Never Too Far Novel

Chapter 1441-1450

Julian quickly lowered his body and moved his ear closer to her lips. With that, Jessie decided to behonest with him. “I was considering what I should do if you unexpectedly fall in love with someoneelse,” she explained.

That made Julian’s heart ache a little. Ignoring the fact that there were crew members nearby, he drewher into his embrace and exclaimed, “What nonsense are you thinking of?”

Jessie quickly pushed him away with her small strength while terrifyingly signaling to him that therewere crew members nearby.

Julian found her amusing while watching her cautious behavior, but at the same time, he respected heras well. This is her first film. I’d better let her finish her work with peace of mind!

Meanwhile, back at the hotel, Eva was irritated by what had happened on the Internet. Her managerhad taken a flight and rushed over as this matter had severe ramifications.

After much deliberation, Eva reasoned that she should obtain the termination contract beforeconsidering anything else. After all, she couldn’t have allowed herself to sleep with the man for nothing!Thus, she stood up and exited her room before going to the room next door and ringing the doorbell.

Within seconds, the man inside the room answered the door. When the door was opened, she saw himnaked, with only a bath towel wrapped around his lower body. His perfect figure was exposed right infront of her eyes.

“You…” Her cheeks flushed as she gazed at his toned abs before she turned away in embarrassment.“Put on your clothes. I’d like to speak with you about something.”

“Come in first.” Julian chuckled deeply.

And so, Eva entered the room. However, the man behind her wrapped his arms around her waistbefore she could take more than two steps. His manly breath, combined with a faint scent of bodyshampoo, made her nervous as she felt a current rush through her body.

“You… Let me go.” Eva struggled to free herself from his grip.

“Didn’t you have a good time last night?” the man asked, his voice hoarse.

However, she purposefully avoided discussing what happened last night as she stated, “I’m here for thecontract termination.”

“Eva…” the man began calling her lovingly, his voice enticing.

Eva wanted to push his hand away, but her strength prevented her from doing so. She could only turnaround to face him, but once she did, she was met with his deep, fiery gaze. Seeing that, she knew thatthings were about to become dangerous.

She was now kicking herself for walking into his room voluntarily.

“I… Forget it. I’ll go back now.” Eva spoke as she struggled to break free from his embrace.

But to the man, she was like an innocent rabbit walking right into his trap. He would not allow her toleave!

He carried her in his arms the next second, prompting her to mutter angrily, “Leave me alone, Louie…”

“I can’t, and I don’t want to.” With that, Louie immediately carried her to his bedroom.

Eva wished she hadn’t come, but it was too late. She gradually lost herself in the man’s affection, as hereawakened her previously buried love and obsession for him. She could no longer avoid her ownfeelings after being confronted with his intense love.

Later in the evening, Eva sat on the sofa after taking a bath. “Should I take the pills?” she askedherself.

“I don’t think it’s necessary,” the man standing behind her replied.

Eva raised her head and gave him a stern look. How dare he respond to me?! It’s all because of himthat I’m worried about this!

Louie immediately understood how those men who were tightly controlled by their wives felt. He quicklypursed his lips and remained silent.

Eva, however, felt uneasy. What if I become pregnant? What am I going to do then?

Oh God, please don’t let that happen!

At this moment, Louie’s phone rang. He took a look at the screen before answering it. “Hello, Julian…Dinner tonight? Sure. I’ll be there with Eva.”

After he hung up the phone, Louie looked at the woman sitting on the sofa and said, “My brother invitedus for dinner tonight. Jessie will be there too.”

Eva nodded in response. “I’ll take a bath in my room,” she said as she stood up.

“Take your bath here. I’ll help you,” Louie said gently.

Eva, of course, turned it down. She had lost all trust in him.

At 6.30PM, Louie and Eva were the first to enter the restaurant’s private room. Not long after that, alovely couple entered.

Julian and Jessie had arrived. They both came straight from the set to the restaurant, and they lookeda little tired.

“Hello, President Gilmore and Eva!” Jessie greeted.

Eva was surprised as she watched the duo enter the room together, as they both looked and behavedlike a couple.novelbin

Louie was astute enough to notice that as well. Of course, he was aware that Jessie was special to hisbrother. “You don’t have to address me as President Gilmore, Jessie. Just call me Louie, as Juliandoes,” he said.

How can I do that? That took Jessie aback for a brief moment. She then quickly responded, “I shouldn’tdo that. You are my superior, and I must respect you.”

“All right, then!” Louie did not pursue the matter further.

Eva quickly drew Jessie to the seat beside her and inquired about her earlier filming. Meanwhile, thebrothers had their eyes fixed on Eva and Jessie while the women were chatting, as they were the mainprotagonists now.

“Eva, I heard you only have slightly more than a dozen scenes left for you to wrap your part. Is thatcorrect?” Jessie asked.

Eva replied with a nod. “Yes. My filming will be completed in three or four days.”

“Then you’ll be leaving, won’t you? I’ll miss you though…” Jessie took Eva’s hand in hers as she spoke.

