Never Too Far Novel

Eva reached the door of her room and swiped her door card to go in. She decided to take a shower first.

That was when her phone rang. She glanced at the number, and her heart tensed slightly. “Hello.”

“Back at the hotel?”

“Yes.”

“Come to my room.”

“Louie, it’s still afternoon. I want to take a rest,” Eva said unhappily. She didn’t want herself to be a cheap commodity that Louie could summon at will.

After that night, she would be away from the company and his people.

“We have to discuss the termination of the contract, which involves your subsequent share of the post-collection.” The man spoke in a low voice.

Eva choked for a moment.

Did I overreact?

And so, she answered, “I’ll come right after I shower.”

The shooting earlier made her sweaty and uncomfortable at the moment. Eva then went to the bathroom, took a shower, and blow-dried her long hair as she took a dress from her closet to change into it before she went out.

With her phone in hand, she went over to ring the doorbell of the next room. The door opened from the inside and revealed Louie, who was dressed in a white shirt and a pair of black pants as if he had rushed over from an important meeting.

At that moment, how he looked at Eva made him exude an aura of refined scum.

Eva also felt his masculine aura on his body, as if he was a hungry wolf, so she involuntarily flushed under his gaze.

“Come on in; I’m still working.” After speoking, Louie returned to the sofo ond leoned down to continue working on his computer. His slender fingers were topping owoy os he typed out the document.

Evo sot ocross from him os her goze involuntorily shot toword the mon. In the post two yeors, she hod been ovoiding him. Soon ofter, the ouro on the mon wos getting stronger, ond he exuded the colmness of on iron fist ond dictotorship.

At the some time, there wos no denying thot he wos even more foscinoting right now. Evo remembered thot when she first met him, she hod just gotten out of o smoll entertoinment compony ond hod joined onother compony. After three months, o merger crisis occurred in the compony.

However, Stordom Corporotion bought the smoll compony she wos working for. A week loter, oll the ortists went to o meeting ot the corporotion. Evo went oheod ond sow the young mon who wolked up to the podium of the meeting.

For the first time, Evo knew thot the president of the Stordom Corporotion wos so young. At thot time, oll the femole ortists on the stoge were in love with him, ond the otmosphere wos filled with odorotion. Even Evo, who hod o boyfriend, hod to odmit thot the moment Louie’s goze fell on her from the stoge, her heort fluttered.

“Come on in; I’m still working.” After speaking, Louie returned to the sofa and leaned down to continue working on his computer. His slender fingers were tapping away as he typed out the document.

Eva sat across from him as her gaze involuntarily shot toward the man. In the past two years, she had been avoiding him. Soon after, the aura on the man was getting stronger, and he exuded the calmness of an iron fist and dictatorship.

At the same time, there was no denying that he was even more fascinating right now. Eva remembered that when she first met him, she had just gotten out of a small entertainment company and had joined another company. After three months, a merger crisis occurred in the company.

However, Stardom Corporation bought the small company she was working for. A week later, all the artists went to a meeting at the corporation. Eva went ahead and saw the young man who walked up to the podium of the meeting.

For the first time, Eva knew that the president of the Stardom Corporation was so young. At that time, all the female artists on the stage were in love with him, and the atmosphere was filled with adoration. Even Eva, who had a boyfriend, had to admit that the moment Louie’s gaze fell on her from the stage, her heart fluttered.

Later, she met him again while arranging a job. She bumped into him in a corner of a corridor. She also heard that many artists tried some tricks to seduce and approach him, but he gave them the cold shoulder and didn’t give any of them to take advantage of him.

Her manager had nagged all day long for her to get closer to the president to get more resources. At a drinking party, the manager deliberately asked her to go over. At the table, Eva saw Louie again.

Louie was so young, but everyone toasted him and paid him compliments. At that time, Eva nervously toasted him as well. She still remembered his deep passionate gaze staring at her for a while.

It made her heart flutter. Finally, after everyone had left, Louie said he would send her home. Eva was flattered beyond belief.

After he sent her home that night, Eva saw him many times in the company. A year later, he confessed his love to her, and she told him she had a boyfriend whom she was dating seriously.

That year, she was twenty-one, and he was twenty-seven.

Although Eva rejected his advances, she still saw him on occasion. Louie drank on her behalf and protected her from the investors’ unspoken rules. He protected her in the biz to keep her from all harm. However, he didn’t leave her life either, or even…

Eva vividly remembered Louie pinning her down in the lounge at a company dinner as he kissed and hugged her. She was drunk at that time.

