly, and listened carefully. "Do you think the baby misses me too?" Matthew took the opportunity to say, "Humph, if you hadn't learned from someone and didn't let me come to the crew, how would I not have the chance to see the baby and you all day?" As he spoke, Matthew sighed a few times in grievance. "No, I have to come to the crew tomorrow. I'm worried that you and my baby will miss me. Listen, my baby is crying in the belly, saying that her Mommy is so cruel that she won't let her Daddy come to see her." Matthew even acted in front of Roseane. "Pfft!" Unable to control herself, Roseane was amused by the c
In the next few days, nothing special happened to Eliza. The uneasiness in her heart gradually dissipated. But until that day, when she had just finished her work and was ready to go back to the dressing room to remove her makeup, she opened the drawer where she put her things. When she saw a bleeding dead mouse, she was shocked. Lyric followed behind Eliza into the room and naturally saw it too. Her entire face instantly turned pale. She scolded angrily, "Who on earth did this? How can this person be so bold? Eliza, I'm going to find the director now. I don't believe that I can't find out who did it even after checking the surveillance video on the corridor of the dressing room." "Don't go." Compared to Lyric's panic, Eliza appeared to be calm. If she was manipulated by the person hiding in the dark, it was just like falling into the trap. Eliza had never been a person who could endure being bullied. She closed the drawer again and waved at Lyric,
"How dare you touch my wife?" Beau's eyes turned cold. He narrowed his eyes slightly and bent over to directly pinch Reggie's chin. Reggie was like a fish whose throat had been strangled. He could only struggle in pain. Beau's slender fingers moved down slowly until they reached Reggie's neck. He sneered. "If you don't want your neck to be broken, you can give it a try! Keep moving!" Every word was loud and powerful. No matter how arrogant Reggie was, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Beau. He could only plead, "Mr. Valentine, please let me go! I really didn't do it on purpose. I was ignorant!" Beau pushed hard in disgust, and Reggie fell to the ground. His back hit the raised part of the corner of the wall, and it suddenly hurt so much. Hiss. Reggie kept sucking in cold air. He rubbed his waist with one hand and tried to stand up with difficulty. Seeing that Eliza was still unhappy, Beau's gaze on Reggie grew a li