Chapter 30: After
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Sarah! Sarah! Where are you, Sarah!” A middle-aged woman suddenly barged into the restaurant while screaming, which surprised the people who were still shocked and the police officers who were taking down notes.
“Mom!” The girl who had been sitting beside Adrian immediately stood up without a sound.
“Oh, Sarah! Oh, Sarah!” The middle-aged woman ran over, then cried as she hugged the girl in her arms. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have left you here alone… I shouldn’t, I’m sorry…”
“I’m fine, mom, I’m fine.” Big drops of tears began rolling down the girl’s eyes.
“Are you okay? Are you hurt?” Her mom immediately checked her body.
“They took my money, they took all of my money.” The girl wept as she hugged her mom tightly. “I shouldn’t have brought so much money with me… It took me so long to secure a job for an advertisement…”
“It’s alright, darling, it’s alright. Let them take it, as long as you’re safe.” Her mom showed a comforting smile, then wiped the tears off her face and her daughter’s.
“No… I want to buy you a gift… I want to make you happy… I want…” The girl sobbed, then suddenly became agitated. She turned her head to glare at Adrian who was being comforted by Kate at that moment. “You said that it’ll be better and that my troubles will be gone. Why don’t I see it now?”
“Sarah?” Her mom quickly pulled her daughter aside and looked at Adrian confusingly. Soon, a customer who was done with making a statement explained to her.
“Sarah, how can you say that? You should thank this gentleman.” Upon hearing what happened, she scolded her daughter, “He saved your life!”
“He didn’t save my life! He was just trying to get rid of those fellas as soon as possible,” the girl yelled angrily.
“Sarah!” Her mom shouted at her but was lost for words. Obviously, her daughter was venting the anger she had for the robbers on Adrian.
Nonetheless, Adrian did not take it to heart. He held Kate back in time, who was about to say something out of anger, then nodded at the girl’s mom politely. “It’s okay, Madam, I understand what your daughter’s feeling.”
“Thank you, sir, I’m very sorry.” The mother nodded with a bitter smile and hugged her daughter even tighter. Unfortunately, the girl was not grateful at all, so she kept staring at Adrian hatefully.
Adrian who was about to leave with Kate could not help but raise his brows, then he asked, “Excuse me. If I may ask, is your daughter an actress?”
The girl’s mother was stunned, then she nodded. “Yes, Sarah… Sarah acted well in some TV series.”
“Here’s the thing…”
“Rosellen Gellar, you can call me Rosellen.”
“Okay, Madam Rosellen, I’m Adrian Cowell. I’m a film director, and I’ve been working on a film production lately. A week ago, a young actress should’ve reported herself to work, but her contract was terminated because of an accident, so we’ve been looking for someone suitable to replace her.” Adrian handed her his name card. “If you’re willing, bring your daughter to Bosworth Film Company for an audition after Thanksgiving.”
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Heavy breaths that were accompanied by the sounds of water splashes were constantly heard in a steamy room. At times they were low, and at times they were filled with excitement. From one side of the bathtub to the other, the action repeated as though there was no end to it.
“Are you feeling much better now?” Adrian stroked Kate’s wet hair as he asked with a smile.
“Where did you learn that from?” Kate asked with a reddened face.
Instead of answering, Adrian kissed her cheeks and fondled her body. They headed home after giving their statements at the restaurant earlier, but Kate’s mind was unhinged on their way back. After all, it was not a good feeling to have a gun pointed straight at her.
Therefore, Adrian carried her to the bathroom as soon as they returned to his villa and placed her in the bathtub after removing her clothes. In his opinion, what could be a better healing method than sex?
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“Don’t think about it anymore, as long as we’re safe now. Things like that don’t usually happen.” Adrian comforted Kate. Perhaps it was time for him to hire a few bodyguards, but essentially, it was best to stay away from unsafe areas.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine.” Kate rested her head on Adrian’s arm, then stammered. “Oh right, Eddy… I… I…”
“You’re finally asking?” Adrian teased her, then pinched her breasts from behind.
“You knew? Why didn’t you tell me if you knew that I was going to ask!” Kate, who was angry, bit his arm right away.
