King of Hollywood

"Frankly speaking, I never thought that I would meet your father under such circumstances." Looking at the street scene outside through the car window, Adrian said a little depressed.

"Then under what circumstances do you want to meet my dad? When Mary starts school, or graduates from college?" Jessica, who was sitting beside her, asked back, and Adrian immediately got stuck.

"I knew it, Ed, you didn't think about it at all." Jessica sighed complainingly, "If you can, you definitely hope that my dad will never find out...his daughter has become the mother of the child. "

"Well, I admit, I did overlook it," Adrian said, grabbing one of her hands, and raising his own, "but it never occurred to me to never tell your father, You can't keep this stuff under wraps forever, and the sooner you tell them, the better your chances of understanding. Well, what I'm trying to say is that it might be a good thing for us to say Joshua slipped up."

"Really?" Jessica blinked, "You won't take your anger out on Joshua, will you?"

"No, I promise." Adrian said seriously, then looked at the street outside, coughed dryly, and asked as if nothing had happened: "By the way, you said that your father knows that you even have children After I got them all, I almost went back to the room to get the gun, is it true?"

Jessica laughed immediately, her eyes were curved like crescent moons, with a little bit of complacency, very cute.

"Don't worry, Ed," she dragged out her voice, as if she had caught his vital point, "My father is usually very kind. It's just more serious. Remember not to take the initiative to avert your eyes when you meet him, otherwise you will think You are guilty."

Her mouth was wide open, and even her white teeth were exposed. If it was normal, Adrian would have to tease her with her mouth, but now she just raised her eyebrows: "Okay."

Soon, the car drove to the destination, and after a few instructions with the driver, he took out the gift he brought - a bottle of expensive red wine from Diqin Winery - Adrian then came to the door with Jessica on his arm Ring the doorbell. soon. Footsteps sounded from the other side of the door, and Joshua appeared in front of them with an obvious gesture of relief.

"Hi, Ed, welcome to our house." Joshua greeted them warmly, then blinked at them, and made a "careful" mouth.

"Hello, Joshua. Nice to meet you." Adrian nodded and entered the room with Jessica.

The living room is not big, and you can see Jessica's mother, Catherine Alba, who is playing with Mary next to the sofa, and Jessica's father is sitting on the chair next to them and looking at them with a smile Marc Alba.

"Dad." Mary spotted her parents for the first time, yelled crisply, and dropped the toy in her hand. He raised his arms and ran over staggeringly.

"Hey, Mary," Adrian smiled and squatted down and hugged her, then bit her fleshy little face, the little one over three years old was pink. Just in time for the cutest, "Did you have fun at grandma's house?"

"Happy, grandma is good at telling stories, not inferior to daddy at all, but grandpa doesn't like to laugh." The baby-voiced little guy said and looked towards the Alba couple.

Mark, who had already stood up, changed his previous smile and sullenly. Looking at Adrian with very unfriendly eyes, he seemed to hate him very much, and he didn't hide it at all. Catherine maintained a polite smile, but her eyes were rather complicated, a little worried and helpless.

Adrian was about to speak, but he tilted his head back vigilantly, and the little guy who wanted to sneak attack suddenly rushed to nothing.

"Mary, what did I say? This is not a good habit." Adrian stared at his daughter. Missed Mary but didn't crack at all, just giggled and laughed.

"Dad's ears are so... delicious?" Adrian asked a little annoyed. She liked to bite his face when she was a few months old, and now she is more than 3 years old. But it's really frustrating.

"Yeah." Mary immediately nodded her head vigorously, as if it was wound up, and everyone around that naughty and cute look couldn't help laughing, except Mark Alba. Well, he still hooked the corners of his mouth somewhat, but he still looked at Adrian with disgust.

"Jessie, are you sure Mary didn't inherit her hobbies from you?" Adrian looked at Jessica.

"Why not you?" Jessica asked back with a smile, "We don't have such a hobby in our family, but—"

She reached out and hugged her daughter from his arms: "I always thought that it was Mary who surprised me. She knew that her mother had been wronged, and she wanted to seek justice for her mother."

Adrian rolled his eyes, glanced at Joshua who was snickering, and then stretched out his hand to Jessica's mother: "Hi, Catherine, I'm sorry I'm only here to see you today, please call me Adrian Ann or Ed."

"Hello, Adrian." Catherine shook hands with him still maintaining a complicated but polite smile.

"Hello, Mark..." Adrian then turned to Mark, but the latter snorted: "I don't think our relationship has reached that point yet."

