Chapter 554 Rich And Powerful
Evelyn shook her head.
"No."
She pursed her lips and seemed a little hesitant. In fact, if it weren't for Marty forcing her, she might not have the heart to say such harsh words to Jeffrey,
But she had to say it now.
It took Evelyn quite a while to steel herself and pluck up the courage to speak up.
"I'm sorry, Jeffrey. I think it's time to put an end to our agreement."
Jeffrey gave a violent shudder. It never occurred to him that this was what Evelyn was going to tell him.
He looked at her in disbelief. After a long time, he asked, "Why?"
Evelyn felt guilty. After all, they were both friends and had a contractual relationship. She had made a deal with him in the first place.
Evelyn would pretend to be his girlfriend and help him to cope with the pressure given by his family. In return, Jeffrey would help her take care of Iris and give her financial support so that she could focus on her career without having to worry about other stuff.
At that time, Evelyn's popularity was not so high. Hence, she didn't earn much income. Coupled with Forbos's pestering, she simply had too much on her plate. As a result, she couldn't take care of Iris with all her heart.
Fortunately, with Jeffrey's help and support, Evelyn was able to go through that dark period. Now that everything was on track, Evelyn appeared to be eager to break off their contract after using him. No matter how she thought about it, she felt like even she couldn't forgive herself for that.
However, Evelyn couldn't do anything about it. She knew that if she didn't do as Marty said, Marty would do something in retaliation for not listening to him.
Jeffrey had already helped her a lot. She didn't want Marty to get back at him because of this matter.
No matter how powerful and rich the Biden family was, they couldn't go up against the Blaine family.
Thinking of this, she took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Nothing. You know that I'm a public figure and an artist. Since our relationship is not real, there is no need to maintain it, lest it will affect my career one day when it is exposed."
She said with a bitter smile, "You also know what it takes for me to be in this position today. I don't want my career to be affected in any way."
She tried her best to sound selfish as if she didn't care about how Jeffrey would feel.
Because this was the only way to disappoint Jeffrey so that he could agree to her request.
However, since they had known each other for such a long time, how could Jeffrey know how Evelyn was like?
He knew that what she said was not true without even looking into her eyes.
He shook his head and said, "I don't believe that you will think so. What on earth have you been through? Tell me. As long as it is something that we can pull through together, I can help you with that. We've been through so much together. Why are you giving up now?"
Evelyn looked at him. No matter how much she couldn't bear it in her heart, at this moment, she could only hold it back.
She frowned and said in a deep voice, "I'm sorry! I am grateful for what you've done for me in the past. It's all my fault, but we can't continue to be like this in the future."
Nonetheless, Jeffrey did not listen to her at all. He suddenly reached out to hold her shoulders and asked painfully, "I don't agree! Evelyn, why? You have to give me an explanation, right? You can't just ask me to come and go as you wish! Aren't we best friends? Didn't you say that you would not push me away no matter what happened? We promised that to each other. How can you break the promise between us?"
Evelyn's head was a little dizzy because of his shaking. At the same time, she felt so much pain in her heart.
She didn't want things to end up like this either. In the past few years, it was Jeffrey who had stood by her side at her darkest moment.
She didn't want to make him sad, but what could she do?
She knew Marty too well. If she didn't do as he said, he would vent his anger on her and Iris or even Jeffrey.
Evelyn had owed Jeffrey a lot, so she wanted to put a halt to it. Besides, she didn't want to drag him into the pit of despair with her.
At the thought of this, she reached out her hand and pushed Jeffrey away.
Then she said seriously, "I'm sorry. There is no other reason. Believe it or not, I just don't want to continue with it. Anyway, we shall not see each other as much as possible in the future. Take care."
After that, she dared not look at Jeffrey anymore and left in a hurry.
Evelyn's receding figure slowly disappeared from his sight until he couldn't see her at all.
With a bang, the lounge door was slammed shut, along with the door of his heart.
As Jeffrey stood there, he seemed to be out of his wits. His face was pale with color leaching out of his cheek.
After a long time, he got up and slowly walked out.
Outside, when Evelyn came out, she attracted a lot of people's attention.
After all, Jeffrey was a young man. Although no one knew his identity, judging from the way he dressed and his temperament, they could tell that he was no ordinary man.
He either came from a rich family or he was someone from senior management. Therefore, everyone was quite curious about them.
However, because Evelyn had kicked them out, they couldn't hear what Evelyn and Jeffrey were talking about in the lounge.
Notwithstanding that, everyone was observing them silently from the outside. They had thought that the two would stay in the lounge for a long time. Unexpectedly, in just a few minutes, Evelyn came out with a glum expression on her face.
After a while, the young man came out. His face was even grimmer as if he had lost his wits.
For a moment, everyone looked at each other puzzledly. The urge to gossip in their hearts had turned into curiosity in an instant.
Someone asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with them? Did they get into a fight?"
The others shook his head. "Who knows?"
At this time, the assistant director came over.
Seeing this, he clapped his hands and shouted, "Hey! What are you doing? Come over here quickly to continue the filming."
Only then did the crowd disperse.
And on the other side.
When Evelyn learned that Jeffrey had left the set, she let out a sigh of relief.
After making it clear to Jeffrey, Evelyn felt like the heavyweight on her chest had finally been lifted off.
In the next few days, she did not think about it anymore. Instead, she devoted herself to the filming.
Because it was a short series with only 24 episodes, the filming period only lasted for three months.
She had thought that Marty would find her soon, but much to her surprise, Marty hadn't visited her once in the past three months.
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