"That bastard Jack hurt you like this?" Nico's tone was full of grief and anger.
"Jack has known that you approached me to investigate him, and I know too much about him, so he
gave me a small warning. Nick, take me away. Please, go wherever you want, as long as you take me
out of here." She lifted her sad face and looked at him resentfully.
They suddenly leaned against each other tightly. Their heads were two magnets that attracted each
other. Their red lips were glued together. Nico held her up and walked from the sofa to a queen-sized
bed.
'What! That's my girl!' Kayden stood up grumpily, his eyes shining with a fierce light.
...
Everyone was shocked, and the director's heart was almost in his mouth.
Nico became even more absent-minded. He could neither focus on kissing Ellie nor be in character.
Ellie, on the other hand, seemed to be in the right state. She took the initiative to kiss Nico on his lips
and his sturdy chest. It looked as if Ellie was going to swallow him.
"Cut!" The director shouted when he found something wrong. He stepped forward and asked Nico,
"What's wrong? It's been very smooth. Why did you suddenly hesitate?"
Nico, who was embarrassed to explain, could only apologize to him. The director then turned on the
camera to reshoot.
However, when making out with Ellie for only one minute, Nico saw Kayden's horrible gaze coming
through the crowd as if to kill him. His heart trembled. He felt he had done something wrong. He
stopped all his movements and stared at Kayden in astonishment.
"Cut!" The director stopped the acting again.
"What's wrong with you?" Ellie also looked up at Nico. She thought, "I'm enjoying taking advantage of
you. Why did you go wrong all the time? However, it's not a bad thing because the more times you go
wrong, the more chances I can get to kiss you."
"I..." Nico thought, 'If I speak out the reason, my acting skills would be questioned. It's not easy for me
to get the opportunity to act in a big-budget movie. I couldn't blow it up.' So, he didn't say anything.
The director didn't know what to do. He guessed that Nico was influenced by Kayden, so he called him
over for a private conversation.
"I know you're under pressure. It's difficult for you to act well when stared at by Kayden, but remember
that you're professional. How can a professional actor be affected by a small obstacle? Adjust yourself
and we'll start over later."
Nico nodded in shame. He took a deep breath and decided to throw caution to the wind.
Ellie had her makeup refined and walked towards Nico, "Nico, are you affected by Kayden? Don't
worry, he looks fierce, but actually, he is very nice."
Nico didn't say anything. He thought, 'Kayden is only being nice to you. I've heard of Kayden. He is the
leader of the underground organization that kills people without blinking an eye. Now that I've kissed
you, he would kill me cruelly.'
Right now, Nico wished that Ellie were not that important to Kayden so that he would not treat me
brutally. However, if she were not important, why would Kayden come all the way to see you?'
Nico sighed, believing that his life would be miserable.
"Let's do it again." The director shouted and everyone returned to their posts.
Two minutes later, the director stopped the shooting again.
"Please clear the irrelevant people out of here." Nico couldn't bear Kayden's sharp gaze any longer, so
he gathered up his courage to make such a request.
The director's heart shrank. He thought, "Nico, Kayden is our biggest sponsor. How dare you clear him
out of here? Aren't you afraid that he would kill you?"
Nico was afraid, but being stared at by Kayden's gaze, let alone acting, he couldn't even read his lines.
Kayden sneered and extinguished the cigarette in his hand. "Ellie, do your best. I'll wait for you
outside." After saying that, he left with the onlookers.
In an instant, all the staff in the room heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they could feel free to work
again.
Nico also felt relieved and returned to his original state. However, he would never know that his
nightmare had just begun.
...
After filming the three scenes, it was already evening.
The director suggested that everyone go back to the hotel to have a rest first and get ready for the
party at night.
Ellie asked curiously, "Director, what party?"
"It's a cocktail party. Dress nicely." The director laughed.
Ellie rolled her eyes and thought, 'Dress nicely for the party? Would there be so many reporters?'
"Don't think too much. By the way, Mr. Kayden is still waiting for you outside. Just go." The director
suddenly got nervous.
Being reminded by him, Ellie hastily ran out without even removing her makeup.
By the sea, the waves were rolling, and the rocks were as beautiful as scattered gemstones under the
setting sun.
"Check the background of Nico as detailed as possible." Kayden pressed the cigarette on the ground
and lowered his voice a lot.
"Yes, Mr. Kayden." A respectful voice came from the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Kayden took out another cigarette. Before he could light it, he heard
someone approaching behind him.
"Kayden, there you are. I've been looking for you for a long time." Ellie ran over and sat down beside
him.
"All done?" Kayden lit up his cigarette and took a long puff.
"Yes. I just need to take a few pick-up shots later."
