For example, in the middle black-and-white photo, standing in front of the window, she wore a white off-shoulder dress with her long hair flowing down her back, her lips with dark red shade of lipstick, and with a lit cigarette between her lips.
She looked tempting. The overall style of the photo was sexy and dreamy.
In the last photo, she wore a black sexy halter skirt, her lips with an exaggerated brown shade of lipstick and her long hair burgundy in colour.
She looked straight into the camera as if she was looking at him. She placed a finger, which was clad with a diamond ring, gently on her lips. It was impossible to describe the temptation he felt, in simple words.
Samuel held the phone tightly and saved all the photos.
Then he dialed a number.
"Mr. Shao, what is the matter?" Lola's teasing voice could be heard through the phone.
"I want to buy all the photos that GL put online. Any amount is acceptable." Did Ella do anything without thinking? Being his ex-wife, how could she take such sexy pictures? He should give her a good lecture! Samuel remained deep in thought.
Lola chuckled, "The publicity is so good that our company is not going to sell them!"
Samuel closed his eyes and said, "Tell me whatever you want. You can take other appropriate photos and I will bear all the cost."
He wanted to see Ella before retaking any other photos.
She asked, "You are divorced from Ella. What do you want to do with them?"
"Whatever you want, I will pay. Name your price."
Samuel repeated those words three times, his patience running out.
"Well, a billion is acceptable." She took the opportunity to blackmail him.
"Deal!" Lola was very impressed by his straightforward answer.
"No, no, it was just a joke. I will talk to my husband about it later." She couldn't do that. If she was to take all of Samuel's money, her daughter would suffer when she married him. She needed to let it go.
"Thanks! I'll be waiting to hear from you."
When the call was over, Samuel watched Yang drive into the downstairs parking of the newly-bought apartment. "I will use the car tonight. You can catch a cab home from here."
Yang nodded and stepped out of the driver's seat. He gave Samuel the car keys, then proceeded to hail a taxi and left.
Samuel took out his phone and clicked on WeChat. He sent a message, and within three minutes he had located Ella.
He started the car and drove to the location where the crew was.
He found Ella filming in the studio. She didn't seem to be aware that there was another person close-by.
Lily, wearing a white blouse, had the emperor's sword pointing at her neck.
A few gloating concubines were beside her, while Crystal watched the scene secretly from the doorway.
"What is your purpose here?" Joseph's voice was majestic. His face was stern and cold, and everyone around him could see this.
Lily's face turned pale. She had lost her usual charm. She dared not move.
"Your Majesty, if you think I am going to hurt the queen, you can kill me with this sword!" She couldn't be with Prince Jin anyway, so it didn't make sense for her to be alive.
"Do you think I wouldn't kill you?" The emperor moved the hand that was holding the sword towards her, slicing Lily's neck a little bit causing a blood stain to appear.
At that point, Crystal was supposed to run in, but after a long wait, she was nowhere to be found.
"Cut!" The director's voice boomed in the studio, yanking Amber out of her dream-like state. She was staring at Samuel.
"Amber, it's your cue. Where are you?" The producer called out and Amber walked in quickly.
Amber looked at all the confused eyes in room. Then she looked at the director blankly, "Director, please start again. I'm ready."
Amber returned to her position and glanced at the man standing in the dark.
'Has he come to see Ella?' She wondered.
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