Jolly and Leroy departed the studio while Ryan stood there with a scowl and observed their departure. The veins on his hands bulged as he clenched his fists hard.
The assistant who stood beside him was scared to provoke him, so he asked cautiously, “President Sutton?”
It definitely aggravated him as he angrily lashed out at the assistant. “What are you up to? How could you be that ignorant of the fact that they’re married?”
The assistant became pale at hearing his accusation but was too afraid to speak.
After a moment of struggling to control his rage, Ryan was forced to calm down. “Take care of this situation. I don’t want word to get out about what happened today.”
After he uttered this, he left the set without his assistant. This is my fiancée. I will never let anyone know she married another man!
Ryan received a phone call as soon as he entered his car. He picked up the phone despite his bad mood, frowning impatiently at the caller ID. “Hello?”
“It’s been a while, President Sutton. Are you free tomorrow?”
“What do you want?”
“I have an acquaintance who would like to meet you at Westhill Racecourse.”
His eyes slowly narrowed in reaction to the conversation.
Meanwhile, Jolly and Leroy were meeting Rachel for dinner.
She sent Rachel several messages on the way to her destination, exaggerating the incident at the set a while ago. When she arrived at the restaurant, Jolly eagerly asked Rachel, “Did you see my messages?”
Rachel raised her phone to show that she was reading her messages. “I’m reading them, but I’m not sure which one I should reply to first.”
Her phone screen displayed a bunch of audio messages from Jolly. As they talked, the audio messages played in the background. She hadn’t had a chance to respond to Jolly, but she had a rough idea of what had happened.
Everyone had arrived and was seated at the table. Except for Carmen, everyone else was coupled. Samuel and Charlotte, the children, also appeared to be a couple, and they were quite matching.
Both children were seated on either side of Rachel, while Justin sat next to Charlotte.
Jolly patted Samuel’s shoulder and said, “Sit next to Mr. Leroy. I’d like to tell your mommy something, but you’re blocking us.”
Even though he was unwilling to do so, Samuel still heeded her demands and rolled his eyes.
She pulled the chair up next to Rachel and sat down. She couldn’t wait any longer, so she said what she thought immediately. “I find it hard to believe that a man like that could exist. Besides that, he thinks very highly of himself. Do you know that he wants Leroy to be banned from acting? Who does he think he is?
“He is nothing compared to you, Miss Jolly,” Rachel said helplessly.
“That’s right! He’s a nobody!”
Justin asked, “Are you both all right?”
“There’s nothing to be worried about.” Leroy continued, “He is resentful of me but cannot publicly attack me. At worst, he could only ruin my shooting. Jolly came before the situation escalated into a confrontation.”
Gloria remarked amusedly. “Well done, Jolly. You are nurturing the tradition of rescuing a damsel in distress.”
“Why don’t you be the one who nurtures it?” Jolly retorted spitefully.
“Because you have too much charisma, flies are always buzzing around. I don’t have that much charm or that many suitors.”
“Are you being sarcastic? Don’t think I don’t understand what you’re saying!”
“I’m not! I have no reason to be sarcastic when I’m about to leave soon.”
“Leaving? Where will you go?” Jolly recalled something after the question was asked. “Are you going on another tour?”
“No, not yet. It’s not about going on a tour.” Gloria grinned. “It’s only that Victor has finally received approval to take his marital leave, so we’re planning a vacation.”
“Y-You’re going for your honeymoon?” Jolly now understood what Gloria was saying.
“Yes, something like that. We want to make up for the missed time because we married during the last celebrations and were busy afterward. We just want to have fun; it doesn’t have to be our honeymoon.”
Victor and Gloria didn’t originally plan to have a traditional wedding. Instead, they would like to have a romantic getaway. However, they could not compromise on the schedule, as either he had classes to lecture or she had a performance.
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