Chapter 1357
The incident involving the background actors and Bethany’s being taken to the police station had been temporarily kept under wraps. However, with the replacement of a total of 17 actors, including key roles like the second female lead, the fourth female lead, the fifth female lead, the third male lead, the fifth male lead, the sixth male lead, and more, it naturally drew attention.
Just as the media was getting wind of the extensive cast changes in the TV series and before they could uncover the reasons, they heard that the director would also be replaced. The successor was a big shot in the drama industry who had directed many famous dramas.
This development sent the media into a frenzy, with reporters flocking to the set in a frantic pursuit of the latest updates.
The crew just responded in a formulaic way saying that they changed the actors and the director because of some personal reasons, schedule conflicts, and the fact that some actors and their characters were mismatched and they wanted to present a better effect.
Compared with the crew who were surrounded by reporters, Hanna was quite relaxed.
The bruises on Hanna’s face and body were gone, and she didn’t feel any pain anymore. She rested at home for more than a week, and now she could finally go out.
Calvin had called Hanna and said that he would take her to a party today. His attitude was quite casual, and he said that it was just a small gathering between him and several friends. He would just take her there to let his friends meet her.
“Just be relaxed and natural. I’ll just let them know that I have a girlfriend,” said Calvin.
Hanna understood that Calvin wanted to give others the illusion that he was indeed dating someone. Maybe in this way, the person he loved would believe that he was really in a relationship.
After selecting the clothes from the wardrobe, Hanna also put on light makeup. Even if she wasn’t his real girlfriend, she still didn’t want to embarrass Calvin.
When it was about time, Hanna went downstairs and saw Calvin’s car parked at the gate of the apartment.
Calvin didn’t wear a suit as usual tonight. Instead, he was wearing a casual off-white shirt with light gray trousers, which made him look elegant and relaxed.
Looking at Calvin like this, Hanna couldn’t help but sigh in her mind. “Look how charming he is. No wonder so many actresses in the entertainment industry want to hook up with him. Even without the aura of the Gunner family, Calvin is still charming enough to attract a great amount of women.”
Hanna got in the car. Calvin said while driving, “If you feel
uncomfortable later, just tell me secretly, and I will take you to leave early.”
“Sure,” Hanna answered. “What kind of people are you friends?”
“You’ll know that when you meet them. Don’t be too nervous. They know that I will take my girlfriend there today, so they may be curious about you. Anyway, if you don’t want to answer the questions they ask, just ignore them,” said Calvin.
“Are you close to them?” Hanna said curiously.
“Not bad. We’ve known each other since childhood since we’ve been in the same world,” said Calvin.
What Calvin said made Hanna realize again that she and Calvin were in different worlds all the time.
Calvin brought Hanna into his world now. For her, it was just a strange experience or a dream. When everything ended, she would return to her original world again.
The car arrived at the gate of a private club, and then Calvin took Hanna into it.
The people in the club obviously knew Calvin. When they saw him, they all greeted him respectfully.
One of the managers led them to a private room.
When the door was opened, Hanna found that the room was much larger than she had imagined. It was around 2,150 square miles large.
There was a karaoke, a pool table, a card game table, and so on…
The men and women in the room were all fashionable and noble. In contrast, Hanna was a little embarrassed. She felt that she was like an ugly duckling in a group of swans.
As soon as they saw Calvin and Hanna walking in, someone whistled at them and teased, “How rare is it? It has been so many years. You finally bring someone to our party.”
After all, Calvin had been single for over seven years. He used to be a playboy who always had a never-ending string of girlfriends before.
However, everyone present knew that Calvin had a crush on Jonathan’s wife Rosalie before. It was not a secret but was even a gossip that people would talk about online.
“Aren’t you gonna make an introduction?” Alan walked to Calvin and said.
Among all these people, Alan was the closest one to Calvin. He had witnessed how bad the relationship between Calvin and Jonathan became because of Rosalie back then.
Alan knew better than anyone else how much Calvin loved Rosalie. Therefore, he was extremely shocked to know that Calvin would come here with his girlfriend today.
“My girlfriend, Hanna Zimmerman,” Calvin introduced Hanna. Then he said to Hanna, “He is Alan Yates. We grew up together, sort of.”
“Sort of? It’s true.” Alan smiled and then reached his hand to Hanna. “Hello, I’m Alan. If you want to know any embarrassing experience that Calvin had when he was a child, just come to me.”
Hanna was also infected by Alan’s relaxed vibe, so she wasn’t as nervous as before. “Hello, I’m Hanna.” She also reached out her hand and politely shook hands with Alan.
Then Calvin introduced Hanna to some other people. There were some women whom Calvin didn’t introduce Hanna knew that those women should be companies brought by his friends.
Calvin only introduced one woman, Queena Stapleton of the Stapleton Group.
“Hello, I’m Queena Stapleton.” With delicate makeup, Queena looked as if she was younger than 30 even if she was already 35. And the exquisite red dress she was wearing perfectly fitted her figure.
Even Hanna, who was also a woman, envied Queena’s figure.
Hanna thought, “Such a woman will easily catch other people’s attention.”
“Hello, Hanna Zimmerman,” Hanna replied politely.
Queena stared at Hanna and suddenly said, “I saw a trending topic some time ago. The person mentioned in the trending topic seems to have the same name as yours, Ms. Zimmerman. She’s a cartoonist, but she seemed to have participated in bullying others and then was bullied by other people. I don’t know whether it is true or not.”
