Demons Beside You

Chapter 299: Standing Up

Lucy wiped away her tears, but resentment surged into her mind again.

“Can I come in?” Fali asked.

Lucy was at her weakest moment. She urgently needed someone’s care.

Fali played the role very well. When she boarded the car, Lucy hugged her tightly.

Fali listened to Lucy’s story. After a while, she said, “Perhaps Chen will have a solution.”

“He won’t.” Lucy shook her head. “Thank you. Now I feel much better. I don’t want to get anyone into trouble.”

Fali looked at Chen Zhao who had been waiting outside the car and said, “Chen, that pervert Nat bullied Lucy. Can you speak for her?”

“Can you tell me what happened?”

Fali told him the story again. Chen Zhao gave it some thought. “Alright. Lucy, let’s go back in.”

“Fali, Chen, forget it. It’s already over.”

“Lucy, believe in Chen. He will have a solution,” Fali comforted.

Lucy was still rather worried. She did not know what Chen Zhao was going to do.

If they made a big deal out of it and enraged Zola, it might really destroy Lucy’s Hollywood dream entirely.

Chen Zhao brought Lucy into the mansion. Cooper was puzzled to see Chen Zhao.

“Chen, did you leave something here?”

“No, go and ask Nat to come out,” Chen Zhao said.

“Why?”

“He bullied my friend. My friend needs an apology.”

Cooper glanced at Lucy and thought about it. “Wait for a while.”

Instead of calling Nat out, Cooper went to find Zola.

He could tell from Chen Zhao’s face that they were probably here to argue with Nat.

Chen Zhao was Zola’s friend, so clearly he should inform Zola.

After a while, Zola appeared. “Chen, what happened?”

As Zola asked her question, she glanced at Lucy. Lucy was much more demure before Zola.

“Zola, your designer Nat humiliated my friend. Lucy needs an apology.”

After thinking, Zola asked, “Can you tell me what happened?”

When Chen Zhao told her the story, Zola’s face darkened.

Lucy was horrified. She did not expect Chen Zhao and Zola to know each other.

Apart from that, Zola was even willing to patiently listen to what he had to say.

When Lucy tried to explain herself just now, Zola did not listen and chased her out directly.

Soon, Nat came. He immediately realized that the atmosphere was not quite right.

Nevertheless, he still habitually approached Zola and said in a sweet voice, “Zola, I was preparing things for the show tomorrow night. What is it?”

“Did you have an appointment with Ms. Lucy and then not show up?” Zola asked.

“Zola, I was keeping you accompany.”

Some coldness flashed across Zola’s eyes. “Is the answer yes or no?”

Seeing Zola’s serious face, Nat did not dare to act cute anymore. “Yes,” he admitted.

“Apologize to Ms. Lucy.”

“Zola, she’s just a small star…”

When Lucy heard this, her face darkened further.

She would rather a person to not know her than say this before her.

It was the worst humiliation she could receive.

Zola stared at Nat coldly. “Don’t forget that you were also a small tailor before I promoted you. Perhaps you miss your days as a tailor.”

Chen Zhao realized that Nat’s rough face was trembling and his thick layer of foundation was falling off.

Nat might be a famous designer to an outsider, but Zola’s words could really turn him back into a tailor again.

Nat approached Lucy. “Ms. Lucy, I apologize for my words and behavior just now.”

“Forget it. I forgive you.”

None of them was being sincere.

Some hatred was meant to last for a lifetime.

“Zola, Lucy is an actress. You won’t make her life difficult, will you?” Chen Zhao asked. He did not want Zola to chase Lucy out of Hollywood once this was over.

“Of course I won’t since you gave the word. Anyway, if you really want to help her, you can find Steven yourself. I heard from him that you recommended him the female lead for his new movie.”

Lucy was flabbergasted. She had really thought that Chen Zhao was only Steven’s private doctor.

However, when she heard Zola’s words, she suddenly realized that she actually knew nothing about Chen Zhao.

Steven was one of the best directors in the world, but Chen Zhao could recommend an actress for the lead.

No private doctors in the world could do that.

Lucy regretted not being able to discover Chen Zhao’s real influence earlier.

If she had seized the opportunity, perhaps she would also be the lead for a famous director.

Unfortunately, it was too late…

Lucy suddenly envied Fali. Why could she not get such an outstanding man herself?

“Ms. Lucy, I hope that it didn’t affect your mood. Don’t disappoint me on the show tomorrow.”

“Of course, Ms. Zola.”

“Zola, we’re leaving now,” Chen Zhao said.

“Can you go and visit my dad when you’re free? That old asshole’s been fooling around a bit too much recently. Can you go and control him please?”

“I can’t control him.” Chen Zhao rolled his eyes. “See you.”

“Fali, Chen, thank you so much!” Lucy hugged the two and then left reluctantly.

She could tell that Chen Zhao and Fali really loved each other. Chen Zhao had even rejected her seduction the night before.

It was therefore impossible for her to get close to Chen Zhao using her body.

She only had one other way: to become a friend of Fali.

As long as they could become good friends, Lucy could ask Fali for help.

Lucy’s mind was filled with hope again. She had finally thought it through.

Different from the past, she did not have to give her body this time.

Everything would work, provided she and Fali could become real friends.

Of course, she did not intend to hurt anyone.

Even though her initial goal was to use Fali, they could still become true friends.

…

“Chen, who did you recommend as the female lead again?” Fali finally asked.

“A woman.”

“Yes, who is she?”

“An actress.”

“I know. Stop changing the topic.”

“I can promise you that since we were together, I have never touched her again.”

“Which means you dated each other in the past?”

“Not really… There was just a period in the past when my life was… messy.”

“Do you miss your messy life?”

“Of course not. Every day you drain me dry. Why would I think of another woman?”

“Bullshit. You’re the one who forces it all the time!”