Filed to story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Jonas narrowed his eyes and turned around to continue walking. “In that case…”
From what he knew, Young Master Shaw wasn’t this obedient. Although Jonas hadn’t interacted with him much, he had heard that Ivan’s personality was like his father’s, even colder. If he didn’t want to do something, no one could force him. It seemed like he was willingly following Lilly.
“How strange! I need to be cautious around this little one!”
Jonas sat on a bench with Lilly by his side. He gazed at Lilly and asked, “Lilly, how did you know there would be a gentle light at 10:18 AM?”
Although he wasn’t present when there was trouble backstage, he asked some staff members and found out about it. Only God knew how shocked he was when he saw the gentle light!
Lilly rummaged through her bag and looked at the tortoise inside. At the same time, she said, “I did some fortune-telling!”
Jonas became intrigued. He propped his chin on his hand as he leaned on the bench. “How did you do it?”
Lilly immediately took out the tortoise and said, “Like this!” She placed the tortoise on the ground and spun it!
Jonas was stunned. Lilly had actually brought the old tortoise from home. And it didn’t even suffocate in her bag?
He saw Lilly’s serious expression and chuckled. “So, what do you see?”
She raised her index finger and said seriously, “Uncle Jonas, you’ll have good luck in love! But you need to be careful when going out!”
Jonas was speechless.
Lilly continued, “Uncle Jonas will be taken away by a demon.”
Confused, he asked, “What kind of demon?”
She replied, “An annoying little demon.”
Jonas laughed, and he subconsciously shrugged his shoulders.
“Hah… What nonsense.”
Having good luck in love and being taken away? Maybe a bird might poop on his head, but luck in love? Impossible!
Jonas reached up to fix Lilly’s messy hair as he nonchalantly said, “That would be troublesome.”
Lilly nodded. “Mmhm! It would be really troublesome, and Uncle Jonas would be miserable.”
Her words became even more outrageous.
Jonas picked up Lilly’s hair and started braiding it. After all, he was a top male actor and often had to style his hair. Braiding Lilly’s hair was easy for him.
Soon, Lilly’s messy hair turned into two cute braids. He didn’t use a comb, so it didn’t look as neat, but it looked more natural.
“It looks good!” Jonas praised.
Lilly smiled. “Thank you, Uncle Jonas!”
Ivan secretly glanced at Lilly and saw her bright smile and faint dimples. She was adorable! He quickly looked away and stared at his toes.
Just as Jonas was about to say something, he heard clicking noises. Being alert to cameras, he quickly spotted a hidden reporter.
The reporter’s eyes lit up! A villainous-looking man was braiding a little girl’s hair… Such a scene was too captivating!
Jonas quickly looked away, not minding the cameras. He wanted the whole world to know about the beloved little princess of the Crawford family. They were immensely proud of her! They wanted Lilly to be envied by everyone… She would forever be their little princess.
Seeing that Jonas didn’t object, the reporters became excited.
“Mr. Jonas, look over here!”
“Mr. Jonas, is that your niece? She’s so adorable!”
“Miss Lilly, give us a smile!”
Jonas rested his arm on Lilly’s shoulder as he smiled for the cameras.
He disliked taking pictures. But if it was with Lilly, it was fine!
As Jonas pondered over this, he observed a figure clad in silver strolling into the garden.
Emily’s eyes lit up as soon as she saw Jonas.
“Mr. Jonas!”
For some reason, Jonas suddenly remembered what Lilly had said earlier, and his heart sank. His niece had clearly shown her disapproval of Emily before. If he chose to pursue a relationship with this woman, Lilly would be furious!
He remained silent, watching as Emily approached. Her silver gown matched his swallow-tail coat perfectly. When she stood beside him and Lilly, they looked like a cozy little family of three.
Like trained bloodhounds, the tabloid reporters sensed a story and immediately started taking pictures. If they published these photos, it would guarantee headlines next week!
Emily turned her gaze to Jonas, tears still glistening on her lashes. She looked sincerely apologetic. “Mr. Jonas, did I unintentionally
offend you earlier? If so, I would like to apologize…”
Jonas smiled politely at her, but the smile didn’t reach his eyes. “Hmm. Has anyone ever told you that you’re extremely annoying?” He looked away from her, but the hint of mockery was unmistakable.
Emily’s face froze! “I…” She bit her lip and hurried on, “Is it because you dislike my voice? This is how I actually sound, Mr. Jonas, I swear. But if you don’t like it, I can start taking voice lessons to modulate the tone and color…”
Jonas didn’t comment, he just gave a derisive snort of laughter.
Lilly blinked and looked from Jonas to Emily, her expression thoughtful. She snuggled against Jonas’s shoulder, then turned to Ivan, who was standing next to them, and asked abruptly, “Ivan, isn’t this like a persistent ghost?”
Ivan nodded. “Yes.”
“Miss, you’re like a persistent ghost,” Lilly immediately chimed in, using her newly-learned phrase on the spot.
Emily bit her lip and tearfully protested, “Lilly! Please don’t say that…” She already knew that Jonas and Lilly didn’t like her, but she stayed there like the proverbial persistent ghost because she wanted to create a buzz and spark speculation.
The reporters were still taking plenty of photographs, so she just needed to hold on a little longer…
Once the paparazzi pictures were published, she would become viral in no time, especially since she would be with Jonas, the film industry’s golden boy! She would do anything to keep the inevitable gossip spreading like wildfire; she would be paired with Jonas in the tabloids!
Yes, she would do anything for that!
Furthermore, with Lilly in those pictures, her own popularity would skyrocket!
However, she then heard Jonas saying coldly and calmly, “If any of you publish a single one of those photographs you’re so busy taking now…”
The actor looked around calmly, his smile not reaching his eyes as he adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses.
A chill ran down the reporters’ spines. They all hurriedly replied, “Y…yes, of course, Mr. Crawford!”
“In that case, Mr. Crawford, would it be alright to publish the photos you took earlier with Ms. Lilly…?” One of the reporters persisted.
Jonas smiled charmingly. “Yes, that’s fine.”
The reporters gave Emily strange looks as they slowly realized something. The golden boy of film had never been scandalously linked to any actresses in the industry. However, he had never turned down any actresses who asked to take photos with him during press conferences or red-carpet events. In fact, he had never objected even when they clung to his arm, generously allowing them to do so.
He must really dislike Emily…
“Tsk tsk.” It was clear that the reporters relished this shocking revelation.
Emily felt as if someone had slapped her hard in the face. Oh, the sting…
Jonas didn’t wait for her response and turned to leave. He had initially wanted to take a walk to get some fresh air, but he wasn’t in the mood anymore. He playfully ruffled Ivan’s hair. “Let’s go.”
This left Ivan’s meticulously styled hair in disarray. Looking completely disheveled, he followed Jonas.
Lilly draped herself over Jonas’s shoulder and giggled with delight. “Ivan, your hair looks like a bird’s nest!”
Ivan just stared at her, unable to come up with a suitable retort.