That was the time she regretted the most. If not for that time, she wouldn’t have wavered in her love for her boyfriend. Then, she wouldn’t have lost her heart and felt guilty for Tucker while she couldn’t control her passion for Louie.

In the blink of an eye, they had known each other for three years until Tucker passed away. She had then left him for two years. In the blink of an eye, Louie was now thirty-two while she was twenty-six.

Time flew by very quickly, just like a handful of sand.

Eva was unknowingly immersed in the memories for a while. When Louie held up a cup of tea to drink, she only returned to her senses to watch him finish his tea. Then, he frowned as his lips pursed tightly as if he had encountered some problem.

Eva couldn’t help but stare at his thin lips. She pursed her red lips as she thought of that one time in the dining lounge.

She recalled his crazy look.

As Eva was bored, she picked up a contract next to her. She flipped it and found that it was her termination contract, so she couldn’t help but read it.

“If there are any problems, you can bring them up, and I’ll have someone revise them,” Louie said as he raised his head.

“Okay.” Eva read it seriously because she didn’t want to be bound to Louie anymore.

His gaze fell on her body. The dress accentuated her slim waist, and her skin was fair. Her long hair framed a palm-sized face, showing off her beautiful, clean, and somewhat cold look.

However, the colder she was, the more Louie wanted to see her passionate side which was like fire. The stern face made him fall in love at first sight and lose his soul at second sight. As such, he did a lot of childish things. He would make everyone act for him and arrange for a drinking party just to meet her. Presently, the girl was right before him. She was within reach, but he still couldn’t get her.

“If I leave your company, I cannot work for similar companies for five years?” Eva uncovered a clause that worked against her.

Louie frowned as he muttered, “This is a clause for all artists. It’s a standard clause.”

“It’s too much,” Eva grunted lightly, but she didn’t care much as she had no intentions of filming after leaving the company.

“I’ll have someone change it for you,” Louie stated.

“Forget it. There’s no need to change it. I’m alright with it if I can terminate the contract.” Eva was bent on terminating the contract.

As such, Louie couldn’t help but be curious. “Where do you plan to go after you terminate your contract?”

“I’ll do what I want.”

“What do you want to do?”

“Haven’t thought about it yet.” After speaking and flipping through the contract, Eva picked up the pen on the table and signed it. Then, she handed it to the man across the table. “Please sign it, President Gilmore.”

Louie sighed, then took the contract and pen to sign his name sharply with his long and slender fingers.

“Where’s the company stamp?” Eva asked. It wasn’t enough to have his signature; there had to be an official seal.

“I don’t have the stamp with me. I’ll send it back to the office for you soon,” Louie commented in a low voice.

At that, Eva was getting annoyed. “Are you kidding me?”

“I am not a liar,” Louie swore on his reputation.

Hence, Eva could only trust him. At this moment, it was already dusk, and nightfall was fast approaching.

“I have arranged for dinner. It’s in my room.” Louie had planned to have a candlelit dinner with her.

When Eva thought of the imminent termination of her contract, she did not refuse it. So, she walked to the French window to look at the scenery. At the same time, Louie wrapped his slender and strong arms around her waist, and Eva immediately tensed a little. Louie lightly rested his sensual chin against the back of her head as he murmured, “Do you know how much I missed you in these two years? I visited your commercial shooting site several times but didn’t dare to disturb you. I was jealous when I saw you chatting merrily with other male actors, but I didn’t show it.”

“Do you know how often I’ve gotten drunk just because of you?”

Eva felt the arms around her waist tighten and the man’s lips were kissing her hair. Her heart couldn’t help but soften at that. When she heard his husky and deep confession, she almost cried.

She knew he had come by while she was shooting a commercial abroad. However, he didn’t know that after he left, she dropped the commercial and chased after him, only to look at his departing car. She was full of loss but had no one to tell.

However, she was afraid to show her feelings. It was because she was the one who said she didn’t want to see Louie for two years. He did it, but she didn’t.

There was another thing she had been worried about. In showbiz, almost everyone looked alike. A newcomer debuted under the title of little Eva, who was signed to Louie’s company. She wondered if he had ever taken special care of her.

“Do you like me?” Eva asked as she smiled bitterly.

“What do you think? Would I have waited five years for you if I didn’t like you?” Louie muttered frustratedly, his lips pressing against her ear.

“With all the female artists under you, there’s many for you to choose from. Why me?” Eva turned her face away, her ear tingling at his hot breath.

“Because it’s you. Only you are worth waiting for.”

“That’s because you didn’t get me yet. When you do, there’s plenty of young women for you to choose from.” Eva snorted as if she saw through Louie’s nature.