But then Catherine gently pushed her husband, and Mark held his hand reluctantly: "It's up to you."

"Thank you." Adrian maintained his demeanor, and took a deep breath until he let go. The other party exerted a lot of force on his hand. Although it didn't make him scream, it was not very comfortable. Although Mark is a little shorter than him, but because he has served in the army, he is quite big. In addition, his skin is relatively dark, and he feels oppressive when standing in front of him. It seems that today's dinner is not so easy to eat.

Although the attitude shown by Mark Alba made the atmosphere in the living room stiff, it slowly became active again under the adjustment of Catherine Alba. Derian's disgusted attitude outside. Basically, they didn't say any unkind words, so they were relatively harmonious until dinner.

"Frankly speaking, it's not easy, because everyone knows that film schools don't like non-realistic works. But it's not like there are no opportunities at all. The film schools have been constantly changing and seeking innovations in the past two years, absorbing young people so that I don’t seem so old-fashioned, so I still have some confidence.” While eating a fairly sumptuous dinner at the table, Adrian took the opportunity of Joshua to bring the topic to Oscar to explain himself to Catherine. s work.

Now that we're communicating with my father for the time being, let's start with my mother. In fact, he spent the whole night calmly flattering Catherine with his words, which did have some effect, but it also caused Catherine to always look at herself... as if she were her son-in-law.

"Sounds good," Catherine smiled and raised the cup, "Maybe we should toast you and wish you a record."

"Thank you." Adrian also raised the cup in his hand, and after taking a small sip, he naturally picked up the tissue from the side. He wiped the corners of Mary's mouth for Mary who was sitting next to him.

"Take care of your chin, and why didn't you eat a single bean?" Adrian tapped her plate lightly after wiping.

"I don't like it." Mary pouted and shook her head coquettishly.

"That's no good. You've already been given very little. It's okay not to eat at all." Adrian raised his finger and shook it, looking like a good father.

"But my sister said so. We're going to fight against the big villain dad." Mary was still pouted, and Joshua and the others burst out laughing at that serious look.

"Well, Mary, if this is the case, you can either choose to fight and fail. Or you can choose to fight and pay the price, a very high price." Adrian said "threateningly", the little guy blinked his eyes, and finally reluctantly took it after a while. He picked up the spoon and picked up the beans on the plate and sent them to his mouth.

"This is a good girl." Adrian praised, and then turned his attention to the dinner table, just in time to capture Catherine's not-so-good-looking face.

This is not surprising. Mary had already talked about her sister several times before this, but he and Jessica only have one child, so it is conceivable who the sister is. Even if Catherine has a good impression of Adrian because of the demeanor shown by Adrian, I'm afraid she won't be too happy in this situation, but it doesn't matter, it's useless to get Catherine's favor alone to settle this matter.

"Well, Adrian," Mark began now. He fixed his eyes on Adrian, "As a playboy in Hollywood, what do you think?"

"It's a fact." Adrian shrugged without evading at all, "I'm indeed a playboy."

"Today." Mark raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Adrian said calmly, even though Jessica glanced at him, "Dating different women always gives me a lot of inspiration, which can then be transformed into works. For example, "Staying" "The Last Dance" was just an ordinary dance story at the beginning. After I had an idea, I handed it over to other screenwriters and didn't pay attention to it. However, under the constant contact with Jessie, some of her feelings made me suddenly It was an idea that came to mind, and so there was the story that you see in theaters. I still love Jessie's dance at the end, it's brilliant."

After he finished speaking, he responded with a smile to Jessica, who lowered her head, with the corners of her mouth slightly curved, as if she still missed those days.

Adrian is very sincere, and at least the facts seem to be true, but as parents, the Albas will never accept this statement. It's just that they are also hard to refute, because no one fits the description of this sentence better than him. There are many directors in Hollywood who claim that women are their source of inspiration, Roman Rolansky, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen Wait, I have said this before, but compared with Adrian, it is nothing.

Not to mention the inspiration about Jessica just now, not to mention the women who became popular because of him, and the ideas he continuously provided for the entire group, just five Oscar actresses in five years is enough to make many people look sideways . Even if being here is not the same as abducting their daughter, facing the powerful facts, it is difficult to talk for a while. Do you want to make a scene without grace? Don't forget, they "invited" him over.

So, Mark asked another question very calmly: "You have no intention of getting married. Are you?"

"It used to be, but now, it's impossible." Adrian was still very sincere.