“It’s all right. After you return to Averna, we can go out for meals or go shopping.” Eva had alreadytaken Jessie as a friend.

Suddenly, Julian interrupted and asked curiously, “Is the news on the Internet true? Are you two seeingeach other?”

“Of course, that is true,” Louie answered.

Eva’s face flushed as soon as she heard that. “Don’t listen to him,” she told Julian while sternly lookingat Louie.

“I can’t promise anything else, Eva, but I can assure you that Louie’s feelings for you are genuine andsincere.” Julian decided to assist Louie to push his brother further along in his relationship.

Eva’s eyes flickered when she heard that. She was aware of Louie’s feelings for her, but she had noplans to get married right now. After all, marriage was a big decision for a woman, and she couldn’tmake it after only one night of sleep.

“Eva, I can see that President Gilmore treats you well,” Jessie chimed in.

However, Eva began teasing Jessie instead. “I can see that Julian treats you well too. Are you twotogether now?”

This made Jessie embarrassed. “The noble Young Master Julian would not be interested in me!”

“Who else could I be interested in besides you?” Julian snorted softly in response.

Eva immediately laughed at that. “It appears that I have good acumen. I could immediately tell that youtwo are a couple.”

“No, no. We are not together yet,” Jessie quickly waved her hand in the air and denied it.

Julian held a teacup as he added to Jessie’s words, “True. We’re not a couple now, but we will be in thefuture.”

Jessie’s face flushed when she heard that. Julian’s proactiveness surprised Louie as well. Louie hadthought he was quite successful in courting Eva, but Julian now appeared to be better at courting

women than him.

“Julian is a good catch. Don’t pass it up,” Eva advised as she tugged on Jessie’s hand.

Jessie felt amused yet embarrassed at the same time. She was here today to check out Eva’srelationship with Louie, but she was now the one being persuaded to be with Julian!

“Look at what you’re saying, Eva. You sound as if you are my sister-in-law. Why don’t you both be realsisters-in-law?” Julian teased.

Jessie and Eva both looked at each other, stunned.

Only the brothers sitting across from them laughed.

Louie then began asking questions about Julian’s relationship. “When did you start dating Jessie? Whywasn’t I aware of it?”

Meanwhile, Jessie held her teacup in her hand. She, too, wanted to hear Julian say when he becameinterested in her.

With a smile, Julian responded, “We’ve only known each other for about two months. How would youknow about it when you were so preoccupied with your work every day?”

Julian’s words startled Louie a little. True enough, Louie had indeed neglected his brother as he hadfocused his attention solely on his work.

After their meal, Julian brought Jessie back to the hotel for a rest. Eva, on the other hand, reasonedthat she hadn’t taken a walk through the streets in a long time and invited Louie to join her. Louie, ofcourse, eagerly followed.

There was an interesting antique street nearby that was usually crowded at night because it had manyinteresting toys. Eva truly enjoyed the lively atmosphere. It was just that the crowd was so dense thatLouie had to hold her hand as he was afraid that she would get lost.

With a cap and a mask on, Eva walked obediently by his side, looking just like a shy wife.

Louie had his hand on her shoulders as he walked alongside her on the crowded street and then to thescenic area. Half an hour later, he led her back to the car as the sky darkened.

Eva felt thirsty after getting into the car and grabbed a bottle of water to drink. After finishing half of it,she intended to put the bottle away, but the man beside her immediately took the bottle from her andbegan drinking from it.

Seeing that, she couldn’t help but feel her heart skip a beat at his gesture. While she was still dazed,the man leaned over from his side to hers to fasten her seatbelt. “I can do it myself,” she said quickly.

However, even after fastening the seat belt, he did not go back to his seat. Instead, he held her chinand kissed her on the lips.

Can’t this man do things in the right place? We’re in the parking lot; how dare he do this here?!

However, Louie couldn’t help himself. He adored Eva so much that he wished he could hold her in hisarms all the time.

Eva awkwardly returned his kiss. Sensing that, Louie finally returned to his seat in satisfaction. “You’veimproved. At least you know how to respond to my kiss now,” he murmured, his gaze filled with hisapproval of her.

Hearing that, she was rendered speechless. Who cares about his compliments? What a conceited guy.I’ll definitely push him away next time!

Louie then drove back to the hotel. Eva was in a good mood as she bought two red bracelets, whichshe was told would bring her good luck. She wasn’t the type to believe it, but she still felt happy as thebracelets were lovely. She even bought two of them as they were a pair of couple bracelets.

She did not have the opportunity to give it to Louie earlier, so she decided to give it to him later whenthey arrived at the hotel.

When they arrived at the car park, she handed him one of the bracelets. “This is for you.”

“So, you bought it for me.” Louie reached out his hand to take it. He didn’t mind the red bracelet, andhe wore it on his wrist right away. Such a red bracelet meant far more to him than the million-dollarwatch on his wrist.

“It is said to bring good luck to whoever wears it. Wear it only if you want to,” Eva mumbled.

