Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 2139

Seeing the call coming from an unknown number, Josh Batton immediately terminated the call.

“Why didn’t you answer? Was it from a pretty woman?” Annabeth Cates asked jokingly.

Josh ruffled her hair. “There aren’t any pretty women around me for a start, let alone after I got married.”

He had never been a promiscuous man and would always keep a distance from the women around him.

No matter how attractive they were, he’d make sure to keep a safe distance.

After getting married, he was even more careful about this.

Annabeth knew this very well.

People who contacted her husband were either directors or wealthy investors. Other people rarely reached out to him.

Although there were the occasional calls from women, they mostly had a one-sided crush on him. Annabeth had no idea how they acquired his number.

Despite the temptations of money and women in the entertainment industry, she never had to worry that her husband would succumb to those things.

She couldn’t help but laugh at the sight of his seriousness. He then pinched her ears. “Idiot! I was just joking. Why are you taking it so seriously?”

Josh chuckled again. “I was just afraid you’d misunderstand. Anyway, that wasn’t a random stranger. It was a director who’s been begging me to act on a new project. He wants me to get involved right away, but I wouldn’t agree to that, of course.

“But he hasn’t given up. He still hopes that I will help him,” he explained.

“Which director is that?”

“It’s Gavin Schubert. We used to be on very good terms,” he shrugged helplessly.