Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
After a bit of time, Annie recalled everything that had happened over the past few days to her cousin, including how she had been ‘bullied’.
After listening to her story, her cousin exp**ssed his thoughts regarding the matter.
“Little cousin, according to my years of experience, it seems like you’ve been deceived.”
“Bro…I don’t quite understand.”
“How could you be so stupid? Let me spell it out for you: I don’t think your manager attempted to seize the opportunity for you, he simply used you as an excuse to discipline your opponent.”
“No, that can’t be. Mr. An has been really nice to me!” Annie refuted.
“Think about it carefully. Are you sure?” After exp**ssing his thoughts, Annie’s cousin hung up the phone, leaving Annie all alone in deep thought.
Never in her right mind would Annie have imagined that Zephaniah would treat her like that.
So, she pulled out her phone and decided to ask Zephaniah for clarification. But…
…if her cousin was right, yet she went to look for Zephaniah, wouldn’t she be putting herself in a position of loss?
After careful thought, she decided to endure for the time being.
…
The next morning, Yadanar was in the living room reading through her contract. After walking out of her bedroom and seeing Yadanar’s back facing her, Annie couldn’t help but rush over and ask, “Yadanar, have you and Mr. An known each other for a long time?”
Yadanar felt like the sun must have risen from the west. Otherwise, why would Annie talk to her without any trace of coldness, “I’ve only known him a little longer than you.”
“I can tell that he is really nice to you.”
“Nice?” Yadanar scoffed as she threw her middle fi**ger in the air, “When did you ever see that?”
“No matter how much you deny it, it’s the truth.”
Yadanar felt that it was impossible to converse with Annie, “If you don’t have anything else, please don’t disturb me from reading my contract.”
Just as the two women stopped talking, Zephaniah knocked on the front door and entered the apartment. Without taking a single glance at Yadanar, he went straight over to Annie and said, “Tidy up a little. You have an important audition to go to.”
Annie was surprised, but she did not feel happy at all. At this moment, she no longer felt it was possible to trust in Zephaniah.
“What? You don’t want to go?”
“Please wait a moment.” Annie quicky returned to her room and changed her clothes. Her endurance today was for the sake of her pride tomorrow, Annie reminded herself.
Meanwhile, inside the living room, Zephaniah watched as Yadanar fl*pped back and forth through her contract and burst out laughing, “You don’t need to worry about signing it. The contract is in collaboration with an overseas company. I won’t sell you out.”
“You can never be certain,” Yadanar said as she spun her pen. “When facing you, it’s best if I remain cautious.”
“Do as you please.”
It didn’t take long before Annie hurried back out of her room wearing a set of professional clothing and followed behind Zephaniah.
Yadanar watched as Zephaniah and Annie left without responding. She simply returned to reading her contract and disregarded Annie.
A moment later, Annie and Zephaniah boarded their van. Zephaniah looked at Annie, who was as quiet as a cicada in winter, and smiled, “Why are you so quiet? Are you still upset over not getting the role?”
“A little.”
“No need. The audition I have secured for you today is on the same level as ‘The Savage Wars’. You need to know, I went to study in the US for a while, and during that time, I gained quite a few contacts. So, you need to be grateful for this opportunity.” Zephaniah handed Annie a booklet, “This is a snippet that you will be acting out for the auditions. Have a look at it.”
Annie’s eyes lit up with hope. Of course, Zephaniah had made these arrangements because he wanted to toughen up Yadanar and dampen Annie’s spirit at the same time. He needed to let Annie know that, in the scheme of things, she wasn’t even worth mentioning.
“Is this script better than Yadanar’s?”
Zephaniah looked at Annie. To be exact, his gaze contained a warning.
“Annie, I treat you both equally. However, you each have your own weaknesses that need time to work on.”
“I understand, Mr. An.” After speaking, Annie fell quiet and looked seriously at the script that Zephaniah had given her.
She couldn’t possibly be worse off than Yadanar. No matter in what aspect, especially identity and background, Yadanar was nothing in comparison to her.
But of course, that was only because she did not know that Yadanar had another identity.
…
To guarantee that there was nothing wrong with her contract, Yadanar brought it all the way to Hyatt Regency to get some help from Emma.
“Don’t worry. Zephaniah may try to train you with small challenges, but he would never set up a trap during important situations like this,” Emma put down the contract and smiled as she winked at Yadanar.
“But…I actually don’t want to go overseas…”
“Who told you that you have to go overseas?” Emma asked as she raised an eyebrow. “It’s clearly stated in the contract that the shooting location will be in New York because ‘The Savage Wars’ wants to borrow some of our unique locations to use as their backdrops.”
“Enough talking. Now that things have been clarified, you should leave and stop disturbing your Emma from getting some rest. She’s been really tired over the past few days,” Lithika cut in. Yadanar was acting like a brat and Lithika did not want Emma to have to continue putting up with her.
“It’s fine, Auntie Bai.”
“No, she should get going. Mr. Roberts has already asked for you to go upstairs and get some rest.”
Hearing that it was Eric’s request, Emma could only head upstairs obediently.
“In that case, take care of Yadanar for me.”
After speaking, Emma walked into her bedroom. As soon as she entered, she saw Eric was already lying on the bed and waving at her, “Come here…”
Emma supported her protruding belly as she took light steps towards the bed and Eric helped her onto it.
“When did you come home? Why aren’t you at Kaleidoscope?”
“I missed you,” Eric said straightforwardly as he hugged Emma from behind. “I came home halfway through work because I was afraid that I wouldn’t be by your side if you decided to have a nap.”
“Huh?” Emma asked.
“Over the last few days, you’ve been having muscle spasms,” Eric looked at Emma’s legs, “Don’t think I didn’t notice just because you didn’t mention it.”
“It’s nothing. Every pregnant woman is bound to have a bit of discomfort.” Emma leaned against Eric’s ch*st and breathed in his unique fragrance. “But…I am still happy that you noticed.”
“If you are still getting muscle spasms by the time it hits noon, tell me and I’ll massage your legs for you. It will help make it better.”
“Yes, hubby,” Emma closed her eyes peacefully, leaned into Eric’s embrace and slowly fell asleep.
Perhaps it was because her lover was by her side, Emma did not suffer any muscle spasms and napped peacefully.
When she eventually awoke and saw Eric still in the same position, her heart ached a little. She immediately sat up and placed her pillow under Eric’s head. However, just as she leaned over, Eric opened his eyes and looked adoringly at her, “You’re awake.”
Looking at Eric in this situation, Emma couldn’t control herself from leaning over and placing a k**s on his l*ps. Her l*ps p**ssed against his as she twisted and turned passionately.
Eric was a little taken aback as his body stiffened in surprise. But, a moment later, he gently wr*pped his arms around Emma and began to respond. Only after they both began to lose their breaths did Eric finally move away from Emma’s l*ps.
Seeing this, Eric maintained his uncomfortable position and chuckled, “Miss me?”
Emma understood the extra meaning to Eric’s words as her face turned red.
“Let me take you to the bathroom…”