Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
‘How did she feel when she looked at me? Why… Why didn’t I argue with the director and tell him to stop? Why did I stop after hearing Barbara Schuman’s words?’
Raymond Bowman’s face filled with remorse.
“What’s the matter? Do you feel bad about it?” Barbara Schuman’s voice rang in Raymond Bowman’s ear. “You don’t love Valda Theller that much, after all. It’s why you backed out after finding out who Queenie Mack’s backer is. At the end of the day, we’re the same. We love ourselves more, don’t we?”
Barbara Schuman took Raymond Bowman’s arm and pressed her delicate body against him as she spoke, “Since we’re the same, we might be perfect for each other.”
‘The same?’ Raymond Bowman froze. ‘Barbara Schuman and I are the same?’
“What? Okay, okay. Third Hospital? I’ll go over right now!” Camille Strickland ran past the two as she spoke on the phone. Raymond Bowman immediately grabbed Camille Strickland and asked, “Third Hospital? Is Valda being taken to Third Hospital?”
Camille Strickland shook off Raymond Bowman’s hand angrily. “So now you care? What have you been doing? You’d better stay away from Valda!”
With that said, Camille Strickland turned and hurried away.
Raymond Bowman planned to follow Camille Strickland, but Barbara Schuman held him by the arm and said, “Don’t go, Raymond Bowman. Valda Theller doesn’t care about you. Why are you so enthusiastic when you’re being given the cold shoulder?”
“F*ck off!” Raymond Bowman roared and yanked back his arm. “Barbara Schuman, listen here. You and I will never be the same!”
Barbara Schuman watched Raymond Bowman run away and pressed her red lips tightly. ‘He left in such a hurry. Is he worried about Valda Theller?
‘It’s a pity that Valda Theller was saved today. Valda Theller got lucky. I didn’t expect Hart Group’s executive assistant to show up because of a filming strike.
‘But… what on earth is going on? Why would an executive assistant of a corporation care if the actors of a film went on strike?’
Barbara Schuman’s doubts were shared by many of the cast members. Only Gloria looked enlightened as if he had confirmed something.
‘Sure enough… The company asked me to join the cast and become the male lead because of Valda Theller!’
“Brother Stephenson, why are you smiling?” Gloria’s assistant beside Gloria could not help asking when they saw the smile on his lips. Gloria said with a half-smile, “There are always people who bite off more than they can chew. They think they’re stones and want to break eggs, but it turns out they’re the eggs that people can break easily.”
The assistant scratched their head, confused.
“Anyway, be polite to Valda Theller in the future. Don’t offend her,”
said Gloria.
Raymond Bowman drove toward Third Hospital. On the way, he kept thinking about what had happened today.
He was both regretful yet grateful.
He regretted looking on again when Valda needed help. He…
thought it was just acting and did not expect Valda to get hurt!
When Barbara Schuman said Queenie Mack’s backer was the Weiss family of Emerald City, he did hesitate.
He had worked so hard to get to where he was now. If he offended the Weiss family of Emerald City because of this, his efforts these years would have been in vain. Therefore, he hesitated at the time. He hesitated about whether Valda Theller was worth it.
He was glad that the woman called Estelle Rowe saved Valda Theller.
‘Why would Hart Group’s executive assistant… help Valda Theller?
‘Estelle Rowe’s speech sounded like she was accusing the actors of going on strike, but this film has nothing much to do with Hart Group. Why would Hart Group ask their executive assistant to go over?’
Just then, Raymond Bowman’s phone rang, and he answered it. “It’s Raymond Bowman.”
“Mr. Bowman, I’ve identified the person you asked me to look up for you. He’s…”
After they said a name and a title, Raymond Bowman’s pupils constricted immediately. “What? Is it really him?”
“Yes, I’ll send you the information later. Of course, it’s easy to find his information if you search online.
But the one I’m giving you might be more detailed,” they said. “Okay, got it! Email me everything you have on him,” said Raymond Bowman.
Shortly afterward, his phone rang, notifying him that he had received a new email. Raymond Bowman turned the steering wheel and stopped at the roadside. He opened his email on his phone and looked at the information he had gotten.
The photo he saw made his heart sink.
‘It’s… really him!
‘Brian, president of Hart Group, the crown prince of the entertainment industry, and also… Valda’s new boyfriend!”
‘In that case, it makes sense… why that executive assistant named Estelle Rowe would come to the film set and help Valda.
‘But how did Valda get into a relationship with Brian? These two are like people from two different worlds!
‘There’s no love in Brian’s eyes when he looked at Valda. Why would he date Valda?’
The old mystery was solved, but a new one was added.
Raymond Bowman continued to look through the information he received. The more he looked, the deeper his brows furrowed.
Sure enough, Brian did not love Valda at all!
After putting his phone down, he restarted the car and sped toward Third Hospital.
Valda Theller was taken to Third Hospital’s emergency room, and the doctor examined her.
Unfortunately, it was only some skin trauma. There was no major bone injury or concussion, but she still needed to stay in the hospital for observation for one day.
The doctor prescribed some medicine. Estelle Rowe asked her subordinate to collect it and help Valda Theller go through the admission procedures.
Camille Strickland looked at the bruises on her best friend’s face and felt heartbroken.
“Does it hurt?” Camille Strickland asked. Then, she sobbed. “Of course, it hurts. How could it not hurt?”
There were so many bruises on her face, not to mention her body!
“Those scumbags! How could they beat you like that in front of everyone? And that director. Couldn’t he tell if it was real or fake?
He deliberately did that to please Queenie Mack and let her vent her anger!” Camille Strickland snapped.
Valda Theller comforted her. “Okay, I’m alright now, aren’t I?
Besides, Assistant Maggie also got me a single ward. I’ve never stayed in a single ward. It feels like staying in a hotel. It’s pretty great.”
Camille Strickland said, “Do you want to stay longer? But do you really not know Assistant Maggie?”
Valda Theller shook her head. “I don’t know her.”
“Why would she help her if you don’t know her?” Camille Strickland asked in confusion.
“I don’t know either,” said Valda Theller.
“Do you know anyone in Hart Group?” Camille Strickland speculated again. Assistant Maggie said she was Hart Group’s executive assistant to the president.
The Hart Group’s president. She remembered that he was the crown prince of the entertainment industry. ‘His surname is Hart.
Bri ‘Wait, Hart?’ Brian’s face appeared in Camille Strickland’s head.
‘Yes, Valda’s boyfriend also has the surname Hart. Could the two of them…’
Just then, the ward door was suddenly pushed open, and a figure rushed in.
“Valda!” Raymond Bowman panted as he looked at Valda Theller sitting on the hospital bed. She was wearing a hospital gown. The bruises looked more obvious on her pale face. Even one of her cheeks was swollen.
“I’m sorry, I…” he said with difficulty. The bruises on her face looked like they were condemning him silently.
“What are you doing here, Raymond Bowman? Don’t you think it’s disgusting to shed crocodile tears?” Camille Strickland scolded as she lunged forward and stopped Raymond Bowman.
“I only came to see Valda!”