It'll Come Naturally novel Chapter 1718

"Re... Really? You are not pulling my leg? Am I going to be the lead actress, Mr. Xia?" Eleanor stuttered, somewhat surprised. She had feared that Rain would be unhappy with her, after witnessing the interaction between Annie and her. What she would never have expected was that he would offer her the chance to appear on the big screen. She was so happy that her eyes were shining with excitement.

Upon hearing Rain's words, Annie felt utterly confused. She turned to look at Rain with a muddled stare. She had no idea what he was trying to do. Why would he reward Eleanor, the woman who just insulted his babies' mother, with a chance to be on the big screen? She just couldn't understand.

"You are wrong, but not by much. You are not going to be the leading actress. You are playing her maid. I heard that it is a very difficult role. The main character likes to torture her maid. I was just wondering who I was going to choose to play that part, then I saw you! What a nice coincidence. Clearly, there is no one who is more suitable for that role than you. Besides, since you enjoy acting so much -- who am I to deny your desire to act? The role is yours. You are most welcome." Rain's tone was sarcastic and snarky. Eleanor really did overestimate her charms. Rain couldn't possibly dislike her more than he did at that moment. Who was she to insult the woman he loved like that? She was surely too arrogant for her own good.

"Ha ha!" Annie couldn't help but laugh out loud. She had thought that Rain was really giving Eleanor a chance to be famous. But it seemed that she was wrong. Rain was really something else. How did he come up with such a good idea to punish Eleanor so swiftly? Annie really couldn't figure it out.

Eleanor glared apoplectically at Annie upon hearing her laugh. If looks could kill, Annie would have dropped dead on the spot. Then she turned her head to Rain with a fake smile fixed on her lips. Her eyes were pleading now, "Mr. Xia, can I not play that role. Please."

"Of course, you can refuse the job. But be careful, if you give up this rare chance, you might not be offered roles in the future. It's totally up to you though." Rain didn't even try to hide that he was threatening her with the death of her career. He knew that Eleanor wanted to be famous, but he would ensure that the road to success was not an easy one. She had already gotten on his bad side, and he was not likely to forgive nor forget.

Eleanor couldn't help but falter and stumble backwards a bit upon hearing his threatening words. How did it come to this? Why was he helping Annie? And most importantly, why was he treating her like this? She knew that she really shouldn't have treated Annie so badly in front of him. But now, it was too late.

Rain directed a sarcastic smirk at her, and then walked to stand beside Annie. He didn't say another word, but just silently took the backpack from her and helped her carry it. As soon as he took up the backpack, his eyebrows knitted in surprise. Why was it so heavy? Did she put stones in it? How did she carry it by herself?