301 Chapter 301: This Is Destiny (1/2)

Ricky's men arrived at Dora's house just in time to see her car pulling away from the curb, and they followed after her. Not knowing where she was going, one of the men asked Ricky, ”Shall we tell Lord Ethan?”

”No, Ricky replied. ”Let's wait for a while longer.”

To their surprise, Dora's car stopped at the Hamorna TV station. It wasn't convenient for Ricky and his fellows to get inside, so they stayed near the door and waited for her.

Inside the station, Lucas was the first person to spot Dora, and he demanded to know why she was there. Nina seemed pleased, though. She gave her a hug and said, ”What a pleasant surprise! What are you doing here?”

”Oh, nothing,” Dora replied. She was wearing a high-end dress and had a new hairstyle. She looked elegant and charming. One would never have guessed that she had once been a man. ”I just want to check on the actors from my company.”

Despite her explanation, Lucas knew why she was really there. He mumbled, ”Bloody witch.”

Right at that moment, Dora turned to Lucas with a surprised look on her face, ”Aren't you Kylie's agent?” she wondered. ”Is she here for the show as well?”

Lucas looked at her skeptically and demanded to know what her game was, and he called her a bitch. Nina, who was standing aside, felt embarrassed for Dora because she didn't really know what was going on. Peak Pictures and Garcia Entertainment were competitors, so she assumed that the animosity she felt was nothing more than friendly rivalry. ”Kylie isn't here,” she said. ”She's at a photoshoot. Should I look up her location for you?”

Dora nodded, and Nina found the information for her.

Once Dora was gone, Nina turned to Lucas and said, ”Please don't do that again. You've embarrassed us all.”

Lucas shrugged. ”Whatever. It's only Dora. Fuck her and her opinion of us. We have bigger fish to fry. After all, we need to be there for Kylie!”

”Oh, what happened to Kylie?” Nina asked.

Lucas suddenly turned red. He had forgotten that Nina didn't know about Kylie's disappearance yet. ”She has acute gastroenteritis,” he lied.

Hearing this, Nina was very concerned. ”Really? She gasped. ”Then I must go and visit her later. Which hospital is she in?”

Lucas licked his lips, paused, and then he said, ”You know that Kylie's a popular actress. She didn't go to the hospital. She had her private doctor come to her.”

Nina nodded skeptically. ”Then I'll go to the hotel to visit her,” she replied.

”She's not in the hotel either,” Lucas said. ”She returned to her home in Seattle.”

Something about this conversation felt strange to Nina. She looked and Lucas and said, ”I feel like you're lying to me or holding something back. What are you hiding from me? I care about Kylie's well being. You can trust me!”

Nina had been stood up by actors before, so she understood what was going on. ”Lucas,” she snapped, ”you should know that Kylie signed an agreement with Hamorna TV, not me. Aren't you afraid that her reputation will be damaged if she doesn't show up to work?”

”Kylie's reputation is none of your business,” Lucas growled. ”No matter how much compensation is needed to breach her contract amicably, if needed, I'll pay it.”