King of Hollywood

"Yeah, I know it's a bit urgent, but I need it right now, so if you can't figure it out just tell me so I can find someone else right away." Kate said as she hung up the phone with a click, and she sucked After two breaths, he squeezed his fingers again before he calmed down. Obviously he was in a bad mood.

"Mom, where's my breakfast?" Lily poked her head out of the kitchen and asked.

"Oh... my dear, I'm sorry, I forgot." Kate said hurriedly when she realized what she had left behind, and she hurried to the kitchen to start looking.

Although she didn't completely move into Adrian's mansion, the villa she lived in at the beginning was basically in a state of semi-stop use, and she only came to live in it for two or three days a month, so the things here They are not very complete, and there is only an ordinary servant in charge of plot work, so everything seems a bit messy.

"Let's deal with it like this for the time being, honey, you know..." After pouring a bowl of cereal and milk for her daughter, Kate said with an apologetic wry smile, "It will be fine in a few days, I promise. "

"Okay." Lily shrugged, neither complaining nor coquettish, as if the three days after leaving her father's house were normal.

"By the way, Lily, I... I'm going to see the house today. May I ask someone to take you to school?" Kate said after hesitating as she looked at her daughter who was having breakfast.

She doesn't plan to stay here for too long, this villa was lived in by Adrian, and it was handed over to her later, everything here will make her... very, very uncomfortable.

"Mom." The daughter sighed at this moment, "Did you forget that I told you last night that the school is temporarily closed today, and I don't have to go to school."

"Is...really?" Kate was a little surprised. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then smiled wryly again, "Sorry, Lily, I think I forgot. After all, my mother has been... very messy these days."

As she spoke, she covered her forehead and sighed. She said the word "sorry" too much, and she didn't feel good at all, and she didn't know him... Sensing that her thoughts were about to shift to Adrian again, Kate quickly rubbed I rubbed my head.

"How about it," Lily, who was looking at her mother, suddenly pushed the bowl in front of her, put her arms together on the table, and made a little grown-up look. "Tell me about it, why did you and Dad fight?"

"Lily?" Kate frowned.

"I've been away from home for three days, can you tell me what happened?" Lily pouted unhappy, "Don't say anything to me, this is an adult's business, I'm already 9 years old. Mom , you will hurt me by hiding the truth like this—tell me, what is it, I have a new aunt? Or a new sister?"

Speaking of the last sentence, the corners of her mouth curled up. With a smile and curiosity on the little face, it seems to be very interesting. Kate, on the other hand, was a little dazed. After all, her daughter usually looked cute and lovely in front of her. When had she ever seen such a mature appearance? This is not to say that she doesn't care about Lily, it's just that the little guy's clever side is left to his father, and as a mother. Instinctively think that her child is obedient, well-behaved and perfect, even if she sees the pranks she did to her father, she will ignore them with the mentality of "this is to vent her anger", no wonder it is like this.

"No, it's not," Kate, who came back to her senses, sighed and shook her head, "Irreconcilable conflicts exist between me and your father, so..."

"It's unlikely. Mom." Lily narrowed her eyes, cupped her face and looked at her mother with scrutiny, "It's been so many years, no matter what you have, you should get used to it. Reconcile contradictions?"

Kate was a little speechless, and once again experienced her daughter's maturity, she pinched the bridge of her nose for a few seconds before saying: "No, Lily, forgive me for not being able to tell you, trust me, this matter...is not suitable for you .”

At this moment, the only servant in the villa came to the kitchen door: "Madam, there is a lady named Emma Watson looking for you outside."

"Emma?" Kate showed a surprised expression. She was stunned in the seat for a while before she realized it, and immediately got up and walked out. She quickly came to the door, and after opening it, she saw little Emma counting her fingers outside boredly.

"Hi, Kate, good morning." The girl greeted her naturally, "I thought you would have to wait a few more minutes before opening the door."

"I... I didn't expect you to come here..." Kate looked at her with some doubts and stammered, "You should go back to England, don't you want to go to school?"

"I'm on leave," Emma shrugged. "This kind of thing happened, of course I have to stay to see the specific situation."

Kate frowned, but before she could speak, Lily happily ran out from behind: "Emma!"

She jumped up and gave little Emma a big hug affectionately. Little Emma also smiled and hugged Lily to her face, and Kate couldn't help but frowned even more.

"I thought you were back in London. How is your family? I heard Aunt Charlie and the others said that Dad was very depressed about Mom's departure, but Dad said nothing happened and it would be over soon, but Mom just said that there was something wrong with Dad." Irreconcilable conflicts, I really don't know what they are thinking." Lily kept asking, and she didn't realize that her mother's face became very ugly when she was beside her.