“I like it as long as it’s from you,” Louie said softly. He was overjoyed that she was willing to buy himsomething.

She then wore the other red bracelet that she had bought. They both now wore a pair of couplebracelets.

After exiting the car, Eva quickly walked into the hotel while Louie followed her from behind.

She then proceeded to her room when they reached their floors. However, he grabbed her wrist andsaid, seemingly pleading with her, “Sleep in my room tonight.”

“I don’t want to,” Eva responded shyly.

“Please,” Louie purred.

Witnessing how the arrogant President Gilmore deigned to plead with her, Eva couldn’t help but feelhonored. Thus, with a shy and reserved expression, she said, “I have to get my pajamas at least!”

A smile broke out on Louie’s face when he heard that. “Okay. I’ll wait for you in the room.”

With that, Eva pushed open the door and entered her room, her face still flushed. What exactly am Idoing? How can I agree to share a room with him? I’m well aware of how dangerous he is! Since I’malready back in my room, perhaps I should just stay here. But I’ve promised him that I will go over.Won’t I be deceiving him if I didn’t?

She took a long while, struggling with what she should do. At last, she decided to be an honest personwho kept her word.

Even if I have no plans to sleep with him, I should let him know before I come back. Eva held a smallbag in her hands that contained her pajamas inside. Arriving outside the man’s room, she reached upand rang the doorbell.

The door quickly opened from the inside. It was evident that the man was very worried that she mightnot come.

“You’re here! Come on in!” Louie turned sideways to let her in.

She pursed her lips and said, “I… I don’t like sleeping with others. I’m worried that I might not fallasleep, so I—”

Before she could finish her sentence, he grabbed her with his long arms and forcefully pulled her intothe room. “I’ll sleep in the guest room. You can have the master bedroom.”

His actions left her speechless, but she blabbered an invalid excuse anyway.

“It’s getting late. Hurry up and take a shower!” he suggested in a low voice, hoping that she could getsome rest as soon as possible.

“I’ll sleep in the guest room.” After saying that, she opened the door to the guest room and went inside.I guess I’ll be housemates with him tonight!

Then, she went inside for a shower. It took her half an hour to finish showering and washing her hair.Hence, it was fully dark outside by the time she dried her hair and came out of the room. At thismoment, she saw Louie standing on the balcony and enjoying the wind.

Why is he still awake? Eva walked out to the balcony to enjoy the night breeze as she felt a littlerestless. He was holding a glass of red wine in his hand. When he saw her walking over, he leanedagainst the railing in a sexy manner. His nightgown fell open slightly, and his firm chest muscles werefaintly visible through the opening, giving him a wild and roguish atmosphere.

She suddenly discovered that her mouth was a little dry, so she took the glass of red wine from hishand and gulped down the contents by herself. On the other hand, he watched her finish half a glass ofred wine in one gulp and smiled. “Do you want some more?”

“Yes.” It felt as though the red wine could quench her thirst, so she nodded.

He went inside and poured another half glass of red wine for her. Taking the glass from him, sheimmediately began drinking again. She liked this type of red wine. There was a slight sweetness andtartness that gave the wine a rich aftertaste.

“If you like it so much, I’ll give you two bottles next time,” he said. This red wine was something that hespecially brought for this occasion. Not only was it expensive, but the taste was also exquisite.

Eva raised her eyebrows at those words. “Okay!” After she finished the half glass of wine, she handedthe empty glass back to Louie. “I want more.”

“Aren’t you worried that you might get drunk?”

“I’ll sleep better if I’m drunk.”

“Why? Do you have a hard time falling asleep when you’re with me?” he asked her with a playful smile.

She countered his question with another question. “Are you going to get me more wine?”

Naturally, he was more than willing to get her more wine. That was because he liked the drunk hertonight. She looked even more charming and adorable than usual.

Eva propped her chin on her hand, feeling a little drunk. Even so, she liked this hazy intoxicatedfeeling. It made her feel as though she could be more relaxed in front of this man. After she drankanother half glass of red wine, she accidentally let out a belch in front of Louie.

She immediately covered her mouth in horror, feeling extremely embarrassed about her unsightlybehavior. Nevertheless, he simply smiled and stretched out his hand to stroke her cheek. “That’s whatyou get for drinking so much!”

She placed the wine glass down and used her hand to brush her long hair aside. At the same time, sheintentionally leaned into his embrace, after which Louie’s eyes darkened in appreciation as he enjoyedher initiative.

If he had to be honest, Louie had already noticed Eva’s feelings for him. She had never once rejectedhim in the past, so it could be seen that she had fancied him even before this. It was fortunate that hehad not given up and waited for her all this while—the day when their feelings for each other wouldcome to fruition was finally here.

He hugged her and planted his thin lips in her hair. A faint scent of flowers filled his nose, making hisheartstrings twitch slightly. An uncontrollable urge surged in his heart as a result, and he asked

hoarsely, “Would you like to sleep together tonight?”

