Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Marcus walked away from the desk to stand in front of the window looking at the bust street outside.

He didn’t say a word which surprised her the most to wonder why he was acting that way.

“Vivienne, my name was boldly written on that document for you to see. But you went ahead to embarrass me in front of my enemies…” he turned around.

“Those people doesn’t like me, they hate my idea from the beginning and they told me to my face that my story will never see the light.”

Vivienne’s eyes enlarged. She remembered the story she said wasn’t her taste.

Was he the one that wrote it? But she didn’t see any name on it.

“Marcus, you wrote that story?” she asked as calm as she could be.

“Yes, I wrote that. And thank you for making everyone know that I wrote rubbish!” he raised his voice at her.

Vivienne closed her eyes slightly before opening them again.

She felt so stupid for what she did. She cursed herself for not looking at Marcus’s face before saying anything about the book.

And again, she wished she had insisted he talk to her when he wanted that.

“I’m so sorry Marcus.” She apologized.

“But you should know that my only mistake there was talked about that story in front of the people that way. I should have talked to you about it privately,” she sighed.

“And what do you mean by talk to me privately?”

Vivienne stood up from the chair and went to him.

“Marcus, I apologize again for that. But you know there’s no way I can act that movie. It’s such a horror one. How can I kill my husband and get arrested? Shouldn’t it have been this way; that I killed my husband then the backstory will show why I killed him?”

“That’s not an excuse, Vivienne. You have no idea what you’ve done. I put my whole in to that story, I paid the writers a huge amount of money to make you more popular. And I endured the insults Mr. Kenneth and Cole have been giving me. Do you think this is a joke?”

Vivienne didn’t know what else to say to him to calm him. She has already said her mind.

That story wasn’t for her. Not that she couldn’t act it, she could do it perfectly but she knew she was going to lose fans if she agreed to that.

Nothing was going to change her mind. It was her who would appear on the screen not Marcus.

If anything should happen at the end, Marcus would blame her. And if the company doesn’t make profit from that movie, then Sterling wouldn’t be happy with her.

Not only him, but Fowler too and the rest of the crew.

Pure heart entertainment will laugh on their face and become the top Entertainment company ever.

Even for Sterling, she wouldn’t act a horror movie.

That guy already believed in her, he has been spending millions of dollars on her already because he trust she would bring more than that to him.

“You have to change your mind about what you chose, Vivienne. Do not forget I am the reason why you are here.”

Change her mind? Vivienne chuckled. That was impossible. There was no way she would say something and later on say she isn’t interested in that anymore.

What was she, a fool that sacrifice her own decision for someone else’s?

That was then and not anymore. With Sebastian, she has learned a lot of lessons.

The only thing she was after now was her own happiness.

She wasn’t a weak girl anymore, she has changed to a strong girl.

And that movie, she knew she would act it better which would show the whole world that she was a strong woman.

“I can’t do that, Marcus. If you had talked to me before having that story written, I would have suggested you change the whole thing.”

Marcus was taken aback. He didn’t know a day would come that Vivienne wouldn’t want to do what he wanted.

He thought Vivienne would submit to his will and only what he told her to do was what she would do in that company.

What was wrong with her? She has been doing anything he wanted right from Pure heart entertainment.

Was it because he was no longer her manager? Or did someone brainwash her?

“I’m so disappointed in you,” he said in anger.

“Sorry about that, Marcus. But it’s the truth I told you right now. Maybe you should talk to me first before deciding on the movie I should appear in.” she advised him.

Marcus wasn’t pleased at all. He left the office feeling like a loser.

Vivienne dared turn down what he wanted? Then she has bought herself what she won’t get out from easily.

Marcus would have thought of quitting that company that day but no, he promised to see the end of Vivienne.

And that was only going to be possible if he’s still in that company.

He walked past the scriptwriters who were discussing with Assistant Mike without saying anything to them.

Marcus went straight to his office, sat on the chair and dialed a number.

“I’ll pay you a million dollars to do a task for me…”

( I knew it was you)

At the Hawthorn’s Residence, Sterling emerged from the car alone.

No one was with him, not even his bodyguards. He was such in a hurry that one would think the world was about to end.

Sterling has been looking for his phone since he woke up that day.

There was no place he hasn’t looked in to both in his room, the study room and his office at the company.

He remembered he didn’t go to the study room with the phone the previous day. And either he slept with it or not, he couldn’t remember.

He wasn’t the type that threw his things carelessly around the room or the house which surprised him.