These words immediately lowered the atmosphere in the room. Catherine didn't make a sound, and Jessica also fell into some thoughts. Joshua turned his eyes around and wanted to say something, but he never spoke. The dinner just came to an end, and after the table was cleared and stayed in the living room for a few minutes, Adrian and Mark went upstairs to the room to have... a man-to-man conversation.

"I don't like it, Mr. Cowell. I don't like it at all." After entering the room, Mark Alba said unceremoniously, even changing his address.

"I can understand, Mark," Adrian smiled nonchalantly, "If Mary grows up and gets mixed up with a playboy, and even gives birth to a child at the age of 18, I will be very upset. Angry. Wish I could kill him."

A simple sentence blocked what Mark was going to say, and anyway, he "invited" him to come, even if he had to. So even if he wanted to kill with a gun after he knew it, it's time to calm down now, and Adrian didn't need to show weakness to Mark. He's not Jessica.

"I did some research, Mr. Cowell, I believe there are many girls like Jesse who have been deceived by you." After staring at him for a while, Mark then said again.

"I think you used the wrong word," Adrian shook his finger. "I never lied to Jesse, she knows everything about me."

"Jessie is my daughter. I know her very well. She is not the kind of frivolous girl. I have reason to believe that you have hinted or threatened her so that she has to be with you." Mark said sternly.

"There was a point at first. I never deny that if Jesse wants to leave, I will not stop it, I will send my blessing," Adrian spread his hands, "Of course, Mary is my child, I will not leave She gives it to anyone."

"Finally admitted?" Mark sneered and followed closely. "It's not that I haven't seen a young rich man and playboy like you. Once he falls in love with a girl, he will chase after her, and when you get tired of playing, you will throw it aside irresponsibly and ignore it. Pretend to be innocent in front of me, kid!"

Adrian narrowed his eyes. He really didn't like Mark's attitude. What did he think of himself? criminal?

"I believe you should be clear, Mark, between me and Jesse is in compliance with the law," he said with raised eyebrows, and then raised his index finger before the other party spoke, "You know, Jesse came to tell me that she accidentally got pregnant Sometimes, there is actually a better solution: find a hospital to have an abortion. I believe that with my strength, it is not difficult at all to find a hospital and a doctor who can seal it. Give Jess a nutrition fee, and we will never see each other again, and you may never know what she has gone through!"

Mark's face turned black immediately.

"But I didn't think about it," Adrian said quickly, "Not for a second, it has nothing to do with Catholicism and whether the fertilized egg is alive or not. From the very beginning, I focused on what to do after the child is born It's decided, no matter what, the child in Jesse's belly is my child, and I will not let my child be left outside. You can accuse me of being a playboy and an asshole, you can say that I am morally wrong, but you must never say that I Irresponsible! Absolutely not!"

The quick but sonorous words made Mark speechless for a while.

"Forgive me, Mark, maybe you care about Jesse, but in my opinion, you are still only a half-qualified father." Adrian also became more and more rude, "Yes, you educated her Well done, frankly speaking, although Jessie likes to play, Big Selling can keep her bottom line better than most girls in Hollywood. This is thanks to you and Catherine, but you don't understand what she really wants in her heart .”

"You said I don't understand what my daughter wants?" Mark frowned, but Adrian continued to speak without paying attention: "I still remember the first time I saw Jessie, she just stood there There, in the studio, in front of the camera, eager to show her charm, eager to be recognized by people. But at the same time, she was very scared, what if I messed up? What if everyone didn’t like it? She was so I hope to show myself so scared, worried and insecure, and that conflicting feeling immediately attracted me, which is also the origin of "Keep the Last Dance."

Speaking of this, he took a long breath: "Jessie told me the story of her childhood, illness, long-term hospitalization, constant moving around, lack of friends, etc. At the same time, there is another point that her parents control her well. Too harsh. I don't mean to say it's wrong, children need discipline, no doubt, but at the same time they don't feel like they're trapped in a birdcage, looking at the clouds in the sky but afraid to spread their wings. It’s a matter of communication, Mark. Father is a role model for children. They may be rebellious and disobedient when they grow up, but the image of their father will always remain in their hearts. So, are they willing to communicate with you? Whether I can tell you or not depends on the way of communication.”

Mark's expression fluctuated.

"Perhaps you think that my frolic with Mary today is for you to see, to impress you," Adrian continued, "but you are wrong, I have always communicated with Mary like this, I communicate with all my kids that way, and I think I can still be a good father."

"You can't protect Jesse for a lifetime, you can't use your rules to restrain her forever, Mark, but you can make her an umbrella that will appear when she needs it, and fight against the wind and rain." He finally said. (to be continued..)