Female Novel
Chapter 1866
Ian didn’t think too much of this as he flashed her a smile. He led her into the dressing room and theyleft swiftly after taking the make-up kit.
However, they had only just walked out of the dressing room when Cindy saw Yulia.
Yulia was walking next to one of the crew members and while the crew member didn’t look likesomeone important, Cindy knew him nonetheless.
For every show that Ian was set to appear on, Cindy took it upon herself to look into all the crewmembers involved and this particular one naturally did not escape her attention; he was the executivedirector of the show. On the other hand, Ian had noticed Yulia as well and was obviously surprised.
Yulia and the director exchanged a few words and the minute she turned, she met Cindy and Ian’sastonished looks.
She was considerably more indifferent than the both of them to the point where she evenacknowledged Ian with a nod while asking, “Done with the set?”
There were others walking by at that moment and each of them slowed in their steps as they turned tocast curious looks at Yulia and the couple whom she was addressing.
Everyone was eyeing the trio with interest. Given how things between them had been blown out ofproportion on the Internet not too long ago, everyone was aware of their brewing tension.
Ian nodded with a brief hum. “They have wrapped it up. What are you doing here?”
Amusement colored Yulia’s tone as she answered, “I’m here to see a friend.” Then, her gaze flickeredover to Cindy and she wore an affable expression as she greeted, “We meet again, Miss Selby.”
Cindy knew that the pleasantries were a necessary part of the act, seeing as the whole scandal hadonly died down not too long ago. Those watching them right now were likely waiting to dig out more dirtor to make them the laughing stock. novelbin
As such, she squeezed out a warm smile. “What a coincidence running into you here, Miss Noble.”
The executive director next to Yulia turned to address her, “Oh, I didn’t know you were friends withthem.”
Yulia’s reply was one of cool confirmation, after which she looked exasperated as she added, “We werepreviously meeting up as friends, but who could have thought that the public would misread thesituation and twist the narrative?” With that, she glanced over at Ian once more and said, “Let’s have ameal together soon. I had a really good talk with Aurora the other day, and I look forward to seeing youguys outside of work.”
Ian wasn’t about to call her bluff after she said all this, so he merely nodded. “Sure. Just give us a call.”
Having said that, he took Cindy by the hand and bade farewell to the director and Yulia before leavingthe set. It wasn’t until he and Cindy were in the confines of the car that he asked disgruntledly, “Whatwas she doing on set?”
No one other than Yulia knew the answer to that question.
The driver started the car and slowly pulled away. As the car cruised down the road, Cindy answered,“She was meeting with the director earlier, so I wonder what they were discussing.”
Ian couldn’t care less about their discussion. After all, the show was a one-time thing and he wasn’t toobothered about future collaborations now that filming had wrapped.
He leaned into the seat and kneaded his shoulders. “She seems to know a whole bunch of people inthe industry, and here I was thinking she had a bad rap among her peers.”
At least, judging by old news, it didn’t look like Yulia had close interactions with anyone in particular.
Most of the news surrounded her promotion of the magazine, but when she was caught in a scandal,no one stood up for her.
This led him to think that she had rubbed people wrong, but he stood corrected when he saw how wellshe seemed to get along with the director from earlier.
That alone made Ian realize that he had too little consideration of things; he should have been a littleless short-sighted and understood that there were people like Yulia, whose prowess was so well-hiddenthat no one bothered pondering on it. For her to own such ludicrous resources could mean that she hadrubbed elbows with all the right people.
Meanwhile, Cindy leaned closer to Ian as she confessed, “I actually thought she went to see you.”
He gave her a look before he let out an amused chuckle. “I didn’t even know about her visit, so don’thurt yourself with such thoughts.”
The driver peered at them through the rearview mirror and clicked his tongue in mock disapproval. “My,my, is Cindy jealous of Yulia?”
Cindy hadn’t tried to be subtle about her jealousy in front of Ian, but she couldn’t live down theembarrassment now that she was confronted by the driver. She huffed as she clarified, “No, I’m notexactly jealous of her. I was only joking because I know that there’s nothing going on between her andIan.”
The driver said nothing to this as he nodded placidly.
It wasn’t long before Ian and Cindy arrived home, but instead of heading straight into the apartmentcomplex, they decided to go grocery shopping to stock the fridge with ingredients.