"Lily..." Kate coughed lightly, and was about to say something, but Lily turned around first, and shouted in a dissatisfied tone: "Okay, Mom, I'm also Dad's daughter anyway, I can't Can't even make phone calls, if you want me to do this, then please tell me the exact reason!"

Facing the serious daughter, Kate couldn't help but feel a little headache, but fortunately little Emma stepped in at this time: "Okay, Lily, let's go in, I have something to tell Kate."

"What's the matter? May I know?" Lily, who dragged little Emma into the room, asked as she walked, her eyes lit up, "Is it because of the quarrel between mom and dad? Are you here to be a lobbyist?"

"No. Lily, no." Little Emma glanced at Kate with a smile, "I can't get involved in this kind of thing. I came to Kate because I want to have a conversation with her between women and women."

"A conversation between a woman and a woman?" Lily blinked her eyes, looking at little Emma and then at her mother. Even though she was very precocious, she was inevitably confused.

And little Emma raised her head and looked at Kate with piercing eyes: "Are you free, Kate? It won't take you too long."

Kate looked back and forth between her daughter and little Emma, ​​her face was a little cloudy, and she said after a long while, "Okay, let's go upstairs to the study."

"Why can't you be here?" Lily asked strangely, and then added: "Can I listen in?"

"No, Lily." Kate and little Emma said in unison, just like the rehearsal before, not only Lily opened her mouth wide. Even Kate and little Emma were a little surprised.

"Wow, you guys have an appointment, right? I'm getting more and more curious." Lily smiled and looked between her mother and little Emma.

"No, Lily, this is a conversation between me and Kate, you must not eavesdrop," Little Emma immediately stifled her thoughts. And raised his hand in front of her, "This is important, Lily, so I hope you can swear."

"So serious," the little guy pouted. But he still spread his five fingers and stuck them to little Emma's hand, "Well, I swear I will never eavesdrop on your conversation."

Then, she obediently sat on the sofa in the living room, watching her mother and little Emma go upstairs together.

"Lily... often eavesdrop on adults' conversations?" Kate asked hesitantly as she walked.

"No, she just wants to care about what her parents think of her. I used to eavesdrop on Ed chatting with you or others. Lily is much more mature than you think, Kate." Little Emma said with a chuckle.

Kate rolled her eyes and didn't speak again. The two came to the study just like that. After closing and locking the door, she asked in a pretentious tone: "What do you want to say, Emma? Are you voluntary?" It has nothing to do with him? You love him, you don't want to leave him. You don't want to see me like him, so you want me to go back?"

Speaking of this, she chuckled softly: "He always does this, let others approach you to lobby you first, and when you slowly relax your guard, he will insert just right, grabbing the softest part of your heart The big public relations, let you fall into his hands again in a daze. This is really ridiculous, he doesn't even have the courage to face me..."

"Wait, Kate, wait," Little Emma, ​​who was sitting on the sofa, raised her hands with a smile, "You seem to have made a mistake, I didn't come here to tell you this, I came here to— —”

She crossed her legs but sat up straight again, propped her hands in front of her, and announced in a proud tone: "I'm here to announce my victory."

"Your...victory?" Kate blinked, taking a few seconds to digest the words.

"That's right, my victory," the girl nodded solemnly, "I won this nearly ten-year battle, and from now on, I'm the woman Ed loves and cares about the most!"

"You... what are you talking about?" Kate frowned, becoming more and more confused.

But little Emma didn't care at all, and continued on her own: "From the moment I made up my mind, I knew that you were my biggest obstacle. Ed himself admitted that you were the first thing he encountered after he made up his mind. A heart-wrenching woman, you have a very unique position in his heart. Unfortunately, I can only rank behind you, so even if I become his woman, my position in his heart will be behind you. This is very disappointing.”

"Wait... wait," Kate waved her hands unconsciously, "what are you talking about, you...you wanted to be Ed's woman a long time ago?"

"Remember?" Little Emma's smile deepened, "Did I say something when you, Ed and I were eating ice cream in the amusement park in London? Although I was only a little older , but I still remember what I said that day! You know what, Kate, when I needed Ed to be in his arms, to sleep with me, to lie next to me, to tease me, he would Do you know how unwilling I am to have to leave me because of a look or a word of yours, and then make out with you endlessly?"

"I...I...you...it's not the same at all!" Kate's thoughts became visibly confused.

"Even!" Little Emma suddenly raised her voice. "I still have to do everything I can to get into Ed's bed, God, I don't want any face, but he won't touch me, until I threaten him, he doesn't want me, I'll go with enough men Playing, he had to compromise. I know, it's all because of you, because you were earlier than me. Because you watched me grow up, he had to take your feelings into consideration!"

