Chapter 822 - 819: Injured (6)

Chapter 822: Chapter 819: Injured (6)

Clara and Mason also looked toward the door. Mason was clearly a little surprised. "Parker? Why are you here?"

When Clara saw the man, however, she was even more shocked than Mason. Unable to utter a single word, she sat there in a daze. The man who had helped her yesterday and whom she had just bumped into outside the restroom was actually Mason’s brother?!

The man hadn’t noticed Clara yet. His gaze was fixed on Mason. Staring at him with a rather stern expression, he said, "What? You passed out. Am I not allowed to come?"

Realization dawned on Mason. He shot a disgruntled glare at Lee and grumbled, "You snitched on me again, didn’t you?"

Lee simply smiled without saying a word, silently admitting to it.

Mason scoffed. He knew it! Parker had personally assigned him an assistant just to keep an eye on him. Lee even reported something as trivial as him fainting at the sight of blood!

"What’s the matter? Even if Lee did tell me, what did he do wrong? You threw a fit about wanting to be an actor, and I let you have your way. Now you’re unhappy that I placed someone by your side? Aren’t I just looking out for you?" The man’s tone was incredibly strict, leaving Clara stunned. He didn’t seem like the same person she remembered at all. She wondered why he was so gentle in front of others but so harsh with his own brother.

Clara felt the atmosphere turn somewhat awkward. She glanced at Mason, who looked defiant but didn’t dare speak up—probably feeling embarrassed because she was there. Then she looked at his stern, imposing brother. She instinctively stood up, but just as she was about to speak, the man’s gaze swept over her.

He also froze for a moment. "You?"

Clara pasted an incredibly sincere smile on her face and waved at him. "Hi! I never expected you to be Mason’s brother."

The man raised an eyebrow. "I didn’t expect us to meet again so soon, either."

Earlier outside the restroom, when she mentioned getting her injury by accident on set, the thought had flashed through his mind that she might be in the same cast as Mason. He hadn’t dwelled on it after she interrupted his thoughts, but it turned out to be true. Since he returned to the country the day before yesterday, he had run into this woman three times in just two days. Sometimes, fate was truly inexplicable!

Mason was thoroughly confused by their exchange. His gaze bounced back and forth between the two of them. "Parker, Clara, do you two know each other?"

"You could say that," Clara explained. "Your brother helped me out yesterday, and we ran into each other twice today."

"Wow, Clara! Parker only got back to the country the day before yesterday, and you’ve already met three times. It’d be a crime if you didn’t properly introduce yourselves. Clara, this is my brother, Parker Holden. Parker, this is my co-star, Clara Grant."

"Miss Grant. A pleasure to meet you." Parker took the initiative to hold out his hand.

Clara had originally figured there was no need to exchange names for a chance encounter, but since Mason had formally introduced them and Parker had extended his hand, it would be rude to leave him hanging. She smiled and shook his hand. "Mr. Holden. The pleasure is mine."

She then looked back at Mason. "Since your brother is here to pick you up, I’ll take my leave. See you on set in a few days."

Having said that, she smiled and bid Parker farewell. "Goodbye, Mr. Holden. Oh, right, since I know you’re Mason’s brother now, I’ll have him bring the sunglasses back to you in a few days."