Annabelle was not naïve. She knew from Zayn’s reaction that he had obviously forgotten her name. Honestly, she felt quite dejected about it. She was, like he said, a household name of a celebrity, and had millions of fans in the country. It had been less than ten seconds since she revealed herself and there were already people recognizing her as they pointed at her in thrill.In spite of that, Zayn had even managed to forget her name.Come to think of it, however, it was not too astonishing. He was the high and mighty chairman of Violet Vision Media Corp and had a bunch of hottest celebrities under him, thus it was expected that he would not remember her.Wearing her mask and sunglasses again to cover her gorgeous face, Annabelle replied, “Sir, I’m Annabelle Laking. We’ve met before.”“I know. We had a meal together the last time,” Zayn answered with a nod.The handful of staff around Annabelle thought it was unbelievable when she took the initiative to greet a man so humbly. She
One of the bodyguards gave Zayn a push but was unable to nudge him. It was like Zayn was a pillar pinned to the ground.“Hmm?” The foreign bodyguard creased his brows and scowled. How dare this runt get in their way? He increased his force to shove Zayn’s chest while wearing a malicious smirk. Towering at 6’2” and weighing over 220 pounds, it was a piece of cake for him to push a scrawny man like Zayn.What happened was the exact opposite of what he imagined though. Although the bodyguard pushed Zayn with all his might, the latter stayed stationary. He was really like a block of wall that had been erected there. It flummoxed the bodyguard! What was happening? Was he being delusional and did he run into a wall?He rubbed his eyes and widened them to look better only to realize that he was not mistaken. The Rheasian was looking at him with a small smirk.Another foreign bodyguard who noted the situation teased the first bodyguard, “Tom, you can’t even shove a noodle off? Haha!”He s
He was usually nice and easygoing, appearing harmless most of the time, but Zayn was actually a nationalist. He could not take these foreigners throwing their weight around in Rheasia!It was fine when he was not one to run into such instances, but now that he was involved in one, he was not going to let these foreigners go easy. They would think that Rheasians were pushovers otherwise!In spite of that, Annabelle’s staff broke out of their trance just when George and Jordan were going to pounce on Zayn. They hurried over and put themselves in front of Zayn to explain loudly, “Mr. Smith, please stop your bodyguards! This is a misunderstanding!”Esther tried to calm the situation down as two bodyguards from her side went to stop George and Jordan. Nonetheless, the two men did not care. They shoved Esther’s bodyguards back so hard that they stumbled. If Zayn had not caught them in time, they would have fallen.George and Jordan arrogantly cursed and flipped the bird at Zayn.The nat
It was understandable. Anyone who saw how Zayn was dressed and noted his age would never believe that he was the chairman of Violet Vision Media Corp.Smith was an internationally renowned movie star who looked good and had excellent acting skills. He had also heard of the company, Violet Vision, and knew that it was a large-scale company with a promising future.To be honest, his first choice in coming to expand his career in Rheasia was Violet Vision Media Corp. His manager had tried to contact the company, but the latter was uninterested in him. Left helpless, Smith went for his second choice, Black Athens Media Corp.In spite of that, Esther was telling him that this runt in front of him was the chairman of Violet Vision? How could he possibly believe it? Esther was taking him as a fool! This subconsciously marred his impression of Black Athens Media Corp.Esther turned back to check reflexively after what she said. Indeed, Zayn dressed averagely and did not carry a presence li
Prior to this, she had been Smith’s casual fan and had gone to watch a few of his movies. It was unexpected for the man to be this depraved in reality, and that instantly shook all the affinity she had for him away. Once Annabelle thought about how she had to shoot for months with someone like him, she was nauseated.Annabelle pulled her hand out swiftly and took in a deep breath to repress her negative emotions. Forcing a smile, she told Smith, “Mr. Smith, Mr. Larson here is a good friend of mine as well as the chairman of Violet Vision. Your bodyguards were in the wrong for what happened just now. I hope they can apologize to him.”Smith glowered the moment she said that while Esther and her team were alarmed. As her manager, Esther eyed Annabelle frantically so that she would stop spewing nonsense. Even Zayn was surprised that Annabelle would take his side to this extent.Smith questioned in dismay, “Miss Laking, are you making a wisecrack?”Ignoring Esther and the rest of her s
Other than Smith, many others around them felt the oppressive presence.The current Zayn gave off a different vibe. He was still the same man, but the change in matters of a second was distinct. He exuded an incredibly commanding presence right now that unconsciously affected everyone, causing them to feel fearful and nervous instinctively like they were meeting their condescending superior when they looked at Zayn, which was expected, considering who Zayn was. Not many could withstand his rage if he did erupt into a fit.Nevertheless, Zayn did not maintain that commanding air for too long. He was naturally a low-profile person who did not want to attract too much attention to himself.Shaking his head, Smith thought that he was imagining things. How could a scraggly Rheasian in front of him invoke fear within him? To him, this was a slap in the face!It infuriated him even more as he snorted harshly and cursed out loud before waving his hand and telling George and Jordan, “Get him
Smith swallowed, starting to feel tendrils of fear. He was well aware that he had dug his own grave this time. He remained stubborn, however—he was an international movie star! He had international influence. Even though this Rheasian was a fighter, Zayn would not dare lay a finger on him.Having it figured out, Smith regained his calm and played victim. “Is this the hospitality you show as a Rheasian? Beating up my bodyguards? My safety is threatened. I suspect that you’re a terrorist and intend to kidnap me. I’m going to call the police right now!”His manager produced the phone and acted like he was going to make a call to intimidate Zayn.Zayn chuckled at the pretense. How very bold of the dude to threaten him when death was looming over him…“Call the police?” Zayn smirked cryptically, appearing frightening to Smith, so he gloated. “That’s right. I’m an international film star. If I call the police, you’ll be jailed for at least three years unless you get down on your knees to
However, Zayn did not give them a chance to beg for mercy and immediately gave them a slap each. As a result, both of them were instantly floored with half of their faces severely swollen.Instantly, everyone was looking at Zayn in a different light. ‘He’s so f*cking cool and violent! Those are foreigners taller and muscular than he is, yet they’ve all been beaten up so badly, this seems so surreal.’Smith and the rest were both shocked and frightened. ‘This isn’t our first time in this country, but we’ve never encountered this kind of situation before. All the while, it would always be the locals here greeting us respectfully.’“Y… Y… You…” Smith’s words were stuttered as he could still feel the stinging pain on his cheeks. He was covering up his face and staring at Zayn with a frightened expression.In fact, Esther and the rest were also shocked as well because never once did it cross their minds that the Chairman of VIolet Vision is actually so strong, plus violent!Then, Zayn