Natalie Vaughn smiled as she moved the chair to sit across from Julian Sutton.
"To treat the problem, you have to address the symptoms. You won’t tell who he is or how you argued, how am I supposed to help you?"
But Julian Sutton turned his head away, no longer looking at Natalie. He really didn’t want to trust Natalie any longer.
Seeing his reaction, Natalie understood that she had indeed played with his emotions a bit earlier.
"Cough, cough, don’t you want to make up with him?"
Julian Sutton turned his back.
"Hey! Let tell you, a little quarrel can spice up a relationship, but the most taboo thing is the silent treatnt. When I used to give my husband the cold shoulder, I’d always leave him a chance to reach out to ."
Julian Sutton still refused to turn back.
Natalie crossed her legs and leaned back against the chair, looking completely relaxed.
"Being coy has its limits. Overdo it, and when you can’t make it up, it’ll be you who ends up crying."
Julian Sutton was a bit swayed.
Seeing this, Natalie had a slight smile on her lips, looking quite confident.
"Oh yeah, they say won are hard to please, but sotis n are even harder, ridiculously hard. Plus, when n decide to let go, they can do it without any remorse, as if they have no heart."
Julian Sutton was completely defeated.
He turned around, looking at Natalie with sad eyes.
"Natalie, if you ss with again, I won’t let you off easily."
Natalie imdiately moved her chair closer and raised two fingers.
"I have professional integrity."
Julian Sutton couldn’t be bothered with Natalie’s wording anymore, despite being "heartbroken" by her, he trusted her character.
Besides... she would definitely help keep it a secret.
"You know him too."
Upon hearing this, Natalie suddenly widened her eyes, scanning every corner of the set. Which one was the actor? Or the crew mber?
Julian Sutton gently uttered a na, and Natalie jumped out of her chair.
"What?!"
The loud voice attracted quite a bit of attention.
Julian Sutton frowned, and Natalie quickly smiled and waved to the onlookers. Once everyone was back to their tasks, Natalie leaned in close to Julian and asked hesitantly.
"Is it the Jason Lynch I know?"
Julian Sutton confird.
"Jason Lynch! The end of the universe is your Jason Lynch?!"
Julian Sutton gave Natalie a cool look.
"One more word and I’ll tell your man, wasn’t he angry last ti?"
"Last ti?"
Natalie’s brow furrowed, and then her eyes suddenly widened.
"You were there last ti too?!"
"Mhm."
Last ti, forget Zane Thorne, he listened to the slogans from the whole sports arena and furrowed his brow.
Natalie felt she was getting quite the scoop today, and this scoop was especially juicy.
"You said you flew back to see Jason Lynch’s performance. Since you could hear my voice, it ans you were close to . Wow, Julian Sutton, you really have guts to sit so up front."
Julian Sutton crossed his legs again.
"No one knew anyway."
Indeed, in the eyes of the public, Julian Sutton and Jason Lynch were people from completely disconnected worlds.
But... still very bold.
"Is this outright favoritism?"
Julian Sutton chuckled.
"Speaking of which, I still have to thank you."
Julian Sutton’s reputation was far greater than Natalie’s. Naturally, more people kept an eye on his whereabouts—not just fans but haters, stalkers, all sorts of paparazzi, even rival companies. Many were watching him.
If it wasn’t for that ti when Natalie had made headlines with her scandal with Theodore Langdon, his trip to Astra City might have been exposed.
After all, many live off trending topics.
Natalie also rembered that incident. She never expected the singer she admired was actually a pair with Julian Sutton.
Julian Sutton, seemingly overwheld by the silent treatnt, was a bit anxious.
"So, quickly tell how to please a man."
"Let think, after all, he’s my idol."
Julian Sutton:...
Damn, why did he feel asking Natalie was a mistake? Would she not seize the chance to show off to Jason Lynch?
...
Soone captured a scene between Natalie and Julian Sutton, but they didn’t interpret it as romantic but rather as an intense friendship.
Primarily Julian Sutton maintained a gentle image in the public eye, while Natalie, as a newcor who’d been trending a few tis, had already ingrained herself in the public as a daring heiress.
The scene looked very much like even the most gentle of award-winning actors couldn’t resist an heiress.
Coupled with the age difference between the two, fans didn’t see much potential for romantic sparks. Furthermore, the drama’s character bonds influenced opinions, making their friendship a story of mutual enjoynt.
Still, fans, to avoid impacting the main characters, kept their gossip contained and didn’t cause much of a stir.
Julian Sutton’s agent noticed this trend and reported it to him, to which Julian simply said to let it develop.
Natalie taught him a trick: the bitter at strategy.
What exactly did Natalie say at the ti?
"Jason Lynch is in Astra City, it’s convenient to co to Veridia too. So close, using the bitter at strategy is the best choice."
Naturally, Julian Sutton wouldn’t know that this was also a tactic Natalie had used on Zane Thorne.
...
During the days Zane Thorne was away, Natalie poured all her energy into filming, wishing for an extra forty-eight hours a day to finish early.
Sotis, due to uncontrollable factors preventing more shooting, she’d go to ROX’s training base in Veridia, practicing the bends Zane Thorne loved that Quentin Donovan taught her.
Veridia had a retired racing coach who was now planning dostic racing events, more than capable of hanging out and training Natalie.
Of course, at Natalie’s request, the coach hadn’t ntioned this to Zane Thorne. But the bodyguard couldn’t possibly not inform Zane.
Thinking of Jay Sterling doing sothing similar, Zane Thorne essentially confird that Natalie was indeed improving her driving skills.
Furthermore, with her sneaky attitude, keeping it hidden from Jay Sterling and the coach, was she aiming to surprise him?
With that thought, Zane felt this young girl was even more adorable. He really couldn’t stand Altara for another day.
Zane Thorne once again pushed open Gideon Sheffield’s hospital room.
Since that day on the rooftop, Gideon hadn’t spoken to anyone, including Zane, and now he looked terribly thin.
Today, the snow was falling heavily again, it was very cold.
Zane asked, "Do you want to go ho for the New Year this year?"
Gideon curled up in the corner without responding.
"Your hotown is south, though it’s not snowing this ti, it gets terribly cold, always raining."
"Uncle and Aunt are getting older, last year they often went to the hospital around this ti."
"The weather is both damp and cold, their legs and feet can’t take it."
"Other families have lively, festive reunions, Uncle and Aunt just manage to get by, during the holiday there’s barely any dishes on the table."
Zane lighted a cigarette and took a deep puff.
"No matter what, you’re still their son."
With those words, the person curled up in the corner moved slightly.
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