“Ah!” Adrian screamed “painfully”, then commented, “How can you be so brutal?”
“You think that’s brutal?” Kate squinted her eyes. “What about this?”
She suddenly pinched Adrian’s tummy.
“Okay, okay, let’s not talk about this.” Adrian shifted his body, then changed the topic. “I just wanted to help her. I could tell that she loves her mom very much and that she really needed the money. She only treated me like that because she was upset. No matter what, I did persuade her to surrender her money to the robbers, so I want to compensate her.”
“I thought so too, but…” Kate was confused. “Putting aside the fact that the shooting for ‘Memento’ is coming to an end, there isn’t a role for a young girl. Are you planning to add one in?”
“What could I have come up with in a few minutes?” Adrian shrugged. “Should I have given her money instead to tell her that I’ll bear her loss? That’ll be too impolite.”
“But you don’t even have a script for her, and don’t you think…” Kate was about to say something, but she quickly noticed that Adrian was already looking at her as if he knew what she was going to say. Thus, she gritted her teeth, then pinched him again.
“Alright, I’ll explain.” Adrian continued, “It’s very simple, I just need to come up with a short script in two days, and make sure that it matches the story. As for after the shooting, dear Kate, don’t you know that there’s the editing part?”
“You’re saying…” Kate came to a sudden realization.
“Yes, I’ll just cut all of her scenes. It’s normal, isn’t it?” Adrian mentioned, then sighed. “I really don’t know why I did that. Not only will I have to come up with a script, but I also have to inform Laverne to arrange an audition, and I have to let the crew know to keep it a secret… This is too strange.”
“Because you’re a good person.” Kate hugged his waist and planted a kiss on his broad chest.
‘A good person?’ Adrian scoffed to himself. ‘I only helped the young girl because her relationship with her mom reminded me of something. No matter what meaning it carries, we should always let someone else be the good person.’
After shaking his head very slightly, he asked Kate, “Then how should a good person be rewarded?”
Kate looked at him sideways seductively but did not kiss him like she always did. She asked him to sit by the edge of the bathtub, then began licking his chest, and slowly progressed downward.
“Wow.” Adrian instantly gasped. “How do you know how to do this?!”
“Men aren’t the only ones who watch adult films.” Kate looked up to grin at him, but her hands did not stop. She purposely stuck the tip of her tongue out to the side, which made her look extremely alluring.
“But…” She looked at the thing in her hand as if she was troubled. “It’s bigger than I imagined.”
“Can I take that as a compliment? Tss! Don’t bite!”
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After Thanksgiving, the crew for ‘Memento’ began working again. They were only over ten shots away from completing, so they could be done in a maximum of 3 days if everyone was in the right form. However, it would probably be extended to 5 days, because there were now two more extra casts.
“In simpler terms, your character is cold and indifferent to others because of her family, but she’s now curious about the male lead. I know that it’s not easy for you, so it’ll be fine if you can just express two of those emotions,” Adrian explained to the 13-year-old Sarah.
“Uhm, so you’re saying that I can… I can keep a straight face… Or act like I don’t care?” The girl asked. She was quite nervous and dared not look at Adrian for too long. Perhaps it was her first time acting for a film, or because she offended him back at the restaurant.
“How about this, we’ll do a few test shots and you can try to look for the feeling. We’ll talk about it after. Since you passed your audition, it means that you have some qualities,” Adrian comforted her, then stood up and clapped his hands. “Alright, everyone, get ready. We’ll begin the test shots.”
He gestured with his hands while he announced, and everyone else nodded, then began working as usual. He had warned the crew in advance that if anyone ruined the plan, they would be fired. As such, the crew began guessing his relationship with the girl, because he would not have gone to that extent if there was nothing between them.
In actual fact, Adrian was very frustrated about the whole thing in the beginning. Like what he previously said to Kate, he needed Laverne’s help to cover up the lie, he had to make the crew keep it a secret, and most importantly, he had to come up with a new script in 2 days. Without good skills and his deep understanding of ‘Memento’, he could not have pulled it off.
That being said, what made him feel like it was not worth it disappeared into thin air as soon as he received the girl’s resume. She had a very ordinary name—Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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