Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
“Things won’t end well for you.” After speaking, Eric directly hung up the phone.
He never imagined that Wren would do something like this and say such words. She was practically one step away from telling Emma to have an abortion.
What exactly was going through her head?
Had she not considered that the child in Emma’s stomach was also her grandchild?
But, of course, Eric did not let Wren get to him. He simply buried his head back into work like nothing had happened. However, at this time, he received a phone call from Luke, “President…”
“Have you found anything?” Eric asked immediately.
“I looked into the research facility and everything seems fine,” Luke replied. “If something big had actually happened, I’m sure uncle would have notified you. I think you are just being a little paranoid.”
“Plus, your suspicions sound a little farfetched.”
Farfetched?
Eric’s l*ps curved slightly. The absurdity of the real world had always been far greater than any creative piece of work and the modern world had witnessed plenty of farfetched incidences. So…his suspicions weren’t entirely a figment of his imagination.
Perhaps, there was one more person that could provide him with an answer.
As a result, Eric quickly made a phone call to Craig. However, the person to pick up was Xiner.
“Mr. Roborts, please wait a moment, Donald is currently filming. Can I get him to call you back later?”
At this exact moment, Craig finished filming his scene and walked over to Xiner, “Who’s on the phone? Why are you being so polite?”
“It’s Mr. Roborts…”
“Give me the phone,” Craig put down the helmet in his hands and grabbed the phone impatiently, “What do you want?”
“I want to know why my mother changed her surname,” Eric asked straightforwardly.
“What a joke. You’re her son and you don’t know. Why would you come and ask me?” Craig scoffed before his eyes suddenly lit up, “It happened over a decade ago. I was only 15/16-years-old at that time. I still remember, auntie suddenly returned home one day and said that she was changing her surname. Grandfather refused, so they got into a huge argument. But, in the end, auntie still changed it anyway.”
“So, I think you should ask grandfather for the details…”
“However, I do faintly remember that auntie said that she hates actors…”
Eric did not ask anything else as he hung up the phone. He remembered that Wren never liked the idea of him taking over Kaleidoscope, but she had never said anything to him about it. Nor had she ever had such a strong opinion towards actors. So, why did she suddenly hate them so much?
His mind was suddenly full of questions.
Eric put down his phone and got ready to go home. However, a moment later, he received another phone call from Luke.
“President, I just found out from an old researcher that auntie and uncle was at a different research facility before they came to the Far Ocean Science and Technology Research Institute. From his memory, the previous research facility was burnt down, but auntie and uncle did not get injured in the fire, so no one has ever mentioned it.”
“Look into this fire for me,” Eric instructed.
“Yes.”
After hanging up the phone, Eric left Kaleidoscope. Without telling Emma, he drove over to Father Roberts and Wren’s villa.
Although they were father and son, with the news that was going around and other unhappy incidences, Father Roberts was quite surprised to see Eric at a time like this.
The relationship bet**en the two men had obvious cracks and gaps, making the atmosphere quite awkward.
Of course, this villa still belonged to Eric, so he didn’t need to be polite. As a result, he directly walked into the living room and sat down on the sofa, “I would like to know about the fire at Caton Biological Research Laboratory.”
“How did you find out about that?” Father Roberts felt slightly suspicious, “I didn’t tell anyone about it…”
“You simply need to tell me what happened.”
Father Roberts thought for a second before he walked over to the sofa and sat down, “It all happened 19 years ago. At that time, you were only in your early teens, so I never told you about it. Plus, it wasn’t that big of a deal. At that time, it was due to the improper handling of chemical substances by the assistant director that led to the fire. Luckily, your mother and I escaped unscathed. So, we transferred over to the current research facility.”
“Did you not notice any changes in Ms. Hoey after that day?” Eric asked suggestively.
Father Roberts did not think too much into it as he replied, “Your mother was traumatized, so she was bedridden for one month before she slowly recovered. Perhaps, she had been affected by the chemicals, so she became slightly more irritable afterwards.”
“What about her persistence to change her surname?”
“What’s wrong with you today?” Father Roberts asked suspiciously.
“You simply need to answer me,” Eric demanded coldly.
“I’m sure you know that your mother is quite superstitious. The fortune teller once told her that she had to change her surname to avoid bad luck, so she changed it,” Father Roberts replied casually without any trace of doubt towards his wife’s words.
“I remember she never liked actors, but it wasn’t to the extent of complete hatred…”
“It took you so many years to get married. So, over time, your mother was worried that it was due to your work in the entertainment industry. This worry slowly turned into hate…”
“Then, why is her hatred specifically directed towards actors?” Eric once again pointed out the main issue as he continued to question his father.
Father Roberts froze for a moment. In the end, he finally caught the deeper meaning to Eric’s words. So, he looked at Eric suspiciously, “Eric, why are you asking me these questions today?”
“It’s nothing. I just want to understand mom better and relieve the tension bet**en her and Emma.”
Hearing this, Father Roberts did not completely believe him, but his suspicions also dissipated.
“Does one need a reason to hate something?”
Of course not!
But, this was no random coincidence, because Eric now realized that there were some things that perhaps even his father didn’t know.
“I came today for no other reason but to request that you keep an eye on your wife. Otherwise, when I finally make a move, I will not take anyone into consideration!”
Hearing this, Father Roberts was finally angered as he pointed at Eric and growled, “Is this how you treat your parents?”
Eric did not respond. He simply looked deep into his father’s eyes…perhaps feeling a slight sense of pity.
Afterwards, Eric returned home. However, Emma noticed the time that Eric returned, so she stood up from the sofa and asked, “Mr. Roberts you are late by 20 minutes today.”
Eric wr*pped his arm around Emma and hugged her tightly, “Don’t ask me any questions. Just give me some time.”
“I won’t ask,” Emma replied decisively. “Even if you didn’t try to convince me, I still wouldn’t have asked.”
The couple already understood each other, so Emma could roughly guess what Eric had been secretly doing.
“By the way, Jordyn invited me to her birthday celebration.”
“Do you want to go?” Eric released Emma from his embrace, led her over to the sofa and helped her tidy the script that was lying around.
“Of course,” Emma replied.
Within the industry, she didn’t have many friends. When she eliminated those that had turned on her like Flossie, how many people were left that she could talk honestly to?
“I’ll make arrangements…let me know the time.”
“7pm, 2 nights from now.”
…
Late at night, inside a black and white villa.
Yadanar lay in bed, tossing and turning in restlessness. She had not given Zephaniah a proper answer yet. Should she become a signed stunt double under his management?
If she was to get signed, she would gain a lot more opportunities and never have to worry about not getting any jobs again. But, at the same time, she would lose her freedom and no longer be able to cause trouble like she used to.