Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
“Was your friend who I just met nearby?” Valda Theller was not stupid. She immediately figured out the reason for Brian’s sudden intimacy.
“Yeah,” he said and released his embrace.
“Is Grace the friend who used to work at the small noodle shop?” she asked suddenly as if a woman’s intuition had made her think that the friend was Grace.
He paused slightly, and his dark phoenix eyes looked coldly at her. “There are questions you’d better not ask.”
At that moment, Valda Theller only had a feeling that the elegant and indifferent man felt dangerous. It was as if the question was taboo.
No, perhaps that woman Grace was taboo.
On the other hand, Lina drove and said, “I didn’t know that Brian has a girlfriend. But Valda Theller doesn’t seem like the usual women around Brian.”
Grace was silent as if she was thinking about something.
“What’s the matter? Didn’t you always hope that Brian could put aside his childhood feelings for you and start a new relationship?” Lina could not help saying when she saw that her best friend was silent.
“It’d be nice if they were in a real relationship,” murmured Grace.
Lina mumbled, “What’s the matter? Is it fake? It doesn’t look fake to me. If it were fake, wouldn’t it have been more convincing if Brian found a beautiful actress?”
After all, Valda Theller might look cute and friendly, but she was not stunning. If Brian wanted others to believe he was in a relationship, he would have chosen a beautiful woman.
“Besides, didn’t we secretly see Brian intimately embracing his girlfriend when we were in the parking lot earlier? Brian seems to like Valda Theller pretty much,” Lina said again.
“I hope it’s just me overthinking,” said Grace, but she felt vaguely uneasy. After all, the last time she ran into Brian in the bookstore, Brian had smiled and said…
“Grace, I’ll get over you.”
‘Is it a coincidence that he found himself a girlfriend so soon? He fell in love with someone right after deciding to get over 1. Or..!
B Gifts “Alright!” Lina’s voice interrupted her thoughts. “You’re just overthinking. Stop thinking about Brian and his girlfriend. What you should do now is take good care of your baby and ensure safe delivery.”
Grace smiled. ‘Yes, what I should do now is take good care of my baby. I shouldn’t be entertaining foolish ideas!
On the day of the booting ceremony, Valda Theller arrived at the film studio with heavy dark eye circles.
As soon as Camille Strickland saw the way her best friend looked, she said, “What happened to you? Didn’t you sleep well last night?”
“You noticed,” said Valda Theller. She had already used foundation to hide her dark eye circles, but it did not seem to have much effect.
“Of course, I noticed.” Camille Strickland rolled her eyes at her best friend. “I know this is your first adaptation and you’ll be meeting Gloria today, but you didn’t have to be so excited about it that you even lost sleep over it!”
Valda Theller smiled. She was too embarrassed to tell her best friend that this was not the reason she did not sleep well. It was because Brian’s cold and depressing gaze came to her mind whenever she closed her eyes.
Grace, the pregnant lady with a gentle smile, was his taboo. The coldness and depression in his eyes were all because of her, An answer vaguely came to mind. Maybe he wanted her to pretend to date him because of Grace.
When he introduced her as his girlfriend to Grace, he had squeezed her hand so tightly that his fingers stiffened afterward. A person’s body could only react like that when they were tense.
“Do you want a cup of coffee to refresh yourself?” Camille Strickland asked.
“No thanks, I had coffee at home this morning before coming over,” said Valda Theller.
“Then let’s say hello to the producer and the director. We should be able to meet Gloria too,” said Camille Strickland as she led Valda Theller inside.
There were already a lot of reporters at the booting ceremony venue. After all, Gloria had always done big-budget films. Everyone was curious why he had picked a comic adaptation.
Many reporters even speculated why Gloria picked this film by looking at it from multiple aspects such as director, heroine, producer…
Valda Theller was already sweating when she walked past the reporters and fans into the booting ceremony with her best friend.
“The producer’s over there, Valda. Let’s head over.” Camille Strickland saw the producer at a glance and dragged Valda Theller over.
The producer was chatting with several other people. Camille Strickland suddenly stopped walking as if she saw something that surprised her. She said, “Huh?”
Valda Theller looked at her best friend in confusion. “What’s the matter?”
“Well…” Camille Strickland looked troubled.
Valda Theller followed her best friend’s gaze to see a figure she did not expect to see there.
Raymond Bowman!
He was chatting with the producer not far away.
“What’s Raymond Bowman doing here? “Camille Strickland asked in surprise.
It was also what Valda Theller wanted to ask.
Just then, the producer saw Camille Strickland and Valda Theller and waved to them.
“Come on, let’s go and say hello,” Valda Theller said before taking her best friend by the hand and walking toward the producer.
Watching Valda Theller walking over, Raymond Bowman fell into a trance. She wore a long mint green dress today. Her long hair was tied up in a neat ponytail. She looked the way she did in school.
In particular, the faint dark eye circles under her eyes reminded him of the time when he often saw her with dark eye circles back then. When he asked her if she did not sleep well, she would yawn and say that she had been drawing comics and catching up on manuscripts.
“Is it necessary to work so hard on comics?” he had asked at the time. “You won’t find it hard if it’s what you like.” She gave a broad smile. Although she had dark eye circles, there was a sparkle in her eyes whenever she spoke about comics and the stories.
she created.
They looked so bright and beautiful.
“Here, let me introduce you to CEO Raymond Bowman, Mr.
Bowman is the one who made the additional investment in our film. With his investment, our film can become better,” the producer introduced with a laugh.
Valda Theller and Camille Strickland were shocked. Although they already knew that someone had made an additional investment in the film, they did not expect it to be Raymond Bowman.
Was it a coincidence, or was it Raymond Bowman’s intention?
Valda Theller’s eyes were instantly full of alarm as she looked at Raymond Bowman.
“These two…” The producer was about to introduce Valda Theller and Camille Strickland when Raymond Bowman said, “It’s alright. I know Valda and Camille. We used to go to the same school.”
The producer smiled. “What a coincidence. This is your reunion, then.”
“Yeah, it’s not easy for us to be reunited.” Raymond Bowman chuckled.
Valda Theller maintained a friendly smile.
After a casual chat about some unimportant things, the producer left with several others, leaving only Raymond Bowman, Valda Theller, and Camille Strickland.
Camille Strickland’s fake smile was gone immediately.
“Raymond Bowman, what’s the meaning of this?”
“I don’t know what you mean by that,” Raymond Bowman asked in reply.
“Why did you invest in this film?” Camille Strickland asked.
“You should thank me for investing. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to afford Gloria’s salary at all,” said Raymond Bowman. Camille Strickland did not know what to say for a moment.
“Thank you for investing in the film, Mr. Bowman,” Valda Theller said indifferently. Then, she wanted to pull Camille Strickland and leave.
Raymond Bowman raised his hand to stop her and said, “I mean no harm in investing in this film. I only hope that the film based on your original work can be a success. I sincerely apologize for what happened.”
A/A Valda Theller said, “I told you. I accept your apology but that doesn’t megh I forgive you Mr Bowman, investing in the film was your decision Whether you make or lisna money is alen your matter I don’t need you to invest in anything because of 1. I don’t think we have that kind of relationship”
Camille Strickland snorted and said. “A sincers apology? Why didn’t you explain to the whole school why you hurt Valda like that, then? How dare you apologize now?”
Raymond Bowman’s expression froze.