A Beautiful Misunderstanding

"Who?" Essie was caught in a daze after hearing that.

"Jim," Zac said slowly.

"Is he another investor?" She took another pause again.

"The producer and the leading man," Zac replied nonchalantly.

"Oh my god!"

Essie screamed.

The last time they were all together, Eva had a bad fight with Jim because of Essie. She was sure that Jim must still be holding a grudge against Eva from that incident. Now, even if Zac had been able to persuade Jim to make Eva the heroine, Jim would probably give her a hard time. Eva was so quick tempered that they would have found something else to fight over with.

She cast a glance at the person beside her before she cleared her throat and said, "Do you think I would follow his unspoken rules?" Before she could finish her words, a cold light was shot through her. Zac had an intention to kill someone and it might be her at the wrong end of the gun.

She shrank into herself, a survival instinct. Well, this joke was getting a bit out of hand.

"Last time at the scene, Eva misunderstood that Jim was interested in me. So she jumped out to protect me and fought with Jim. Should I try to help them resolve their conflict?"

Zac turned to face her, his head in one hand and grabbed her chin in the other. "Whatever."

So that weekend, Essie held a barbecue party in Zac's mansion and invited Jim to come.

Eva didn't want to attend the party. She knew Jim would be there. Although he had a legendary status in the entertainment circle, she didn't care about him at all.

Essie held her shoulders and said, "Eva, in the entertainment circle, you are beautiful, talented and professional. What you need is a chance. Talent could only get you so far in this industry. Connections will bring you to places. Money, unspoken rules, hype. These are the things that will advance your career in the entertainment circle. You have a chance now. You don't need to take on affairs and become a mistress to someone famous and powerful. You don't need to volunteer yourself to be molested by some dirty, old man. You can be the heroine of your story as long as you show some friendliness to him. What do you have to lose, anyway?"

Eva pouted and said, "I just can't stand playboys like him. He's totally a womanizer who treats women like they're his playthings."

"He is a superstar who came from a rich family. He was born at the top of the pyramid. Of course, he's extremely arrogant. As for romantic affairs, even if he didn't want to play, a lot of women would try their best to offer themselves to him. They were willing to accept anything from him. Besides, you love playing the field, right? Don't even deny it. You broke a lot of hearts yourself. You two are equals in this regard." Essie giggled.

Eva thought over this before she reluctantly had to agree with Essie's arguments. Just then, their ride came to pick them up.

It was her first time to ride in a Rolls-Royce. She looked around and exclaimed, "Wow! Essie, you are a real celebrity. The TV station has arranged such a nice car for you."

"This isn't from the TV station. Zac sent this one." Essie didn't want to hide the thing between her and Zac from her best friend. It was better for Eva to know about this. She had a lot of things to deal with right now, so she also wanted to talk to someone.

a good profit from stock market speculation again?" How much money

all." Essie shook her head and continued, "He's not a hobo. He came from a

in shock. "Then why did he pretend to be a

long story. I'll tell you later. Now let's get you the heroine role." Essie patted her on the shoulder. It was a complicated and private matter. But for now, it was better off for Eva to know less. She had

crossed in front of her chest, Eva stared at her for a long time and giggled. "Is

her lips again and spoke in

from her chair

car was seriously too

car's flooring for a long

out and pulled her up. Then, she took out two bottles of frozen juice from one of

felt as if it was in knots. What was

opened her bottle of juice and took a sip. "Sometimes, I think about it for a while

married out of spite?" Eva frowned. It was unusual for

shrugged and said with a bitter smile, "Maybe we're just not meant to be. No matter how

sigh and said, "You're

Essie lowered her eyes again. She knew that it was a habit to love someone. At least, she was happy while she was in love with him. After

wait for him. He begged her to not give up. And she wanted to. She wanted to work on their relationship again and take another chance. But things got

Ivy, Daisy, William, Alice and Holy. This was going to be a loud and lively party.

to Eva's arm, Essie walked up to Jim and began to introduce Eva again. "Mr. Jim, this is my best friend Eva. Do you

eyes at Eva. Of course, he remembered her. Eva was the only

it's an interesting name for an ordinary person. Eva," he said as he shrugged his shoulders, a tinge of mockery colored

a national beauty, she was beautiful in her own right. Her oval face, big eyes, high nose, and her features were all refined. The only weakness was that she was a little skinny and

best friend calm. It was obvious

was a mistake. Zac asked her to be my bodyguard. Of course,

"I didn't expect you to be so weak.

shot a cold glace at him. He

stand that he

will use all of my strength to kick you in the

his thick eyebrows slightly and continued, "I'd like to see you

you." Eva was ready to fight with him. The party was specially held for them to reconcile but nothing was going according

and patted Eva's shoulder. "Pretty sister, Brother Jim is always nice to girls. He never fights

Eva sneered, "I haven't seen any evidence of

woman is a lady or not," said Jim with a charming smile on his lips. Pushing his luck, he made sure she saw him take a peek at her