Chapter 242: Chapter 242
Everyone couldn’t help but feel that the woman standing at the door of the dressing room was shining, as if she had a mysterious special allure that made people instinctively want to look up to her.
Wendy, listening to Quinn Lockwood’s words, couldn’t stop her tears from flowing like a floodgate had been opened, and the scissors in her hands fell to the ground due to her intense trembling.
"Savannah, well said, I feel like I’m filled with strength now."
"You are my life mentor at this stage, truly inspirational, you are my idol!" The actors and staff standing in the corridor became more and more excited as they spoke, and eventually surrounded Quinn Lockwood, applauding her.
Wendy’s eyes were brimming with tears, so much so that she could no longer see the road clearly, and she quickly wiped her tears as she ran out.
She couldn’t stay there any longer; if she did, she would be laughed to death. Latest content publıshed on NoveI★Fire.net
"Savannah, Savannah, can you tell a few inspirational stories, or about your comeback experiences?"
A few lively actors and staff surrounded Quinn Lockwood, chattering non-stop, their eyes glistening with little stars, as if they’d just met their idol.
Quinn Lockwood felt they were simply too noisy, but looking at their smiling, flower-like faces, she found them quite endearing.
She helplessly tapped the head of the loudest girl, pretending to be serious: "Alright, alright, stop the commotion, there are still several scenes to be shot, let’s talk after filming!"
A few of the young actors, afraid that Quinn Lockwood wouldn’t tell them stories anymore if she got upset, promptly obediently returned to prepare for the shoot.
Elias Sinclair watched Quinn Lockwood in the resting room, seeing her either laughing or serious with them, a subtle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes sparkled with faint light.
Quinn Lockwood’s afternoon filming didn’t go smoothly. Because of script changes and character emotion transitions, both she and Chester Thornton needed to memorize lines anew and immerse themselves in the scenes.
In addition, the two hadn’t worked together for long, and the script was altered quite hastily, so having a scene get halted five or six, even seven or eight times wasn’t unusual.
By the time they had finished filming today’s scenes according to schedule, it was already nine or ten at night.
"Great work today, go home and rest early."
After saying goodbye to the crew, since her clothes had been ruined by Wendy, Quinn Lockwood changed into a more casual hanfu skirt provided by the crew, intending to call a taxi to go home.
Just as she stepped to the roadside to hail a cab, Quinn Lockwood heard a honking sound from across the street.
Looking up following the sound, she saw Elias Sinclair’s car parked across the street, hazard lights flashing.
Quinn Lockwood was slightly startled, wondering if he was specifically coming to pick her up? Without thinking much longer, just as Quinn Lockwood was about to cross the street, she saw Elias Sinclair get out of the car and walk over.
"Do you not check the traffic before crossing the street?" The man grabbed Quinn Lockwood’s small hand, frowning slightly. Upon seeing the red signal light and the cars speeding from afar, his tone grew serious.
Feeling the warmth that was uniquely Elias Sinclair’s at her fingertips, Quinn Lockwood felt as if she was tightly wrapped within a safe zone, and at that moment, her breathing and heartbeat seemed to slightly lose their rhythm.
The man’s palm fully enclosed Quinn Lockwood’s small hand, guiding her through the bustling street.
Glancing slightly upward at the man in front of her, she couldn’t tell if it was the lamplight or the night sky, but Elias Sinclair appeared exceedingly gentle.
It wasn’t until the man opened the car door, his voice still cool, telling her to get in, that Quinn Lockwood returned to her senses.
And the warmth in her palm was already gone.
After the two of them left, a white silhouette flashed past from behind a tree, pocketing a phone that had been recording.
"Hello, is this President Lynch? I heard you’ve always been interested in Savannah Lowell’s matters. I’ve got some exclusive hot news, are you interested...?" The corners of her mouth slightly turned up, Wendy pressed down on her baseball cap, her eyes containing an indescribable complexity.
Indeed, this President Lynch was none other than Wade Lynch, who had been investigating the relationship between Quinn Lockwood and Elias Sinclair.
Wade Lynch had promised Quinn Lockwood not to tell others about her and Elias Sinclair, but that was when he believed Quinn Lockwood and Elias Sinclair were just family friends.
However, after observing for some time, Wade Lynch had long felt that their relationship was not ordinary.
When he saw the photos Wendy sent to him, Wade Lynch was even more determined in his belief.
He didn’t expect that after cooperating so many times, and even after he promised Quinn Lockwood absolute confidentiality, she still kept things hidden from him.
Spending 100,000 yuan to buy the news and photos, Wade Lynch then set off to stake out near The Sinclair Residence for Quinn Lockwood and Elias Sinclair.
As expected, after seeing Quinn Lockwood sitting in Elias Sinclair’s car and heading into The Sinclair Residence without coming out again, he immediately published the news anonymously.
He believed the 100,000-yuan investment would soon return, maybe even multiply.
As for how many times it would multiply, that depended on how high the incident’s heat rose.
Indeed, within just half a night, the matter rapidly fermented and spread, with the news continuously pushing it, and a bunch of entertainment reporters camping near The Sinclair Residence early in the morning.
But they were driven away by bodyguards and security, and with Elias Sinclair arranging auxiliary police to maintain order and safety in the villa area, those reporters couldn’t get close for the moment.
If they couldn’t approach the villa area, surely they could stake out the agency and the crew, right?
Within just a few minutes, entertainment reporters surrounded Quinn Lockwood’s agency and crew so thoroughly that even other unknown artists in the company were caught and queried relentlessly by reporters, let alone the crew members.
"I don’t know, I don’t know," a staff member surrounded by reporters quickly shook his head and replied.
Even if he could see that Elias Sinclair and Quinn Lockwood’s relationship was unusual, he would never dare to speak carelessly.
They all relied on The Sinclair Group and Quinn Lockwood’s fame, and these reporters were known to exaggerate things.
If his words affected the big boss Elias and Quinn Lockwood, they could expect to end up in big trouble!
Since they couldn’t see Elias Sinclair and Quinn Lockwood, nor gain anything at the agency or crew, the reporters combined old rumors to start wildly speculating in their analyses.
The marketing accounts also seized on this event’s heat to promote themselves vigorously, even digging up the old incident of Savannah Lowell and Elias Sinclair allegedly going to the hospital for an ’abortion’ to exploit.
This instantly brought the issue to a new height, turning Quinn Lockwood from someone ambiguously involved with Elias Sinclair into a woman allegedly kept by him.