“No.” Eva insisted despite being drunk.

“Why not?”

“If I sleep in the same room with you, do you think I’ll have any time to sleep?” she complained slightly.

“Don’t worry. I promise I’ll let you sleep well.” After Louie hoarsely finished his sentence, he reacted likea beast that had been eyeing its prey for a long time and pounced upon her as though she were hisprey.

She had understood the implications of her actions tonight. When she came here, she had alreadymentally prepared herself for what might happen. This man had always been intensely attracted to her,but her reserve as a woman had prevented her from taking the initiative.

“Eva, I love you.” Leaning close, he whispered in her ear and his thin lips kissed her earlobes. Inresponse, she hugged him tight and actively searched for his thin lips.

The corners of the man’s mouth curved into a smile. At this moment, the long wait he sufferedpreviously was worth it.

In another room, Jessie was chatting with Julian on the phone. Although they were only separated byone room, there was a unique charm in using written words that brought endless fun to theconversation.

Lexie, who was nearby, felt extremely envious! Nevertheless, she was happy that Jessie was in arelationship with Julian because she believed that Jessie deserved to have him.

“To be honest, Jessie, I can’t accept any woman being in a relationship with Young Master Julian.You’re the only one who gives me the feeling that the two of you are a match made in heaven when

you’re together,” she said.

Naturally, Jessie was overjoyed to hear those words! It was just that she did not wish to reveal theirrelationship to the public yet. Part of the reason was their current cooperation with each other. Theirrelationship would affect the promotional results of their movie, so they could only maintain acooperative relationship for now.

The fact that they were in a romantic relationship with each other had to be kept secret.

This point was something Lexie had also considered, so she suggested, “But, Jessie, you and YoungMaster Julian should not reveal your relationship to the public yet. He has many female fans. I’mworried that they might affect your movie premiere.”

“Yeah! You’re right. I’ve also considered that issue, so I will maintain my distance from him.”

Early the next morning, Eva vaguely heard the ringing of a phone. It was just that she was still a littlesleepy, so she continued to sleep and felt Louie planting a kiss on her cheek. Immediately after that, hekicked off the blankets and got out of bed to answer the phone.

It was at this moment that she was fully awake. He had gone out to the living room to answer thephone, so she wore her clothes and went out to accompany him. At this moment, she heard his voiceentering her ears. “Mr. Constantine, I will come back as soon as possible to discuss the engagement.Please give me a little more time. I will give you a proper explanation. Don’t worry. I will fulfill theagreement that my parents made with you back then. I will not make things difficult for you.”

Eva paused in the middle of walking out into the living room. Engagement? Does he have anengagement? Why have I never heard him mention that before?

When he finished his phone call and returned to the room, she was already on the bed and ready tosleep again. She did not wish to let him discover that she had eavesdropped on his phone call.

During breakfast, Louie invited Director Cooper to eat together so that he could ask about Eva’s role inthe scene. If her scenes could progress quickly, then she would be done in two days. Although he wasin a rush to return and dissolve his engagement, he wanted to wait until Eva was finished so that hecould bring her back to Averna with him.

“I don’t want to be so rushed. I’ve been a little tired recently, so I want to rest before I continue filming.”Eva realized that Louie wanted to wait for her to return to Averna, so she deliberately dragged thingsout because she didn’t want to go back.

After saying that, she looked up at the man. “If you have something urgent, you should go back first!”

“No worries. I can wait for you.”

“I plan to stay here for another week or two. Are you planning to wait for me?” She deliberately pointedout.

Louie pondered in silence for a moment. “In that case, I’ll go back and settle something this afternoon.I’ll come back as soon as possible and wait for you to finish filming, then I’ll bring you back to Averna.”

“Alright. You can go back first!” She nodded.

At 10:30AM, Louie left the hotel. On the other hand, Eva inquired about Julian’s filming location todaybecause she wanted to visit him.

Julian was filming at the studio today. Thanks to his current role, he had many wire-flying scenes tofilm. Not to mention, he was filming with Jessie today. Their cooperation could be consideredremarkably cohesive at this point.

After they finished filming, Eva walked over and talked to Julian. Jessie was still filming at this moment,so they entered the resting lounge. “Julian, I’d like to ask you something. Does your brother have an

engagement?”

Julian was taken aback. “How did you know?”

“I overheard him on the phone this morning. Tell me. What is going on?”

He had been very young at the time. He was only five years old when his parents set up theengagement for his brother, and he later heard from his brother that this engagement was what broughtthe company’s business back to life.

Unfortunately, he did not know the clauses that were written in the engagement. “It’s true that Louie hasan engagement. It’s something our parents decided when they were still alive, but I believe that thisengagement will not affect your relationship.”

“Why? That’s because my brother has no feelings for Miss Constantine.”

“Will there be any losses if your brother fails to go through with the engagement?” Eva asked anxiously.

“I’m not too sure about that either. We might have to transfer the corresponding amount of companyshares based on the loan from back then to the Constantine Family! The Constantines have neverasked us to return the money because it was considered their daughter’s dowry.”