"I see. Are you free tonight? I can show you around. The night view of Venice is pretty nice. We can
watch it while rowing."
Ellie cried out excitedly, "I'd like to. I'd like to." But the director said that there would be a cocktail party
tonight, and it seems that there will be a lot of reporters. How about you accompany me to the party
first? When it's over, we can go to see the night view." Ellie came up with this way to achieve the best
of both worlds.
"A cocktail party?" Kayden frowned slightly and recalled that Saniyah said that the movie was going to
hype. He immediately knew the purpose of the party. "Do you have any clothes for it?"
"Clothes for the cocktail party? Evening dress? Oh no, I don't have one. What should I do?" Ellie
panicked.
'What's the big deal? Why the panic?' Kayden couldn't understand. He directly said, "If you don't have
such a dress, let's go buy one. Whatever you like, I can buy it for you. If you can't find one that satisfies
you, I will order designers to design the latest dress for you right now. Master Smith always does so for
Elaine."
"Kayden, you're so nice. I like the backless dress with a deep-V neckline. It's very sexy. I've always
wanted to wear it." Thinking of the sexy and charming dress worn by film stars at the awards ceremony,
her mind went dizzy. She didn't expect that one day, she could be like them.
Deep V, backless ... Kayden's eyes darkened. He had already had a mental picture of her in the dress.
Her graceful curves, her fair skin ... If he continued to picture like this, he didn't know what he would do
to Ellie.
"Then let's go. There isn't much time left until evening." Kayden stood up and directly pulled her up
from the reef.
Their figures moved further and further away under the afterglow of the setting sun.
On the minibus arranged by the hotel, Ellie looked around curiously like a child and enjoyed the exotic
scenery.
She had been in Venice for a while, but she had never looked at it carefully. She was either in the hotel
or on the set all day. She almost forgot how beautiful this country was.
The air in Venice was so clean that one couldn't help but want to take two more breaths. Venice is a
beautiful city. It is built on the water where it is most unlikely to build a city. Its tourism industry is very
developed and foreign tourists can be seen everywhere.
Ellie looked around and felt that everything was new. Sometimes, when she saw handsome foreign
tourists, she would suddenly rush in front of them and ask them to take a group photo with her, just like
a little girl who was crazy about handsome boys.
"You like foreigners very much?" Kayden asked unhappily.
Ellie tilted her head and thought for a while, "I can't say that I like them, but they are really good-
looking, especially their blue eyes, their high-bridge nose, and their fair skin. However, when I see such
men many times, I don't find them attractive anymore."
"Then why did you keep running over to take a photo with them?" He asked, puzzled.
Ellie replied proudly, "I took these photos so that I can post them on Weibo later. I bet that many female
netizens will be jealous of me." Besides, clicks and forwarding rates would be scraping up.
Kayden was speechless. What was Weibo? He had heard of it many times but he didn't know what
exactly it was. He decided to learn more about it so that next time when Ellie mentioned it, he would be
able to say something. Looking at Ellie beside him, he found her quite cute, young, and lively. She kept
talking as if she would never get tired.
"Kayden, where are we going to buy a dress later? Can you speak Italian?"
"No, but we can ask them to speak Chinese," Kayden said casually.
Ellie instantly looked at Kayden with adoration and thought, "Ask the Italians to speak Chinese?
Kayden, how domineering you are!"
"What are you talking about? You look so happy." Saniyah walked over and sat sideways on Kayden's
left armrest.
"There are so many empty seats on the minibus. Why would you sit here?" Ellie sounded quite
unfriendly. She didn't know why she would be unhappy about this.
...
Ellie looked around. Apart from the seats taken by them and a few staff members, there were only
machines on the other seats of this minibus. Why did Saniyah come over here?
Saniyah looked embarrassed, "I just came to remind you that the bus will take you to the hotel first
while the rest of us would go meet the sponsor. We would rush back before the party. Since the party is
going to be open to the press, you'd better have a good rest so that you would look good on the
camera."
"Don't bother. We'll get off the bus soon. Kayden is going to take me shopping for a dress."
"The dress for you is ready. It is provided by the costume sponsors of this movie. You probably don't
know that our tickets, food, and accommodation are all sponsored by them, so they are the ones to
pick up the clothes, jewelry, and shoes for us. We can't make our own decisions."
'Being supplied by sponsors? What if it doesn't look good on me?' Ellie felt a little upset.
'Saniyah was the spokesperson, so they would pick the best dress for her. As for me, I'm a newcomer.
How would I have the right to choose a dress?'
Ellie said proudly, "Who said it? Kayden is the biggest sponsor, so he has the right to make decisions. I
can wear whatever I want."
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