Filed To Story: Finding the Secret Daddy for My Baby Novel
“I’m just here for someone. I’ll be leaving tomorrow.” Julian persuaded him by saying, “There are some things that cannot be forced. Why don’t you learn to let go?”
“I know how to deal with my issues. Don’t worry about it.” Louie hung up the call after he finished speaking. On the side, Jessie looked at the man curiously. Seeing that he had kept his phone, she asked, “Is your brother here?”
“Yes.” Julian dipped his head. Jessie didn’t have the nerve to keep asking. Just as she speculated about why Louie was there, Julian directly told her about it. “He’s here for Eva.”
After becoming startled for a moment, Jessie figured out what was going on. She asked in a hushed voice, “Is your brother in love with Eva?”
“He’s been wooing Eva for two years.” Julian didn’t regard her as an outsider.
Jessie was secretly shocked. Louie was the president of Stardom Corporation while Eva was just an actress who worked for him. It was inconceivable that he still hadn’t successfully wooed her after two years.
Although she had never met Louie before, she reckoned that he must be good-looking as Julian since he was very handsome. “Why don’t you lend your brother a hand? Eva could very well be your sister- in-law,” Jessie suggested.
Julian shook his head. “There’s nothing I can help him with. This issue is between them.” Jessie was inexperienced when it came to love. To her, she either loved or did not love a person. Relationships shouldn’t be so complicated.
“Did anything happen between them?” Jessie asked. She was fond of Eva, so she hoped that the latter would be happy.
“Eva used to have a boyfriend, and they were together for three years. Because of my brother, that man thought that Eva had betrayed him, so he broke up with her. He then became agitated and got wasted. In the end, he was killed in a road accident. That’s why Eva can never forgive Louie,” Julian explained grimly.
Jessie was speechless for a while. She could understand that it must be heart-wrenching for Eva.
It was no wonder that a bright man like Louie couldn’t get together with Eva even after wooing her for two years.
Presently, Eva was seated in a caravan. She looked out the window and observed the stars. There were no lamplights on this path in the countryside as the moonlight filtered through the leaves. At that instant, she was shrouded in misery.
She closed her eyes as tears slid down her cheeks. A hint of melancholy appeared on her alluring face. She was conflicted and distressed deep within; the reason she had been focusing on work for the past few years was that she didn’t want to have any spare time to think about love-related matters.
She made the man promise that he could never see her for two years. Even if she had to go to the company for work, he had to go somewhere else. Now that their two-year agreement was due, she couldn’t avoid him any longer.
It was time she faced this issue head-on and dealt with it once and for all.
She let out a sigh. The images of her ex-boyfriend before his death flashed through her mind. In the last moments of his life, he grabbed her hands and roared, “You can never get together with him! Otherwise, I won’t let the both of you off even if I die!”
Presently, Eva felt cold all over her body as she closed her eyes. Her ex-boyfriend had sacrificed his life to stop her from loving Louie. She acknowledged that she had feelings for Louie back then.
Just when she was ready to talk about this issue with her ex-boyfriend, Louie came to her all of a sudden and got into an argument with her. Eventually, he pressed her against the wall and kissed her against her will. Unfortunately, her ex-boyfriend caught them red-handed on the spot.
Eva wanted to explain, but the other party wouldn’t give her the chance. He even threatened to destroy her career. However, he pleaded with her to change her mind after that. At this point, Eva realized that she had fallen in love with Louie.
When she wanted to break up with him that day, her ex-boyfriend was furious. She went home that night, but she received a call at 2.00AM and was informed that her ex-boyfriend was injured in a road accident.
When she arrived at the hospital, he was already on his last breath. In the last moments of his life, he cursed her by saying, “You can never get together with him! Otherwise, I won’t let the both of you off even if I die!”
Eva’s career was almost destroyed because of this incident. It was Louie who protected her and helped her become an award-winning actress. Now, she was an actress that no one could afford to offend in showbiz.