A bitter feeling surged through her heart. Does that mean Louie will have to pay a heavy monetaryprice to the Constantine Family if he marries me?

“What about Miss Constantine? Does she have feelings for Louie?” She inquired further.

For a moment, Julian didn’t know how to answer. Lucy Constantine was in love with his brother, butLouie had never even looked at her way before. In any case, she would not willingly allow theengagement to be dissolved so easily.

“Eva, don’t think too much about this. I’m sure my brother will have a solution to this situation,” hereassured.

“I understand.” Eva nodded as she understood something. Miss Constantine is probably in love withLouie! That’s why the Constantine Family would rather refuse the money and force him to fulfill thecontract instead.

Julian returned to filming his scenes and Eva decided to head back to her car. At this moment, herphone rang. She picked up her phone and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. “Hello, who is this?”

“Hello, Miss Duncan. I am Lucy Constantine, Louie’s fiancée.” An aggressive voice came from theother end of the phone.

She had just entered her car when she received the phone call. Taking a deep breath, she answeredthe other woman politely. “Hello, Miss Constantine.”

“I recently saw some rumors about you and Louie online. I don’t know whether they are real or fake, butI’m guessing that they are fake. In any case, it’s probably just a ruse for you to gain some popularity.”

Eva listened and denied the claims. “You’re right. The rumors are fake, not real.”

“I have heard many stories about how people in the entertainment industry would use any meanspossible to increase their standing. Eva, I’m sure Louie played a huge role in your achieving yourcurrent position, but it’s fine. You are earning money for him after all. I understand.”

“Thank you for your understanding.”

“My father has started discussing our marriage recently. If nothing goes wrong, you will be able toattend our wedding this year.” Lucy had a confident voice as she spoke.

“That’s great! I will come if I have the chance to,” Eva answered.

“Do you know why I’m so confident that I will marry Louie? Leaving aside the debt that his parents oweto my father, we also have a contract in place. If he refuses to take me as his wife, then he will have totransfer 20% of his company’s shares to my family. The value of those shares when converted tomoney is not something you can begin to understand. Even if you are Eva Duncan, I don’t think thatany man would be willing to pay such a high price for you!”

Eva paled considerably at those words, but she let out a soft laugh. “Miss Constantine, I don’t fullyunderstand what you’re saying. I’m just an actress after all. In any case, I wish happiness to both ofyou.”

“It doesn’t matter whether you understand or not. What matters is that you understand the gravity of thesituation.” Lucy hung up after she finished speaking.

At that, Eva sighed softly. It turns out that the situation is more serious than I ever imagined. I neverexpected our relationship to involve such an astounding amount of monetary interest.

She closed her eyes in exhaustion. The idea of running away came back again in full force, to avoidcausing any trouble for him. She sincerely did not wish for Louie to pay such a heavy price just to betogether with her. It was enough that they once loved each other deeply. There was no need to betogether for the rest of their lives.

The intense preparations for a grand wedding were currently taking place in Averna. As the heroine ofthe wedding, Queenie passed every single day in a good mood. What’s more, she discovered that shewas carrying the crystallization of her love just this morning—she was pregnant!

The elders of the Manson Family were overjoyed by the news. After all, they finally received the long-awaited news about their future grandchild. Nigel had not wanted his wife to experience the hardshipsof pregnancy so soon, but Queenie had chosen to let nature take its course instead!

She had fallen in love with the idea, especially after seeing the young girl from the Presgrave Family.Therefore, she was wondering in excitement what her first baby with Nigel would look like!

Would the baby look like him? Or would it look like me? Would it be a boy? Or a girl? In any case,Queenie was not stressed by her pregnancy and she simply wanted to naturally welcome her first babyinto the world.

In that way, the date of the wedding gradually approached with only one more week to go.

The elders of the Silverstein Family were living on cloud nine. They used to be very worried about theperson whom their daughter was going to marry, but there was nothing for them to worry about now.

On the side of the filming crew, Jessie was also looking forward to going home to attend the wedding.In the blink of an eye, she had already been filming for nearly a month.

Three days later, she and Julian both applied for leave so that they could step away from the filmingcrew to attend the wedding. As bridesmaids and groomsmen, they had to be prepared for the wedding.

Eva finished filming her role two days later. She had shortened the filming time because she wanted tocomplete her scenes earlier and return to Averna as soon as possible.

Three days later, Julian arranged for his brother’s private plane to come over. Then, the three of themboarded the plane and headed to Averna together.

On the plane, Jessie discovered that Eva was gloomy and unhappy. She had heard from Julian thatLouie had an engagement that had yet to be dissolved.

“Eva, why don’t you eat something?” Jessie sat opposite Eva.

“Thanks, Jessie. I can’t stomach anything at the moment.” Eva shook her head.

“What are your plans for the future?” Jessie asked.

Eva considered the question for a moment, after which she shook her head. “I guess I’ll rest first! I’vebeen feeling tired recently. Let’s go out for afternoon tea and dinner if we have the time.”