After talking so much, she even jumped up from the sofa, exasperated and excited, and then slowly controlled her emotions.

"Although I have achieved my goal for a long time, I know that this is not over. As long as Ed doesn't tell you about me and him for a day, I can't count him as snatching him from you!" Although Xiao Emma looked up at Kate, but gave people a condescending feeling, "I have made a lot of preparations for this, including how to show my tenderness if you get angry with Ed, and if you have a cold war with Ed. How do I show my tolerance. But I didn't think about it at all, and it was a waste of effort in the end, because... you actually surrendered! That's right, you didn't do anything, just left so cleanly. It's ridiculous, you thought you showed Have you changed your attitude? You are surrendering to me."

"How... how can you..." Kate made several meaningless gestures, forcibly suppressing her annoyed and chaotic emotions, then watched the girl in front of her breathe heavily, her expression changed several times, Then he gritted his teeth and asked, "So. You just come to me and announce that you have won."

"That's right, Ed has to consider your feelings, but I don't need it," Little Emma said with a nonchalant look, as if she didn't care about her at all, "Of course, I have something else to tell you besides this. Kate, Now that the decision has been made, don't go back on it, it will be good for everyone."

"You!" Kate finally became angry, and her hands subconsciously clenched into fists.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and it kept ringing. Kate had no choice but to walk to the door after glaring at the girl fiercely. When she opened it, she saw Lily outside. Kate's face suddenly became pale. White.

"I didn't eavesdrop, Mom!" Lily declared quickly, raising her hand, "I knocked because someone was here."

"Hi, Kate, are you okay?" Charlize immediately turned from the side and looked inside at the same time, and little Emma waved to her immediately.

"Ed is right. If you don't want to go back to London, you must stay here just for now." Charlize said calmly.

"Of course," little Emma smiled, and glanced at Kate again, "Ed knows me very well, just as I know him very well."

Hearing this sentence, Kate, who had calmed down because of the appearance of her daughter and Charlize, suddenly felt angry again. Unfortunately, Lily was right in front of her, so she couldn't get angry even if she was angry, and could only glare at her.

Little Emma still looked like she didn't care, Shi Shi ran out, patted Charlize's arm, and then pulled Lily up knowingly: "Charlie and your mother must have something to say, we Go down first."

Lily obviously saw something, nodded obediently without saying anything, and went downstairs with little Emma.

"Are you all right?" After their backs disappeared, Charlize looked at Kate again. She was wearing a formal suit and her hair was short, looking very capable.

"Do I look bad?" As soon as her daughter and little Emma left, Kate leaned against the door frame and put her hand to her forehead.

"It's much better now." Charlize looked at her carefully. "Just now when you opened the door and came out, you looked as ugly as if you were about to punch someone."

Kate sighed and didn't speak for a long time, and Charlize didn't speak either, just watching her quietly.

"Aren't you going to the company today?" She asked weakly after a while.

"I asked for leave, and the chairman of the head office personally approved it." Charlize made a small joke.

Kate twitched the corners of her mouth, as if she had laughed, then straightened up and looked towards the stairs when she thought of something: "She won't..."

"No," Charlize knew what she was talking about. "Emma is not a person who doesn't know the importance. Even if she is targeting you now, she will still consider Ed's feelings. Lily is also Ed's daughter after all."

Hearing these words, Kate involuntarily let out a whimper, and her body also slightly bent. Charlize finally stretched out her hand and pulled her into her arms, holding her tightly.

"I know you're sad and confused, Kate, it's okay, so Sarah and I haven't called you for three days, we hope you take some time to calm down, and we also ordered Ed to make a detailed statement. Explain, it's just... I didn't expect Emma to come to you." Charlize patted her back while kissing her cheek lightly, "There are always some unexpected changes."

"Oh, no, Charlie, I never thought that something like this would happen," Kate buried herself on Charlize's shoulders with a sob, "I thought it was Ed's problem, but I didn't expect Emma... this is my problem." The girl who watched her grow up actually... God, what the hell is going on..."

"Yes, I was shocked when I first found out. I don't know why Ed asked..." Charlize sighed, looking at the empty study with a complicated expression, "Fortunately, Ed and I Ma is not as close as you, so after calming down, I can barely look at the problem from an objective perspective. I have to admit that Emma is indeed a smart, stubborn and restless girl, especially after talking to her alone After a few times, all three are very obvious, so... I know there are some things she can really do..."

"What should I do?" Kate raised her head and looked at Charlize with pleading eyes, as if she wanted to get some encouragement and support from her. . . )