Chapter 369
Vanessa sat in the row in front of them, instantly pulling out her phone to type: [Ugh, he’s so unreasonable and shameless!)
Aria: [Agreed.]
Vanessa: [Did you see the trending topics this morning?]
Aria: [No, but I can guess. The trending topic disappeared fast, so whatever.]
As soon as Aria arrived on set and saw everyone with dark circles under their eyes, she knew they’d all stayed up late gossiping.
And it was all based on completely fake gossip.
Russell deliberately sat next to her, obviously trying to drive Olivia crazy and stir up trouble for her.
Meanwhile, Olivia rushed to the set in a panic, only to find it completely deserted.
Fuming, she anxiously dialed Russell’s number, but no one picked up.
“What’s going on?” Olivia’s eyes blazed with anger as she snapped at her bodyguard, “Go find out where the crew went, right now!”
The bodyguard hurried off, while Olivia kept calling Russell.
Russell’s phone kept ringing. He glanced at the screen and ignored it.
After four or five minutes of nonstop buzzing, Aria finally frowned. “That’s really loud. Can you turn it off?”
Russell shot her a look, his tone cool. “My bus, my rules. If you don’t like it, suck it up.”
Aria just muted his phone.
Up front, Vanessa was getting annoyed too. She texted: [What’s his problem?]
Aria: [Probably mentally ill.]
Vanessa: [Fair point.]
Their back–and–forth made the phones vibrate nonstop.
Russell, who had been resting with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. “It’s noisy. Turn it off!”
Aria, expressionless, replied, “Feel free to move seats, Mr. Nicholson. Otherwise, just suck it up.”
Russell was lost for words.
In the afternoon, the bus finally arrived at Kanit City Film Studios.
Aria got off to collect her luggage. Out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of a familiar figure, and her eyes darkened abruptly.
Vanessa sidled up to Aria, noticing her sudden change. “What’s wrong?”
Aria lowered her gaze and murmured, “I just saw someone I know.”
She set her suitcase aside. “Give me a few minutes.”
“Okay,” Vanessa replied.
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Chapter 369
Arla quickly strode off in that direction.
Russell watched her retreating figure, his pare darkened with unreadable emotions,
His phone was still ringing. This time, he didn’t ignore it and answered.
On the other end, Olivia’s voice quivered, close to tears. “Russell! Where did you guys go?
Russe!! explained calmly, “We’re at Kanit City Film Studies. We need to shoot some other scenes. What’s wrong?”
Hearing his normal tone, Olivia let out a sigh of relief and ventured, “I thought… you were mad at me and ignoring mHE ”
A mocking smile curled Russell’s lips even as his voice softened. “I just fell asleep on the bus. Why would ignore you?”
Olivia’s throat tightened with emotion as she whispered, “I’m just glad you wouldn’t ignore me, Russell.”
Meanwhile, Aria caught up to the figure, grabbed his shoulder, and said, “Hold it right there!”
The man jolted and bolted, trying to escape.
Without hesitation, Aria chased after him and kicked a pebble straight at the back of his knee.
The pebble hit dead–on.
He stumbled and dropped to his knees.
Aria strode over and pressed him down as he tried to get up. “White Fox, why are you running?”
‘Crap, I’m so busted,‘ White Fox thought, quickly yanking off the messy wig and forcing a wry smile. “Boss, I went through all this trouble to disguise myself. How did you still recognize me?”
He wore a tangled wig, his face smeared dark, looking at least ten years older than he really was. He’d snuck in as a crew member.
Aria demanded, “What are you doing here?”
A glint of unease flashed in White Fox’s eyes, but he kept his tone light. “Just wanted to see what a Huthailian film set is like.”
Aria frowned. “You’re lying. You have a mission, don’t you? What is it?”
White Fox shook his head. “No.”
Aria pressed, “Who did Curtis send you to kill?”
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