“Sure, that’s a great idea.” Jessie was elated to have made a friend like Eva. It was something shewould never even have dared to imagine in the past.

When the plane landed, two cars came over to pick them up. One car was there to bring Jessie andJulian back to the Silverstein Residence while the other car was there to bring Eva home.

Jessie received a phone call from her mother while she was on the road. It had been a month sinceshe last saw her parents, so they missed her badly. They initially wanted to visit her at work, but shehad not allowed them to visit since she wanted them to focus on her sister’s wedding first.

She then informed the man beside her. “My mother said that she has prepared a feast and invited youover to our house for lunch.”

“Okay!” Julian nodded, not bothering to be reserved.

“Let’s maintain some distance when we reach my home, okay?” Jessie suggested.

“Why?” He frowned.

She shyly explained, “It’s embarrassing.” She couldn’t shake the feeling that getting into a relationshipwith Julian so quickly seemed to indicate that she had used some sort of underhanded means to winhim over. Therefore, it was better if their relationship had progressed slowly.

Julian immediately saw through her thoughts. Although he was both angry and amused by her antics,he could only respect her decision. “Alright, fine. We’re just normal friends. Is that okay?”

“Yeah, okay.” Jessie nodded, feeling happy.

Just as Eva’s car entered the highway off the airport, she received a phone call from Louie. “Hello?”

“Come to my house.” The man’s deep and hoarse voice was pleading with her.

“I’m tired, and I want to rest at home. Let’s not meet each other for the next few days.” She refused hisrequest and suggested, “You should prepare the documents for the contract termination.”

“Are you still thinking about terminating your contract?”

“No matter how far our relationship progresses, the termination of my contract will not be delayed. Iwant to terminate the contract. You need to keep to your word,” she replied seriously.

“Come to my house and talk.”

“Forget it! I will discuss the termination of my contract with the legal department myself! You can focuson your own work.”

“Without my consent, they won’t even bother to talk to you in the first place,” the man on the other endof the phone responded forcefully.

Eva paused for a moment before she asked, “Can you be reasonable? Do you want me to sue you incourt? Will that finally make you happy?”

“Can you bring yourself to sue me?”

“If I have to take that step, then I will definitely go ahead and sue you.” She was not joking around withLouie.

He sighed and cursed softly. “What a heartless person.”

Despite listening to such doting words, she felt a sense of bitterness inside her heart. She told the manon the other side of the phone, “I’m hanging up. Don’t call me if there’s nothing important.”

Eva returned to her apartment, which was a large and luxurious unit in an excellent location that hadbeen allocated to her by the company.

She sent her assistant, Linda, back to rest. Then, she walked from the elevator to the door of herapartment. It had been a long time since she came back, so it was fortunate that she had servantscoming to clean her apartment at regular intervals.

Eva opened the door and walked into her apartment. Then, she suddenly saw a men’s suit on the sofaand couldn’t help tensing in fear at the sight. Who came to my house? Is there somebody in my house?

She was descending into a full-blown panic attack when she suddenly recalled that the security systemof this community was one of the best in the area. There was no way anybody could enter her housethat easily!

Just as her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest, she suddenly saw a figure emerging fromthe balcony and walking toward her. “You’re back.”

As soon as she saw this person, she yelled, “How did you enter my house?”

It was none other than her employer, Louie.

“Don’t you know that the company has a copy of the key for all the houses that are allocated to you?”

She remained silent. Is that his reason for barging into my house? That’s so unreasonable!

“I told you I need to rest. Hurry up and return to your company!” After saying that, Eva put her luggagedown and turned to walk toward her room so that she could get some rest.

However, at this very moment, Louie’s slender but firm arms circled her waist from behind. “I missedyou. I missed you so much.”

Her body stiffened for several seconds, but a numbing current soon surged from the soles of her feet tothe top of her head. His very aura was attracting her, so much so that all the cells in her body werereacting to him.

“Let go of me!” Eva struggled hard to free herself.

“I’m not letting go. You refused to come to my house, so I had no choice but to come to yours instead,”Louie said hoarsely.

He had to meet her today. Otherwise, he simply could not focus on anything else.

She spun around to face him, hoping to use her eyes to chase him away. Contrary to her expectations,she was captured by the deep affection in his eyes as soon as she made eye contact with him. Shecouldn’t bring herself to say any harsh words to him, so she could only beg him. “Please leave! I’mbegging you!”

Be that as it may, he caressed her cheek and held her lower jaw gently. Lifting her face slightly, heplanted a kiss on her lips. “I’m not going anywhere tonight. I’m going to stay right by your side.”

She closed her eyes in helplessness. His kiss made her entire heart tremble in response, and shecouldn’t stop herself from hugging him tightly.

He leaned down and carried her, then he walked toward her bedroom. Her rebellious intention to resisthis advances seemed almost pitifully ineffective in the face of this man.

…

At the Silverstein Residence.