If not that he wanted to call Vivienne in the morning to remind her of coming to the company early, he wouldn’t have known his phone was missing.

But who could have taken it? Nothing has ever gone missing in that house before.

Not even something that belonged to him.

“I know I kept it here.” He searched the wardrobes one after the other again and again but it wasn’t there.

Then it occurred to him that there was only one place he hasn’t checked, Isabella’s room.

Not that he was suspecting her but that phone was more deadly to him than any other thing.

That was the phone he kept all his secrets, his Mum’s memories, his business and some personal information and also important contacts.

Losing that phone was just like losing his company that he managed to bring up for years.

As soon as he stepped out of his room, he heard giggling inside Isabella’s room.

Good thing she was home for him to ask her directly.

Sterling didn’t spend another second outside, ye turned the door handle and entered the room.

He was surprised to see another lady in Isabella’s room together with Isabella.

Since when did she start bringing over her friends to spend the night with her?

It was obvious that the lady slept there because she was still in her pajamas.

Both Isabella and the lady were startled when he barged in to the room.

“Hi Mr. Hawthorn. I know you want to see your girlfriend. But shouldn’t you have knocked on the door first?” the lady teased.

“Come off it, girl. You don’t talk to my baby that way.” Isabella rolled her eyes.

“Don’t forget this is his house and he has the right to entered wherever he want to,” she added.

Sterling frowned a little and released his brows. What on earth were they talking about.

But that wasn’t his problem, his phone was what was ahead of him.

“Isabella, do you…”

Sterling hasn’t finished saying what he was about to say when he saw his phone lying on the bed beside Isabella’s friend.

His eyes widened and his heart skipped a beat.

How could Isabella take his phone from his room and let her friend touch it? What was wrong with her.

Sterling went to the bed and took his phone then angrily grabbed Isabella’s hand and took her out of the room.

Isabella’s friend was surprised by what Sterling just did. She wanted to follow them to see what would happen but decided not to get in Isabella’s bad side.

“What’s wrong with you, Isabella? Are you out of your mind!” Sterling hollered at her.

Her friend who was in the room could hear their voices clearly.

“Why would you take my phone from my room and give it to your friend? How dare you!” Sterling yelled at her.

Isabella felt so embarrassed that Sterling was shouting at her when her friend was still in the house with them.

She tried to stop him from raising his voice but Sterling kept on increasing his voice louder and louder.

“Come on Sterling, it’s just a mere phone.” She scoffed.

A mere phone? How could she be that stupid.

“Do you know what is in this phone, do you? You have no idea what you are doing, Isabella. Who gave you the audacity to go in to my room and take my phone? How dare you!”

Isabella tightened her lips to suppress her anger. She took that phone from his room when he was still in the study room.

His phone was ringing and when she checked who the caller was, it was Vivienne that she hated.

That was why she took the phone away so Sterling won’t call her back when he returns.

“Yes I took the phone. What are you going to do? Tell me!” she yelled back.

Sterling was astonished. Never in his life has a lady talked back to him or even raise her voice on him.

And to say that Isabella was the one that looked for his trouble and also has the gut to shout at him.

“Do you know what will happen if your friend found out what was in my phone?” he waved the phone on her face.

“I don’t care, Sterling. She can tell the whole world what’s in there. Isn’t it about that actress? You think I don’t know you guys are in a relationship? That’s what you are hiding in your phone, I knew it!”

Sterling was relieved that she didn’t even know what was inside the phone.

He turned it on and saw his password still there. Isabella doesn’t know his password and she would never know.

She thought Vivienne and him are in love? How could she even think of saying something like that?

Wouldn’t that cause another scandal again? The last one hasn’t even been a week that he took care of it.

“You have overstay your welcome in my house, Isabella.”

Isabella went quite, hoping he wouldn’t tell her to leave his house.

Her friends would only laugh at her and they’ll call her a liar.

“What do you mean?” she lowered her voice.

“I want you to leave this how right now. I don’t want to come out of my room and meet you in my house,” he warned.

Because he said that in a low tone, Isabella was glad. She knew her friend inside the room didn’t hear that.

“You are sending me away from your house, right? You are going to regret this, Sterling.” she snapped her fingers on his face and walked away angrily.

85.

Sterling returned back to his room to check his phone thoroughly to see if everything was intact.

“Get up girl, we are leaving.” Isabella slammed the door and went straight to the wardrobe.

She started bringing out her dresses from the wardrobe and her travel bag too.