A person’s success would not be accidental. Take Xander, for example. In the eyes of the media, he was an uninhibited man, which gave others the impression that he was careless and had a lack of purpose in life. No one knew that behind closed doors, he was actually a hardworking and considerate man.I did not speak more and took the initiative to sit at the farthest end of the sofa. Scripts were supposed to be kept confidential, so I avoided looking at them.Xander stood up and stretched himself before lying on the couch in exhaustion.“Why don’t you go and have some rest first? I’ll call you when the director is here.” I could not bear seeing him like this.“It’s okay. I’ll just take a nap. My friends are treating us to dinner tonight. Let’s go and cadge a good meal,” he said with his eyes closed.“What if the director and crew arrive?” Xander had mentioned that they were taking the flight at night so they must be arriving any time soon.“They have things to do today so they’ll
I put my phone away and saw Xander sitting there in a daze. I asked, “Aren’t we going for dinner? Are you going to meet your old classmates like that?”In a day, not only had he grown a stubble but his hair was also unkempt from just having woken up. I wondered what his fans would think of him when they saw how untidy he looked.Upon being reminded, he got up to go to the bathroom and quickly came out looking like the same shining star he had always been.It was important to dress up regardless of whether one was a man or woman.I walked out of the hotel with Xander and hailed a cab to a nearby estate, where there were separate cabins. Each of them was spaced far apart with maximum privacy.His former classmates were pretty considerate people as they had chosen this place to eat so the fans would not discover them.I thought this was a reunion at first and there would be a lot of people, but it turned out that there were only three. Xander introduced us to each other. Only then d
“I don’t think so. He’s not awake yet because he’s still drunk. As for the specifics, I can only tell you when he wakes up tomorrow.” The doctor left after saying that.The nurse came in and hooked up a drip for Xander. It seemed that I could only spend the night in the hospital.The next morning, Xander finally woke up.“How do you feel? Does your head hurt? Do you know who I am?” I immediately asked, afraid that he would lose his memory after a fall just like in the movies.He looked around him first, then slowly turned to me. There was a strange look in his eyes. He asked in a daze, “Where am I? Who are you? Why am I here?”No way, did he really lose his memory? I stepped back, frightened out of my wits. My tears started falling uncontrollably.After a very long time, Xander laughed and said, “Alright, alright. You can’t even take a small scare, huh? Why do you cry so easily? Weren’t you really tough when you pushed me last night?”It turned out that this idiot was only trick
For the rest of the time, I was on tenterhooks and could only laugh at everyone’s jokes half-heartedly. I only breathed a sigh of relief when Mason sent me a text: [She’s back in the hotel.]I called Cecilia but her phone was off. She had probably fallen asleep. She would normally sleep when she was drunk.As we had to work the next day, dinner ended early. I slept as soon as I got back to the hotel room, mainly because I did not rest well in the hospital last night. Besides, Dr. Lynch’s medication was effective, so I had been sleeping very well the past few days.I slept through the night. The next morning, Xander knocked on my door and said that he wanted to take me for breakfast on an island.I did not understand why he had to make breakfast seem so sophisticated and was also surprised that there was actually a place called ‘Breakfast Island’. It was said to be an island dedicated to the world’s various special breakfasts. One could only get there with a boat.I gave in. How co
Looking closely at the architectural style, it did reflect Petra’s style a lot. This woman was truly capable. Not only that, but she had such a great eye for investment too. It was no wonder she was able to squeeze into the rankings of the top three richest.Speaking of Petra, I could not help but recall the topic about her daughter during dinner last time. I asked, “Your mother has been searching for her daughter, right? How is it going?”“I don’t know. That’s her daughter. It has nothing to do with me.” Xander’s eyes narrowed slightly. He was seemingly reluctant to talk about this. I zipped my mouth tactfully. Since ancient times, there would always be plenty of rumors about aristocratic families, and the Nietzsches were not spared. The speedboat quickly arrived at Breakfast Island. Xander asked me what I wanted to have and I casually said Japanese food. There was no way I was going to come this far to have hotdogs and milk, right? Therefore, he brought me to a small building wit
“It’s useless. If he’s bent on looking for someone, then there’s no one in this world he can’t find.” I knew Tyler all too well. The only reason we had been safe all these years was that Tyler had promised not to come look for us.Although he promised that, we had met by chance. It meant that we were still fated in life and he would not let us off the hook anymore.Initially, I thought that we would not meet again if he did not come and look for us. However, the surprise had caught us unprepared.“What should we do? What can we do?” Cecilia clutched her head, tears streaming down her face like broken beads.I embraced her tightly, and my heart was in turmoil. I did not know what to do next.We did everything we could back then to run away from him. I was sure he would not let us go after this encounter.“Why must he do this? It’s been six years and I was so close to forgetting everything about it. Why is he still appearing in our lives…” Cecilia finally broke down and cried her h
I clicked in to see the contents and it was full of photos of me and him from the moment we took a plane to the South Sea at midnight; when we entered the hotel together and spent a whole day together; when we went out to have dinner together; when we had our arms around each other’s shoulders after returning to the hotel…In short, from the photos that were released, anyone who saw them would think that we were meeting in secret and had even booked a room in the hotel. This was evidence that we could not refute. We were completely indefensible.The only good thing about this was that the media had not revealed my name, maybe because they were afraid of Theo. The photos did not happen to capture my face directly, and they were mostly shots of my back. However, those who knew me well would know that it was me.Moreover, there were comments saying that Xander had a sugar mommy. There were also people saying that Xander had won the competition last time because someone was helping him
"I didn't sleep with him." I hastily waved my hands. "That day, I had to get up early to catch my flight, so I was really tired. After I got to the hotel, I rested for a while. Xander was in the living room reading the script the entire time. Nothing happened. Did you call because...""Enough. Do you think that I'll believe you?" He interrupted me and looked at me coldly before burying his head back into his work. He continued what he was doing."Theo, even murderers have a chance to plead their case. You should at least listen to what I have to say." I propped my hands on the desk and was not about to give up my chance to explain myself.He looked up and raised his eyebrows at me. The cold look on his face only grew colder. "It's office hours. You shouldn’t discuss personal matters with me right now, President Lane. The spokesperson is fully your responsibility. This situation will definitely have an impact on the company, so you’d better find a way to solve it. Otherwise..."Afte