The elders of the Silverstein Family happily welcomed their second daughter home. They had missedher terribly after not seeing her for an entire month. At the same time, they were also very welcomingtoward Julian, who came home with her.

“Mr. Gilmore, thank you for taking care of Jessie during this period.”

“It’s nothing. It’s what I should have done.”

“I heard that you’re Nigel’s best friend, so you can already be regarded as family. We have troubled yougreatly,” Brandon said.

Maggie held her daughter’s hand and pulled her daughter to the sofa. Then, she sat down andobserved her daughter. “You’ve lost weight! You’ve lost weight again! You should take the time toincrease your nutrition intake while you’re home these few days.”

“Mom, I didn’t lose any weight! I ate very well.” Jessie laughed. She was somebody who couldn’t gainweight no matter how much she ate. However, she had to control her food intake now that she wasfilming. “What about Queenie and Nigel?”

“They went to the wedding planner to prepare the final touches of their wedding. We’ll go out and havea lavish dinner tonight. Young Master Julian, please join us later!” Maggie invited.

Julian smiled and nodded. “Sure, Mrs. Silverstein.”

Lunch at the Silverstein Residence was a scrumptious feast. After Julian finished eating, he received aphone call from the company. There was an advertising contract that he needed to discuss, so he hadto go back to the company for the discussion.

He ultimately had no choice but to leave early. When he was about to depart, Jessie walked him to thecar. It felt as though they had spent an entire month together, so she felt a little reluctant to see him

leave.

“Call me if there’s anything,” he said, seemingly reluctant to close the car window that was rolled down.

“Alright. Go on! I’ll see you tonight.” After seeing Julian off, Jessie went back inside to accompany herparents. Maggie had prepared many gifts for her, including jewelry and formal dresses. These wereitems that her mother had bought for her because they seemed to suit her well.

“Mom, I’m planning to visit the orphanage in the afternoon and bring some presents over for them.”

“We’ll go with you.”

“No need, Mom. I can go alone. I’ll be back after a short chat with the director of the orphanage.”

“Alright. Please stay safe.”

At 3.00PM, Jessie prepared many gifts and brought them to the orphanage. It so happened that areporter was skulking around the entrance of her house, especially after he had followed her from theairport. News regarding her was very valuable recently, so he did not leave.

He later followed her car when Jessie left the house. He was surprised that her destination turned outto be an orphanage. Not to mention, he could easily take many pictures of the yard from his car. Hewatched as she gave out presents, held hands with the children at the orphanage, and chatted withthem happily.

She even hugged and coaxed a crying child.

The reporter couldn’t help feeling a little heavy-hearted after taking so many pictures. He originallywanted to sell pictures of her negative activities, but she turned out to be such a kind lady instead. Shedid not bother to maintain her image as an idol and seemed completely indifferent about getting herclothes dirty. In fact, her smile around the children was bright and happy.

In the end, the reporter sold the pictures he took to some media outlets at a low price and left.

That evening, the media published these pictures with the caption, ‘The Most Beautiful Smile’.

The Jessie in the pictures was the real her, not a pretentious version of herself. Her smile, when shewas with the children, was very infectious. As a result, the fans who were starting to follow her learnedabout her honest and kind nature.

Compared to the idols who posed for pictures, those pictures and videos of her made others aware ofher sincerity. The number of her fans abruptly increased as a result.

When Jessie returned home, she received a phone call from Lexie telling her that she had beenfollowed during her trip to the orphanage in the afternoon. On the contrary, she was unhappy aboutbeing publicized in this manner because these were things that she should have done in the first place.

In any case, there was nothing much she could do as the photos had been reposted countless times.Fortunately, her fans loved her very much and did not perceive her in a negative light due to thisincident.

That night, the two sisters finally met each other at the restaurant. Queenie held hands with Jessie.Although they looked very similar, it was easy to differentiate between the two ladies.

Meanwhile, Nigel called Julian and invited the latter over for dinner. It didn’t take long for Julian toappear.

Inside the restaurant, the two equally handsome men were a sight to behold. They caused all theserving staff passing by to experience an increased heart rate, and even the female guests couldn’thelp sneaking glances at them.

However, they soon noticed the pair of women holding hands and chatting away happily behind themen. The sight left them sighing in amazement. What good-looking couples!

These two couples were simply too good-looking to be true! Some people also recognized Julian andJessie as idols but did not dare to approach and greet them.

Julian generally gave off the impression that he was a cold and unapproachable noble. That was whyhis fans knew to keep their distance and not disturb him even when they ran into him.

The two elders of the Silverstein Family had been waiting for the arrival of their daughters at therestaurant. When they saw those four walking in together, they had the feeling that Julian wouldeventually become part of the family. It was only a matter of time.

“Dad, Mom.” The two daughters sat on each side of the parents while the two men sat on the other sideof these women.

This feeling made the two elders of the Silverstein Family absolutely overjoyed.

Thanks to the two young couples at dinner, the atmosphere was extremely jovial. Queenie also sharedher happy news with the rest of her family.