At this moment, the man bit her ear lightly. “What nonsense! I will do nothing but cherish you after getting you.”

Eva felt the pain for a few seconds before she turned her head to glare at him. “Are you a dog? It’s painful.”

“I’m a wolf that has been hungry for eight hundred years.” His gaze was deep and dark, and it was as if they were two cold pools trying to suck her in.

Eva flushed when she heard that.

leave me alone after

you take good care of little Eva,” Eva deliberately said, although she didn’t

was annoyed that she accused him casually. “You are who

All you like is my face; hers is better looking.” Eva

Apart from her face,

he finished, he cupped her chin

few seconds. This reminded her of that night four years ago when he had gone crazy in the lounge. His passion was too hot to handle, and it was as if he was

and it was one she couldn’t forget

was

need to be so impatient? I have already promised to accompany

he wasn’t any better, as his breathing

want to wait until tonight,” he

sobered up. “No, I’m not in the

me, waiting for even one more second is torturous.” Louie hooked his lips

Eva heard that, her ears flushed. “I’m not in your

true; I must at least let you have dinner. Otherwise, I’m afraid

blushed and glared at

go of her shoulder and walked to the refrigerator. Then, he took out a bottle of iced water and drank it wildly in front of

the man’s scent, causing her

quite some time when the man took a seat opposite her. After checking the time on his watch, he asked the hotel

phone rang out of the blue. He picked up the phone from the table, but he only cast a glance at it

name on the screen. Raising her brows, she asked,

“It’s nothing important.”

she commented bitterly, prompting

“Are you jealous?”

Eva of her feelings. Thus, she immediately turned

brows as he pondered. There was a thing that Julian didn’t even know about. Back when Louie was ten years old, his parents had arranged an alliance marriage between him and a girl from another family to raise funds. Even after his parents passed away, the other

caller was none other

special care when cooking them. Besides, the dining table in the room was decorated with lighted candles

and served the food. After that, she finally walked out of the room because

Louie gestured for

dainty roses in the vase. She was lightened by the sight of them. Deciding not to

unchanged, deep down inside, she was touched by his

order my favorite

will become more similar to the person you like when you fall for somebody. ” The corner of Louie’s lips turned into a smile,

while he opened a bottle of wine and served her half a glass. Swirling the glass, she

on the food on the table for even one second. To him, she was the only one he

joy. However, he wasn’t the kind of man who let his emotions show. Therefore, she would never know that he

years. He witnessed her transformation from a pure soul to a mature woman like an eventually ripened fruit, and it was calling him

bought it from Averna, especially

acknowledging that his taste had never gone wrong, or else the female celebrities would never throw

lot of celebrities sought opportunities from Louie. After all, a person would easily be indulged in pleasure without absolute self-discipline

she also learned that he rejected all those attempts to seduce him. Thus, she couldn’t help but wonder sometimes if

she wanted full

one-time pleasure. If he couldn’t promise her his loyalty, she wouldn’t begin a relationship in the

from being heartbroken by

trying to memorize her beauty with his eyes. The sight of her tilting her head to think, her gazing into a distance on a propped elbow,

his joy. Eva only agreed to accompany him for the night in

own her for

boyfriend?” Grabbing the wine glass in one hand, Louie shot her the question that troubled

on Louie’s observation, Eva had moved on from the impact her ex-boyfriend left on her. Thus, it was about time

met all of her standards for a partner, which confused

but I’m not good enough

think you are not good enough?

Eva’s face then. “President Gilmore. You aren’t the only one to decide whether we are a perfect match or

see about it tonight,” he answered

a hint of red at the realization. Did he just talk dirty to me? Where did

teasing slip, but she wasn’t in the mood to continue the conversation. After the night, they would part ways and become strangers, and she would have

some more.” He gestured for

her head. She had been maintaining a reasonable diet over the years, which was her secret to staying in shape. Even though there were a lot of promising youths emerging in the industry, so far nobody could surpass her. She

people, who were coveting her position, wanted her to leave the

got tense because

Louie was behaving like a gentleman instead of jumping at her

you deal with them first?” Eva was hoping for him to steer his focus to his

her in a low voice. Not even the doomsday could stop him from getting what he

seat and had some tea. Suddenly, his phone rang, and it grabbed her attention. She cast a glance at

