Chapter 36: It was Good

Edie was really tired. Asher’s heart lightened, she again drifted into a deep sleep. Discovering that she had fallen asleep in his arms, Stuart’s mouth curved into a smile then gently adjusted Edie’s sleeping posture to make her comfortable.

A kiss fell on her forehead like a feather. "Good night, babe." From now on, he will protect her.

When Edie woke up, she was the only one in the room. She opened her eyes dazedly and thought last night was a dream, but when she completely sobered up, she recalled that everything actually happened.

Even the blanket on her body seemed to have a comforting scent. She didn’t expect to be seduced by a gay man. Fortunately, Stuart doesn’t like a woman, or it would be difficult for Edie to control herself, and she would be able to keep herself from falling for him.

In a dark heart, she took out her phone and messaged Aaron, "You gay’s know how to hit on women so well!" She then got up to change. After she finished changing, Aaron replied to her message, "Of course, there are a lot of times when we are more sensitive than women. Haven’t you heard of the saying? Every woman needs a gay friend."

Edie laughed at the message, "that’s ridiculous. If you’re this good at hitting on women, what if the woman falls for you?"

"Sis, I’ll be honest with you, that’s what troubled me for years. Stuart was badgered by those women too. That’s the reason why his personality became more and more indifferent."

Seeing the message, Edie’sstopped texting for a moment, so they think of it as trouble? Aaron sent another message, "Stuart hates dealing with women, please be careful when you’re with him. Please don’t make him think that you have a thing for him, or he will start avoiding you for sure."

"Okay, I get it."Edie typed in slow motion and thought, of course, Stuart’s actions had no special meanings. It might be that all gays are bad at measuring their distances with women. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door; it was Carol," Mrs. Yates, your breakfast is ready."

"Okay, I’m coming," Edie answered. She pulled herself together and went downstairs to the dining room. Stuart was reading the financial newspaper as she sat down. He asked casually, "How was your sleep last night?"

"It was good."

"I made Carol prepare you two aromatherapy machines, and it helps you sleep. One is already in your room, take the other one with you." After hearing of this general arrangement, Edie nearly choked on her milk. "Why did you prepare me this?"

"You always have nightmares, if you can’t sleep well, how are you going to work the next day." Edie was not convinced, "I sleep pretty well." Stuart was flipping through the newspaper and said, "Who was it that hugged me and kept calling me mom yesterday?"

This time, Edielegitimately choked. She widened her clear watery eyes and asked, "You’re lying, aren’t you?" Stuart lifted up the newspaper and covered his mouth as it curved into a smile.

Seeing Stuart in silence, Edie started to doubt the validity of his words. However, since Stuart always possessed an aura of oppression and didn’t seem like the kind that would make jokes, everyone took his words as command out of the subconscious.

Edie ate two pieces of toast absent-mindedly, and suddenly her phone rang. It was the producer from yesterday. "Hello?"

"Hello? Hi Miss Lara, there’s a small problem," The producer’s voice sounded very guilty. "What’s wrong?" asked Edie.

"Since you were in such a hurry yesterday, I forgot to inform you. We have a news conference this afternoon at two, in the hall of the Victoria Hotel."

"What?!" The toast in Edie’s hand fell onto the ground.

"Actors have to arrive before one o’clock..."

"What!" Edie stood up right away, and she didn’t even care about how Stuart looked at her, "I haven’t even booked a stylist! I don’t even have a dress! Makeup and hair take at least three hours to do, I won’t be able to make it."

The producer was very apologetic, "It was our fault, Miss Lara, we are so sorry." Edie got a headache, but there was no use in blaming the producer whatsoever, she had no choice, but to comfort him first, "Don’t panic, I’m going to the dressing room now, I’ll be there as soon as possible."

After hanging up, Stuart asked, "What happened?" Edie briefly told Stuart what the producer had just said, and with an anxious face she started to leave, "I have to go, I wonder what the traffic is like right now. There are definitely no nice dresses in the dressing room since this is such a short notice. It’s so annoying!I’m going to mess up my first news conference,"

"So, you need to do a full makeover in three hours?"

"Yes, aargh, this is so annoying."

Stuart, who was sitting opposite her, stood upright after hearing her words and said, "Let’s go."

Edie startled, "Are you taking me there? No, thank you; you’re too busy with your business matters...."It was as if Stuart hadn’t heard her refusal, he came up to Edie, grabbed her wrist, and walked her outside. "I’m here; there’s no need to worry."

His voice was cold as usual, but to Edie, it possessed some kind of power that relaxed her tensed heart. Her anxiety disappeared at once. The stretched Lincoln Limousine was waiting outside, as usual, when Edie finally managed to react, she was already in the limo.

There were two rows of seats in the limo that was opposite to each other, the secretary and Mr. Batessat opposite to Edie. She looked at them with a confused face.

The secretary who had never seen Edie before was shocked, doubting himself as if he was in a dream. A woman, in the morning, was holding hands with the CEO, in the car!

He had never seen a woman within one meter of the CEO ever since he has worked for him, and it’s been nearly five years! The secretary’s heart was being shattered by all the commotion. Mr. Bates pulled himself together and said, "This is Mrs.Yates. She is the CEO’s wife?"

The CEO got married? When? Why is it that he told me anything about it? Is he going to be fired? If it were not his professional dedication, which he developed over the years with Stuart, he would have jumped through the roof.

Stuart saw through the secretary’s mind with just one glance, and the secretary had goosebumps all over and immediately sat upright to restore his professional manner. "Goodmorning, Mrs. Yates."

"Um, good morning." Edie was a little awkward since she knew they were in a fake marriage. Accepting this title made her feel kind of guilty. "UniverseEntertainment," Stuart ordered the driver in a cold voice.

"Universe Entertainment? Isn’t that the most prominent entertainment corporation in the city? What are we going there for?" asked his secretary.

"The dressing room is not in that direction..." It was nearly nine o’clock, and she wouldn’t be able to make it to the news conference if they didn’t hurry.