She could get any resources that she wanted. Regardless of whom she wanted to work with, he would satisfy her. He would do everything to please her, but this woman demanded that he could not see her for two years.
During that period, Eva heard stories about women approaching him, but none of them gained his favor. She hadn’t expected to see him tonight. Two years had passed, and he was still as handsome as ever. The only difference was that he had become more charming and assertive as he aged.
“Oh, my gosh!” All of a sudden, the driver let out a scream and turned the steering wheel. The car directly crashed into the mountain with a loud bang.
Eva covered her head and screamed. Her female assistant was horrified as well. She asked, “What happened, Marvin?”
The driver turned his head and replied, “A dog rushed over all of a sudden. I thought it was a human, so I was stunned. I’ll have a look. Please stay in the car.”
Just then, the headlights of a car shone from behind. A moment later, an SUV stopped behind them. Louie opened the door and got out of the car before striding toward the caravan. He quickly opened the door and checked on Eva.
“What happened?” he asked grimly.
“Marvin thought he almost hit a human, President Gilmore. It turned out that it was a dog.”
Eva’s face was as pale as a white sheet as she trembled uncontrollably. She looked at the man at the door and attempted to get out of the car. Louie wanted to give her a hand, but she slapped his hand away. The assistant left the vehicle as well.
Presently, there wasn’t a bit of light on this trail in the countryside other than the headlights of the vehicles. Eva shuffled toward the front of the car and exclaimed, “Ah!”
Louie charged forward while Eva turned around and crashed into his arms. She hugged him tightly as though she was seeking a sense of security from him.
The dog’s life wasn’t spared. It was rolled under the tire as its blood scattered everywhere. The carcass looked terrifying as the headlights shone on it.
Her ex-boyfriend’s death was already on Eva’s mind before the accident. At this moment, she was terrified. The moment she closed her eyes, she recalled her ex-boyfriend’s pale yet bloodied face before his death.
“Don’t be afraid. It’s just a dog.” Louie lowered his face and comforted her by stroking the back of her head. “I’m here for you.”
Eva pressed her face against the man’s chest, still quivering after the shocking incident.
Louie directly carried her up with both hands and said to the driver, “Move the car aside and deal with it tomorrow. Get into my car and drive us back.”
“Yes, President Gilmore.” The driver nodded, then tried to move the car away. Although the front of the car was a little contorted, he could still start the engine.
Meanwhile, the assistant dexterously opened the back door of the SUV. Eva’s head remained in his arms as Louie got into the car with her. On the other hand, the assistant picked up some important stuff and got into the passenger’s seat.
The driver then drove Louie’s car forward.
The man in the back seat gently kissed Eva’s head and stroked her back. He felt sorry for her. What is she afraid of?
Even though she didn’t believe there were supernatural beings in this world, no one knew how terrified Eva felt at this moment.
But why would such a thing happen the first day they met? Could it be that they shouldn’t have met again after all?
It wasn’t until the car had set off for quite a while that Eva finally looked up in Louie’s arms and studied his face by the moonlight outside the window. The light was dim, but his features were still as dashingly handsome as ever. As she stared at his face, she noticed that he was about to kiss her on the forehead, to which she reacted by instantly turning her head away to avoid him.
Louie had no choice but to press his thin lips to her hair while continuing to pat her gently on the back. “Are you still scared?”
Eva wanted to ignore him, but her hands were still tightly clutching his shirt. To her frustration, she realized that it was this guy who could really give her a sense of absolute security when she was frightened.
After Louie’s car made its way back to the hotel’s underground parking lot, Eva got out of it, holding onto the car door for support; her face was still quite pale from the scare. Her assistant Linda came over to assist her, but she waved her hand and walked toward the elevator on her own.
He immediately caught up to her. The elevator spotlight illuminated her features, making her look ghastly pale. “Are you alright?” he asked with concern in a baritone voice.