You should answer it!” Eva

he turned off his phone. Eva was just about to turn around to the balcony to look at the night view when he grabbed her arm without warning. The next second, she was dragged behind by the force and

her petite stature leaned against his chest. Putting her hands on his chest, a flushed Eva struggled to get up, but he nonetheless stopped

said in a hoarse voice tainted by lust. His thin lips kept pressing kisses on her hair. His patience

dominantly kissed her to block her protests. To him, one night would never

he carried her into his arms, she shut her eyes in resignation, but her

both surprised and hurt him too to see

head in his chest, not willing to look at

in a low tone, “Is this

the opposite. Thus, she could only shut her eyes tightly, returning his question

quite believe her tacit admission because he had always thought that Eva had slept

he was fueled by his excitement, Louie pressed an affectionate

gaze, not giving in

together.” Declaring his determination one last time in a

that tomorrow,

shoot. She had slowly adapted to recent shootings and her

photos of Jessie staying with the crew had been revealed to the netizens on social media. She was bathing under the sun with her long hair down, and she looked otherworldly. Her fans immediately complimented her looks and compared her

now trending on Twitter. Even without proper publicity

Queenie’s wedding was also around the corner. Jessie was looking forward to the invitation to

out a hand to caress her head. “Get some rest. Don’t stay up

“I won’t,” she promised.

recalled Louie showing up at the set again, but he didn’t bother to seek his brother out. Julian didn’t want to become the third wheel between Louie and Eva since Louie had been pouring his attention on her the

didn’t visit the set for Julian. Even though he was Louie’s brother, Julian himself was a nobody compared to

intimate night. In the morning, the lights in the room shone on her ivory skin.

the sofa. When his gaze landed on the contract termination letter on the coffee table, he grabbed it and tore the

because he regretted his choices. Louie would never allow Eva to

know, her companionship for Louie last night would end up

hung in the middle of the sky. At first, she noticed the strong arm

his face, she couldn’t help but replay their intimacy last night in her

the bed in light movements and stood on the ground

on her shirt while heading for the sofa outside, and found her phone as expected. Then, she steered her gaze to the spot where she put the letter last night, thinking to take it along. However, she didn’t

contract? I put it over there last

didn’t think twice before she walked over and reached out for them. It was exactly the termination letter she was looking for, but it was voided

low voice grabbed her attention from behind. “I’m not letting

door frame and glared at him. “Louie Gilmore! H-How can you not keep your

don’t mind becoming a jerk who doesn’t keep his promise if it means you’ll stay.” He didn’t back down from the confrontation

virginity to earn her freedom. She couldn’t possibly stay

her and pulled her into his embrace. “After last night, I’ve decided that you’re important

a mess. After all, she also tasted pleasure like never before with him last

the wife of the president of Stardom Entertainment. Will you accept that?” Louie was promising her the titles. He felt like it was time for him to settle down with the woman he

was the most important decision she was about to make in her life, but

no longer looked forward to it. After all, there were

of pondering, she rejected him. “I don’t want the title of Mrs. Gilmore. You can give it to

you to own the title.” Louie rested his chin on her

You can pass me the new termination letter.”

At that point, Louie was in turmoil and he started to panic deep

steered his attention away. Grabbing his phone, he looked at the

have you been lately? It’s been a while since I

“Mr. Constantine.”

the alliance marriage between our families. Are you free

Constantine, I don’t think I can marry your daughter without any emotional

hundred million in return for the marriage between you and my daughter. Even though your parents have passed away, we should still continue with the

worth, while the Constantine Family had gradually declined over the years. Thus, the Constantine Family would grasp the opportunity to unite two families. They

Constantine, we’ll discuss it

come over so we can meet up? Your father was a man who kept his promises,

as

room but was surprised to see the hotel staff bringing her breakfast. It seemed that Louie was worried about her and had called

needed contraceptive pills. As she didn’t want her assistant to help her deliver the pills, she decided to buy them

to the hotel. She didn’t notice the presence of the paparazzi who were following her when she walked into the pharmacy. Therefore, not only was the sight of her picking up the pills captured by

top celebrity from Stardom Entertainment buying contraceptive pills in the early morning was setting the

without slowing down, while the paparazzi reached out to the mass

media was always fishing for her scandal because her name alone would bring them a high volume of data

headlines. All the netizens learned that she

curious about the man’s identity

male fans of Eva were envious of the man who slept with

finish shooting a scene in the early morning. After that, she headed for the empty seat next to Lexie for a rest.

know who the man who stayed the night with Eva was?” Lexie was itching to learn the full

to hear that. “What

the headline. “Look at this. Eva bought the

smile. Who else could it be other than Louie?

wasn’t in the position to spread baseless rumors. Eva herself was the only person who

Eva come to

She’s taking a day off,” Lexie

was glad to hear that. It seems like Eva has

calm woman, but the news was

the doorbell of her room. Looking through the peephole, she

help it when the blood rushed to

felt bad to see her being followed by the paparazzi