“So, I’m going to be an aunt!” Jessie was looking forward to her new identity. In addition, she was veryhappy that her sister was going to have a baby.

“Congratulations, Nigel!” Julian’s eyes were filled with envy. After that, he glanced at the woman whowas looking happy to be an aunt in the future.

Jessie had squeezed in between Queenie and her mother, participating in the discussion about what toprepare for the birth of the baby.

Nigel’s expression was also filled with anticipation. When he realized that he was about to become afather, he became incredibly emotional and grateful. He was grateful that the woman he loved the mostwas going to bring a new life into his life.

After dinner, the two daughters and their mother took the chance to go shopping at a nearby shoppingcenter. The three men naturally accompanied them. To prevent his fans from recognizing him anddisturbing their shopping spree, Julian wore a mask to conceal his face.

Unfortunately, many reporters were lurking in the shopping center. One of them was initially followinganother celebrity, but his sharp eye had spotted Jessie and Queenie among the crowd.

He was immediately stunned. Jessie is part of a twin?

That was an extremely rare piece of news. Moreover, if he was not mistaken, the two men followingbehind them were the president of the Manson Group and Julian Gilmore. The old man accompanyingthem was also very familiar as he could often be seen gracing the front page of the businessmagazines. Thus, the reporter hurriedly took pictures of this unexpected group of people browsing theshops.

It wasn’t until they left the shopping center that the reporter searched for information on the old man’sbackground information. Sure enough, he was right to think that the old man looked very familiar. Theold man turned out to be Brandon Silverstein, a renowned giant in the food and beverage industry. Itwould seem that Jessie was his daughter and the second daughter of the Silverstein Family.

Unexpectedly, the information uploaded on the Internet claiming that she had entered theentertainment industry without any backing was completely wrong. Not only did she have a strongfamily background, but her sister was also married to the future head of the Manson Group. No wonderJulian was willing to go shopping with her. It could be seen that the Silverstein Family’s daughters heldincredible charm.

They shopped until 9.00PM. Nigel then brought Queenie home while the two elders of the SilversteinFamily brought their youngest daughter home. Likewise, Julian returned to his apartment.

Early the next morning, a drowsy Jessie received a phone call from Lexie, informing her that there wasa new scandal being circulated in the media.

She forced her sleepy eyes open and read the article about her. The title was ‘The mysteriousbackground of the newly-debuted actress, Jessie Silverstein’.

When she saw the picture of their entire family shopping together last night, she propped her chin onher hand with a sinking sense of helplessness. She was coming to realize that she no longer had aprivate life since she entered the entertainment industry. It didn’t matter where she went because shewould still be photographed.

‘Jessie, it turns out you’re the Silverstein Family’s second daughter. Everybody in the entertainmentindustry is shocked. We all thought that you were Cinderella, but the truth is you’re a swan!’

“That’s right. I was transformed from an ugly duckling.” Jessie laughed and replied through a voicemessage.

To be honest, it was all thanks to Julian’s help that she found her family again. If he had not recognizedher at a glance, she did not know how much longer it would have taken for her to find her family! If shehad missed the information about her relatives, then she might never have met her parents or her sisterin her entire life!

As such, she was very grateful to Julian. After hearing that he was filming an advertisement at thecompany today, she was consumed by the urge to visit him while he was filming. She wanted to seehow charming he was while on the set.

In the past, she could only gain scraps of information through media releases. In contrast, she now hadthe opportunity to visit the scene in person. How could she let such an opportunity slip through herfingers? Although she was still a little sleepy, there was a strong driving force that pushed her out ofbed.

She had worn many heavy industrial costumes while filming on the set. Hence, she couldn’t helpfeeling very refreshed when she wore a simple t-shirt and hoodie after she finished washing up.

Jessie informed her parents about her plans before she left the house. Her father’s driver came to pickher up. Although she had her driver’s license, she had never driven a car ever since she obtained herlicense, so she did not dare to drive on the road.

She headed straight toward the headquarters of the Gilmore Corporation and was immediatelyrecognized by the staff upon her arrival. Inquiring about the location of Julian’s advertisement shoot,she learned that he was on the sixth floor. Moreover, the filming was already underway since he arrivedvery early in the morning.

As soon as she heard that, she quickly ran off at the astounding speed of a fan chasing their favoritecelebrity. Charging straight into the elevator, she went straight to the sixth floor.

She was Julian’s biggest fan today. Arriving at the shooting location, she discovered that the film setwas very luxurious. The mixture of gray and silver backdrop gave off an extremely classy and elegantfeeling.

At this moment, Julian was wearing a black shirt and black pants. His shirt was half open for the make-up artist to style, and his entire being was exuding a sense of masculinity. Beneath his open shirt werefaintly visible firm chest muscles that made him extremely attractive.

Jessie stood behind the staff and peeped secretly. She did not disturb him and simply admired himfrom afar. This man was truly a walking pheromone billboard, especially when the black shirt turned

him into a masculine and sexy man.