My Wife Is So Sweet (Natalia Dawson) novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288 Fighting for Attention

Natalia couldn't hold in her laughter. She'd thought it was fun to tease him and wasn't seriously trying to make him mad.

So she nudged his shoulder.

"Okay, I was just teasing, don't take it seriously!"

At that moment, an astonished voice rang out from her left.

"Natalia? You're here too?"

The group turned to look. It was Laura.

After a year of work, Laura was now a full member of Star Entertainment.

She still couldn't match up with the top rated actors, but she was still a star with twenty or thirty million fans now. The most important thing was that her popularity was stable and her abilities were rising. She had a bright future ahead of her.

Because of that, she was one of the actors being developed full force by Star Entertainment.

If Natalia's memory served, she should have been shooting a period drama recently, with a script that she handed her herself.

Why had she appeared here of all places?

Natalia was a bit taken aback, while compared to her surprise, Laura seemed a bit uncomfortable.

She hadn't come alone. A young man was seated next to her.

The man looked to be in his twenties. He looked well-mannered and handsome. With gold-rimmed glasses, he appeared as an elite of the business world.

Noticing Natalia's gaze falling next to her, Laura pursed her lips.

She didn't hide it in the end.

Taking a look at the people sitting around Natalia, she introduced a little shyly, "This is Edward Beton from the Beton Group. The cast is having a break this afternoon and I'm interested in jewelry, so I came over with him for a look."

Then she introduced Edward to Natalia's group.

Max's expression visibly crumbled.

The other people didn't notice his state. Archie and Laura were only acquaintances because she was a friend and colleague of Natalie's.

Forget Louis.

He wasn't in the entertainment circles, and his family business was about as far away from the media industry as it could get.

Besides, he was entirely devoted to studying medicine all day long. At most, he'd paint in his free time. He didn't like watching television, and disliked going on the internet even more.

To quote Max, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you threw him into the mountains and had him live as a hermit.

Because of that, as famous as Laura was getting, he didn't recognize her.

As Natalia introduced her, he simply greeted her with a polite smile and didn't speak.

Natalia nodded.

She didn't know who this Edward was, but she'd heard that he was an up-and-coming new star in the financial sector. He'd just come back after studying overseas, and was a stand-up lad.

She greeted him mildly.

Edward returned her greeting with the same politeness, then turned his attention to the relatively silent Archie.

"I've heard of you before, Mr. McCarthy, I'd just never had to chance to see you. Since we've had the luck to meet here today, would you perhaps accompany me for a midnight snack after the auction is over? I've actually studied at the same university in Othua as you have, so we're technically alumni brothers..."

Before he could finish, Archie cut in.

"Sorry. I don't do midnight snacks."

"..."

Anyone clear-eyed could tell that "midnight snack" really just meant looking for an opportunity to make connections.

The Beton Group couldn't match up to the four great families, but they had some status in Ambario. They were especially close with the Bissel family, with some relationships amongst their families.

The McCarthy and Bissel families might have competed fiercely in recent years, but not to the point of becoming enemies.