Chapter 178
“Alice let out a laugh, “You got me. I’ll be straight with you. The three million dollars you gave me it
Anthony’s eyes sharpened. “It’s only been a few days. How did you spend it all?”
pore toned to buy foral
Alice made a troubled face. “You know how expensive the houses in Covenhill are. I’ve been really careful with marry
Anthony simply looked elsewhere. “I don’t have extra cash”
Asif Alice would believe that
She said, “Fine, if you don’t agree, I’ll just have to go have a talk with Theodore.”
“Stop,” Anthony snapped. He took a bank card out of his wallet. “There’s 300 thousand dollars in this Spend it carefully”
“Got it, honey.” Alice said. After taking the card, she planted a kiss on it with a beaming smile,
Anthony frowned. “If there’s nothing else, you can leave.”
“Remember to eat the heartwarming lunch while it’s hot. It hurts your stomach if you eat it cold.” With that, Alice turned around and left without a second thought.
She suddenly realized that talking about money with Anthony was much more practical than talking about feelings. At least money was something she could see and touch, while Anthony’s feelings were vague and changeable.
When Alice took the elevator to the lobby of Russell Group, she saw Megan hurrying into the elevator and urging, “Hurry up and get out.”
Alice was about to go out, but when she heard this, she stopped, “What’s the rush?”
Megan said arrogantly, “Hey, I’m the product spokesperson invited by Mr. Russell. You’d better be polite to me.”
“Mr. Russell?” Alice squinted and asked, “Do you mean Theodore or Anthony?”
“Of course, Theodore
“Did he ask you to come?” Alice confirmed again.
“Yeah, and I’m having lunch with him later, so don’t waste my time,” Megan said expressionlessly.
“Theodore having lunch with a female celebrity? Good, I’ll remember that, Alice thought.
She let out a cold laugh before stepping out of the elevator.
Meanwhile, at Starlight Media. “Ellie, heard you got a new
w car?” a colleague asked.
Eliana looked toward the voice. “Yeah, Theodore bought it for me
“Wow, Mr. Russell really spoils you!” the colleague said.
Another colleague chimed in, “I think he should’ve bought you one ages ago.”
“Hmm?” Eliona said. “But it’s not like he’s obligated, right?”
“come on, why be so formal with your husband? You ma
colleague said.
Hey, hold on, Mr. Russell is a “bottom feeder: what does that make the rest of ust Plankton?” the second coll
Watching them joke around, Elana gave a wry simile. “Okay, everyone, let’s go to the cafeteria for inch.”
Al Russell Group, Stanley reported to Theodore, “Mr. Russell, Megan is here.”
Theodore looked confused.
“Who?”
Stanley quickly reminded him, “Megan, the product spokesperson you chose yesterday.”
Theodore finally remembered. “Why is she here now?”
Stanley said, “Maybe she thought you’d be free at lunch and wants to talk while you eat?”
Theodore frowned. “If I had that kind of time, wouldn’t it make more sense to have lunch with my wife?”
Stanley asked, “So what should we do? Should I tell her to go and come back tomorrow morning?”
“Forget it, let her in.” Theodore didn’t like dealing with the same thing twice.
“Yes, Mr. Russell.”
As soon as Megan heard that Theodore was willing to see her, she immediately sent a message to Nolan: [Mr. Hall, you were wrong this time.]
Then she held her head high and followed Stanley into the president’s office.
The next moment, when she clearly saw Theodore’s face, even Megan, who had worked with countless young heartthrobs in the entertainment industr couldn’t help but feel her heart race.
Stanley said, “Mr. Russell, Ms. Thompson is here,”
Theodore looked at Megan and said, “Have a seat.”
As Megan took her seat, before she could even introduce herself, Theodore asked, “What do you know about our products?”
“I’ve done my research.” Megan quickly rattled off the talking points her agent had drilled into her.
For some reason, all her confidence evaporated in Theodore’s presence, leaving only her heart pounding like crazy. “Is this the charm of a mature man
she wondered.
Lost in thought, she almost fumbled her lines.
Luckily, Theodore didn’t seem to notice and told Stanley to pour her a coffee.
That only made Megan like him more.
“He’s nothing like those sleazy rich guys
who tried to hit on me the second I met them, she thought.
If he asked her to lunch, she’d jump at the chance.
Theodore fired off a few more questions, then said, “Alright, that’s all. You can gö.
Megan, still waiting for a lunch invite, stared blankly. “Huh? That’s it?”
Theodore raised an eyebrow as if to say, “What did you expect
Stanley stepped in “Ms. Thompson, sirice My Bussell hasn’t ha
Before he could say “leave,” Megan cut in, “I’d love to join you. Seriously, I wona
Stanley fought a soils. “Ithink you misunderstood. I meant Mi fussell praters to mat
This time Megan got it, but she pressed on. “Mi Russell, may ask why you chose me
Theodore acted like an interviewer “Your guess?
“Because I’m youne
spokesperson?
young, pretty, and have major market appeal?” Megan said.
“Go on.”
“Because I’m a newly crowned film queen with i
built in fan economy influence?”
“Anything else?”
Megan refused to consider the real reason. “Nope.”
Theodore said flatly, “Ms. Thompson, you’re confident. But there are plenty of young talented actresses who are just as good–looking. I she’s one of a kind.”
With Megan’s face flushing in sudden embarrassment, Theodore showed no pity. “Any more questions?”
“None,” She’d already figured it out.
She thought, ‘So I’ve only gotten the endorsement because of Eliana!
On
in her way out, Megan called Nolan.
He asked, “Done with lunch with Mr. Russell already?”
“Stop making fun of me, Mr. Hall” Megan now wished she could take back every bold word she’d said earlier.
“Uh–oh, did things go south?”
Megan moped. “What should I do? I ran into Eliana in the elevator yesterday and wasn’t exactly polite to her.”
“Afraid she’ll get even?”
“Yeah.” Nolan’s words made one thing clear–Eliana was someone she couldn’t afford to cross.
“Don’t worry. Ellie isn’t like that. Raphael was way ruder to her once, and she never held it against him. Just focus on filming the ad, quit overthinking and you’ll be fine.”
Overthinking?
Megan felt a twinge of guilt. She’d definitely had some inappropriate thoughts about Theodore.
