Female Novel
Chapter 168
Chapter 168
A few moments later, Wesley arrived in the meeting room at Alpha Productions, where his appointmentwith Zola was going to be. In the meantime, Zola looked haggard, as she didn't sleep well the nightbefore because of the news about Emma's visit to Wesley's house. Because of that, Zola appeared tobe emotionally unstable even though she had long arrived at their rendezvous. The moment she sawWesley entering the meeting room in high spirits, she couldn't help but think about the night he spentwith Emma together, allowing her jealousy to take over her rational mind.
Nevertheless, Wesley pretended as if he didn't notice Zola's strange behavior and sat down in front ofher, whereupon he went ahead and directly made his point. "Zola, as your old friend and partner atwork, I have to tell you that you don't belong with Crystal." In fact, he had long sensed Zola's romanticadmiration for him but had been acting ignorant toward it because he didn't want to put both of them inan awkward position.
Zola pursed her lips in silence, trying to calm herself down. A few moments later, she mustered hercourage and looked at Wesley, questioning him about his stance. "President Zurich, you told me that Idon't belong with Crystal, but who are you to tell me that?" Zola forced Wesley to show his hand byaggressively pressing on with her question. In fact, she was aware of Wesley's indifferent attitudetoward her advances, but at that moment, she was driven by her rage to push her luck due to the newsof Emma and Wesley from the night before. Because of that, she impulsively decided to make Wesleypick his choice between her and Emma against her better judgment, even though a part of her knewshe was in over her head.
Wesley kept his head down just as a disgusted look flashed across his face. Little did Zola know thatone of the reasons Wesley had no interest in her was because of her ordinary looks. After all, as a
celebrity himself, he considered himself an aesthete with high standards, which was why he preferred awoman with good looks, but on the contrary, Zola had ordinary looks that failed to catch his eyes.Besides that, another reason that turned Wesley off was Zola's lack of professionalism at work.Because of those two reasons, Wesley knew deep down that Zola was not his cup of tea and reckonedshe should get his message, but instead of making the sensible move of backing away, she chose tomake a fool out of herself by forcing Wesley to show his hand.
Nevertheless, Wesley decided to put his words mildly to protect Zola's pride for old times' sake as herose to fame back then because of her production. Thus, he gently said, "I'm telling you that as yoursuperior and your former business partner. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors after leavingAlpha Productions."
Although Wesley had done his best to euphemistically make his point understood, Zola unleashed herrage and lashed out, rising from her seat as she glared at Wesley with a pair of bloodshot eyes. "Thepublic may not know your girlfriend is Emma, but I do." She gritted her teeth and questioned the man."Why did you choose her over me? What's so good about her? As a producer, I have at least onefamous masterpiece, but what does Emma have? She was never even a producer, so what exactlydoes she have?! She has nothing but a face that looks innocent with a mind full of ideas aboutseducing men!" Zola blurted out her thoughts as her emotions completely got the better of her.
Meanwhile, Wesley's face darkened the moment he heard her response. While he could put up withZola's doubts and distrusts, it didn't sit right with him to hear her insult Emma. Feeling his anger surgingthrough him, the man held the pen in his hand so tightly that he broke it in half as Zola looked at him ina startled manner. Soon, Wesley said, "Zola, since you insist on turning things ugly, I suppose I haveno choice but to break it down to you. You're nothing like her at all." His words were filled withindifference and coldness, devastatingly humiliating Zola. novelbin
In the meantime, Zola instantly found herself in an awkward position after hearing what the man hadtold her. While Wesley had hardly ever lost his temper in front of his employees, he had actually beenso nice to everyone that Zola began to take his kindness for granted. Thanks to the illusion that Wesleywas a Mr. Nice Guy, Zola paid the ultimate price with her pride for having pushed her luck when sheshouldn't have. In a fit of pique, her tears rolled down her eyes as she held her phone tightly and said,"Wesley, I'm going to make you regret what you said today!" As soon as she finished her sentence, shetearfully stomped off from the meeting room and left Alpha Productions with Becky.
On the other hand, Wesley was left behind in his seat with a long face, frowning at Zola's unreasonableattitude. After all, he deemed his action of talking back justified and blamed it all on Zola for starting theargument by first insulting Emma. I was just trying to stand up for Emma. I have done nothing wrong,haven't I? Anyway, I suppose it's not a bad thing for Zola to join Crystal either because that'll mean shehas just doomed her career.
Meanwhile, Emma was heading back to her home on foot right after Wesley dropped her off at theentrance of the residential area in which she was living. As she was silently thinking about ideas andinspirations to come up with a new script, she got so caught up in her train of thought that she didn'tnotice a black luxury car parked downstairs of her apartment. Before she could respond anything,Trevor showed up, acting strange with his hands in his pocket. "Finally, you're back. Do you know thatMinnie had been yowling non-stop? I could even hear it from the opposite side of the door."
Worried about Minnie, Emma quickly ignored everything else and reached for her house keys to openthe door. However, it was only after she opened the door that she realized it was a false alarm becauseMinnie wasn't yowling like Trevor said but was instead hiding under the couch. In fact, the kitten hadalways favored hiding under the couch and would only come out to explore every corner of the housewhen Emma was in her study or bedroom. However, Emma decided to let it be as long as its health
wasn't concerned while trying to bond with it over time.
Feeling speechless about Trevor's behavior, Emma replied in an annoyed manner, "I didn't know youwere such a good liar, Mr. Bateson. You hid that pretty well."
In response to Emma's sarcastic remark, Trevor continued to lie and said, "I did hear the cat yowlingjust now."
Nevertheless, Emma had no intention of debating that with him as she changed the subject and asked,"What brings you here?"
Meanwhile, Trevor appeared tired, but Emma didn't seem to notice that. After all, he didn't have a goodsleep the night before because of his anxiety about the thought that she was staying at Wesley's place,although he got a message from Wesley, who told him that he was sick. Nonetheless, Emma hardlyhad eye contact with Trevor whenever she talked to him, which was why she didn't notice the man'shaggard look. On the other hand, she had a good night's sleep the night before. In order to make sureshe could hear Wesley anytime, she slept on the couch in the living room instead of the guest room.Even so, she had to admit that the luxury couch in Wesley's house felt even more comfortable than herown bed at home, which was why she slept well through the night.
In the meantime, Trevor appeared to react with a stiffened expression on his face in the face of thelady's direct question. "I-I'm here to visit Minnie."
"Okay, go ahead then." Emma grunted coldly and made her way to the study where her laptop wasbecause she wanted to write down some good ideas that she reckoned would make a good script.Nevertheless, Trevor immediately seized her hand and pulled the petite lady toward his embracewithout realizing he had done that too hard.
When Emma picked up the familiar scent she once caught from the man, she became furious yetawkward at the same time. The next second, she tried to shove him away and angrily questioned him.
"What do you think you're doing?!"