Chapter 59 Ebony Was Moved on the Spot
Ebony was in a good mood. After breakfast, she went downstairs humming a song, and was planning to go for filming.
Unexpectedly, a red Ferrari stopped suddenly in front of her just as she came out of the hotel.
Ebony tried avoiding it instinctively.
The car door opened at this moment, and Carlton Smith, who looked like a gangster, came out.
Carlton Gibson took off the sunglasses on his face, put his hands on the roof of the car, looked at Ebony on the opposite side, and asked with a smile, "Where are you going? The set? I'll drive you there."
Ebony frowned. She had not seen him for a few days and thought that he had left. Why was he here again?
She did not bother about him and turned to leave.
"Hey, don't leave so fast. I'm here to apologize to you," the young man walked in front of her, smiling and blocking her way.
Ebony raised her eyebrows, "Apologize?"
"It's about what happened last time," Carlton said, handing over the car key in his hand, "Here, my gift to you as an apology."
Carlton took another step forward, the corners of his mouth lifted malignantly, and he said slowly in a deliberately low tone in Ebony's ear, "Let's go for a ride tonight...ouch..."
Ebony lifted him up with one hand.
Then, she throw him aside as if she was throwing a chick.
She threw him to the ground, and looked at him from above and said, "I'll let you go for Moses's sake."
Carlton touched his aching buttocks, got up from the ground and said heatedly, "It's just a ride. I'm not going to do anything. I've already given you a car."
Ebony sneered, "Did I take your car?"
Carlton immediately stretched out his hand, "Then take it."
"No," Ebony said, bypassing him and left.
Carlton chased after her, "Hey, Ebony, you should be able to tell that I'm pursuing you."
Ebony walked speedily.
Carlton chased speedily, "Wait, wait for me..."
Ebony entered the studio zone, thinking that Carlton would not be able to get in, but Carlton took out an employee pass and followed her.
Ebony was so annoyed. She ran to the set and saw that Moses was reading the script. She went straight over and took the script off his lap. Moses looked up, perplexed, "Miss Gibson?"
Ebony pointed at the doorway and said with a sullen face, "Your brother is crazy. Take him to the hospital quickly."
Moses turned around in surprise and saw that his brother was indeed running over.
Not only did run over, his brother also acted coquettishly at Ebony with a aggrieved face, "Do you know how much did I give to come to you? I got caught by my uncle , and I was tortured for a whole week back at the company. It wasn't easy for me to find a chance to sneak out, and when I did I came to see you right away, so please talk to me."
Moses was stunned. Was this what his brother called pursuing someone?
"Bro, don't be like this. You're making Miss Gibson feel embarrassed," Moses advised hurriedly.
Carlton glared at his brother and said, "Are you my own brother? Are you not helping me under this circumstance but pulling the rug out from under me?"
"I'm not pulling the rug out..."
Ebony did not bother to listen to the two brothers, so she threw back the script to Moses and warned, "Don't bother me again! Do you hear me?"
Ebony went angrily to change her clothes, and her phone rang just as she walked out of the locker room.
She glanced at the caller ID. It was Dolores. She stood by the corridor and picked up the call, "Hello."
Dolores was calling to talk to Ebony about work. Fairy Island was a short web drama with twenty episodes, and its filming could be finished in over a month if the shooting cycle was fast.
Now that they had been filming for half a month, Dolores called to tell Ebony that she had found a new variety show for her, which was just in time after the filming of Fairy Island ended.
Ebony asked, "What's the variety show?"
Dolores said, "Survival Game."
Ebony was stunned for a moment. She recalled carefully, but she did not seem to remember that there was such a variety show in her previous life.
Or was it there but it was not popular and was forgotten silently?
Sure enough, Dolores said at once, "The show is an online variety show, and it probably won't get popular, but the pay is not bad. You are a regular guest, and the pay is thirty thousand per episode."
Judging from the production standards of online variety shows, thirty thousand per episode was indeed quite a lot.
Ebony was moved on the spot.
But she was very skeptical, "Do they really pay me so much? Why? Amazing Tour was reluctant even to pay me fifteen thousand."
Dolores said without realizing it, "Amazing Tour is... Forget it, forget about that stupid show. The director of Survival Game saw the video of your knife skill and decided to invite you. He's sincere and I think the price is reasonable, and you also need some exposure after filming Fairy Island. It's no harm attending this show. Just take it as a trip."
Ebony was dazzled by the thirty thousand dollars.
She said immediately, "I can go, but what is this show about?"
Dolores said, "It's about learning some camping stuffs in the wild, like making a fire by rubbing sticks, fishing in the suburbs etc., and educating about some skills in the wild. It's probably similar to those slow living variety shows like Beautiful Life, which is therapeutic.
Ebony quickly agreed, "Okay, okay, I'll go. Do I have to sign a contract? I'll ask for leave and go back!"
Dolores said, "No, I'll have someone bring it for you to sign tomorrow. so you can film."
After hanging up the phone, Ebony was so happy.
She looked up, and her smile collapsed.
That damned Carlton was coming after her again!
Ebony turned and ran, and kept looking back while running. She did not look when she was turning a corner, and her head hit a wall of flesh.
She leaned backwards due to inertia, and when she was about to fall, a strong, big palm hugged her around the waist and scooped her forward.
Ebony forehead was hot, pressed against the other's chest, and she smelled the familiar cold fragrance in the air.
She froze for a moment, looked up, and saw a calm face of unusual handsomeness.
It was Lloyd.
There was someone next to him and it was Lionel Santiago with a stunned face.
"Be careful," Lloyd's gentle voice sounded from above.
Ebony took two steps back hastily and broke free from Lloyd's embrace.
She heard footsteps behind her as soon as she stood steadily.
She looked back and saw that it was Carlton. The look on Ebony's face changed greatly, and she said to Lloyd, "Your nephew is crazy."
Then, she said to Lionel, "Your nephew is sick. Take him to a doctor quickly before it's too late to be cured!"
She ran away quickly after finished her sentence, as if she was being chased by a dog.
Carlton had been running hard to catch up, and saw Lloyd and Lionel just after he turned the corner.
His response was fast. He turned back and ran, but was grabbed by the shoulder.
Lionel's eerie voice came from him back, "Carlton Gibson, why are you here?"
Carlton turned his head tremblingly, and cried in fear, "Un...Uncle... Uncle Lionel...Lloyd..."
When Lloyd turned around again, he saw that Ebony was running faster than a rabbit, and was gone in the blink of an eye.
He frowned and looked at Carlton, "Do you know her?"
Carlton knew whom "her" was referring to, and he swayed between telling the truth or telling lies.
In the end, thinking that he was a real man, he puffed up his chest and admitted loudly, "Yes, I know her. I like her. I want to pursue her... Ah!"
Carlton covered his head and looked timidly at Lloyd, who, with his cold eyes, looked formidable without being angry. Carlton buried his head and changed his words cautiously, "Sorry, I won't dare to pursue her anymore. I know I was wrong..."