A Night with Her Cruel Mate

Chapter 52 Work Hard at Acting

"What did you do?" Julia asked, her voice loud and trembling. No wonder Terence had mentioned Samuel the other night. 'Turns out Samuel did go to Terence,' she thought.

"Well, I humiliated him for your sake. Most of the people find him exasperating because he is full of himself. He bullied you. Did you expect me to do nothing? I will always stand up for you, no matter what." Samuel fixed his eyes on her.

Not even blinking at all, he added, "He wants me to endorse their product, and I have made it clear that I will never accept their proposal. I already warned him that if he dares to hurt or even touch you again, I will surely go after him.

In my judgment, it’s apparent that Terence is not a good man at all. If you’ll think about it, he may be conspiring with Jean. And the scandal all over the Internet may be cooked up by them."

Thinking about that night, Julia was choked with anger. She couldn’t believe that her misery was all caused by Samuel.

She pushed away that thought. ‘Samuel is doing all these things because he only wants to help me,’ she thought to herself.

However, she didn’t believe Samuel’s speculation on Terence and Jean. She would never believe that the man she loved, and her sister, were the ones who were behind what happened to her. Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

Terence and Julia were not on speaking terms because of some misunderstanding. But deep down, she still believed that he wouldn’t work with Jean to deal with her. She knew too that her sister would never tell him that the rumors going around were all fake.

"What’s wrong with you?" Eyes focused on Julia, Samuel read her facial expression. He noticed that she didn't look happy at all. "Aren’t you happy? Or at least at ease that I helped you out?" he asked.

"Of course. I’m glad and grateful for your help." Looking down, she lied. "But I am never your responsibility, Samuel. You don’t have to do that for me again." She was uneasily massaging the back of her neck.

Deep inside her, she didn’t want Terence to misunderstand her relationship with Samuel. She was sure within herself that she didn’t feel anything for this man. Her relationship with Samuel was nothing romantic, she was certain.

"Why not?" His gaze was never shifting away from her. "I am just making him pay for what he did to you. He treated you badly. Did I do anything wrong?"

Words were quickly coming out of Julia’s mouth without even stuttering. "No, I’m not saying that you did something wrong. I just think you don’t have to give up this opportunity for me."

She knew very well how short-tempered and childish Samuel was.

He would act out if she would keep on stating her point. She needed to go on by carefully explaining it to him without being insensitive to his feelings.

"Samuel, I know you did it for me. But Terence is a rich and powerful man. No doubt, he was giving you a great opportunity. Taking this advertisement may make you a fortune. Refusing it for my sake will gain you nothing," Julia explained in her calm voice.

"Why are you being so vulgar like Terence?" Samuel’s eyebrows almost met in the middle. "Money won't justify and make up for his actions and awful behavior. I won’t work with a bastard like him."

"Why can’t you reconsider it?" Dismayed, Julia let out a sigh. "Think about it again. If you earned his money and used it to invite me to eat hotpot with you, do you think it would make me happier?"

"Well, it sounds reasonable." He was amazed when he heard her point.

"So, don’t let such an opportunity slip right through your fingers, okay?" Julia said.

To affirm what she said, Samuel nodded.

After having the hotpot, Samuel dropped off Julia at Consuela’s house. Julia stepped out of his car. She was about to go upstairs when he called out, "Hey. Julia, you should stop minding the things on the Internet. We are not saints. We can’t please everybody. The only thing you need to do above all is to have a clear conscience."

"I understand," Julia nodded. "I couldn’t care less about netizens’ comments and doubts. They don’t know me completely. What I care about most is the opinions of the people whom I care about. I am more than thankful that you and Consuela trust me enough."

"It’s good that you are handling these things pretty well." He felt the weight on his shoulders gone. Samuel’s face lit up.

As soon as the news broke on the Internet, he felt the need to rush immediately to Julia’s side. He wanted to be there for her as much as he could, even if it meant hearing her complaints.

Knowing that Julia was already in a good mood,

he felt relieved.

"Take a good rest. I’ll pay you a visit anytime soon at your filming site," he said, smiling.

"It’s settled then." They waved each other goodbye. Julia watched Samuel leave before she went upstairs. Opening the door, she found Consuela in the living room.

Exhaustion and weariness were evident on Consuela’s face. Emotionless, she just stared at her. "Oh, you’re back," she greeted indifferently.

"Yeah." As Julia put on her slippers, she queried, "Anything wrong? Why do you look so worn out?"

Consuela shifted her body on the sofa to a more comfortable position. "You don’t know what I’ve been through today. I was running all day long. Julia, I wanted to help you. But words are already going around, spreading like wildfire. The directors and producers have been discussing your scandal issues. I did my best to defend you. However, they have already made up their mind regarding these rumors. In the end, I was only able to get you a variety show. They will only give you five-minute screen time."

"Consuela, I—" Julia was about to shared Director Guo’s words to Consuela, but she interrupted, "Don’t worry, Julia. I understand that we are having a difficult time now. But have faith in me, I’ll make you an A-list star. And those directors that closed their doors to you will regret it.

Even though they will only let you on screen for five minutes, it is a good beginning. I have talked to the director. Tomorrow we..."

"I have to take part in the shooting tomorrow," Julia said. She grew worried while Consuela wouldn’t stop talking about the deal she got. "Yes, shooting.

You must work hard on your acting..." Consuela continued. It took her a long time to realize what was going on. "Julia, what do you mean? Director Zhang agreed to let you play the supporting role?"

In high spirits, she looked at Julia. If she could play the supporting role, the managers of the company would keep their mouths shut. The company had threatened that they would shut Julia out before. And at this moment, she thought Julia got a perfect chance to get herself out of the predicament.