Chapter 142: Chapter 142

Pole dancing requires understanding how to exert force and having excellent balancing skills.

Anna Thornton’s ballet background greatly benefited her, combined with her light physique, so with a little guidance from the dance instructor, she could already hang herself on the pole.

However, Mary, being a complete dance novice, watched from the side, nervously squeezing her hands.

At this moment, the phone in the bag Mary was holding suddenly rang.

Mary took the phone out and glanced at it; it was Conrad Sterling calling.

Just now, President Sterling also called, probably because there was an urgent matter, so Mary took the phone outside to answer it for Anna.

"Hello, President Sterling, Anna is busy right now. What can I do for you?"

Conrad Sterling paused for a second after hearing Mary answer the call.

Then, somewhat reluctantly, he said, "Pop is asking... when will she come home?"

"Today is the first day of shooting, and the tasks are quite heavy. Anna hasn’t finished yet. Earlier, Florian Hollis helped us book a nearby hotel, as the shooting location is near the outskirts, and it’s not very convenient to commute to the city center."

"You mean she’s not coming back?"

"Uh..." Mary heard that President Sterling on the other end sounded a bit unhappy, and she couldn’t help but wipe a drop of sweat from her forehead, "We’re only shooting here for three days, she’ll be back soon."

"Three days? And then just leave her daughter aside?"

How can one call that leaving her aside?

Isn’t little Pop well cared for at home? Living in a priceless mansion, with so many servants attending to her, and her biological dad is by her side...

Even though Anna and Mary couldn’t bear it, there was nothing they could do.

Back when she was abroad just to make ends meet, Anna had to jump from one crew to another, playing minor roles, unable to guarantee basic food and lodging, let alone keep her child with her all the time.

Comparatively, it was much better now.

But Mary always felt that Conrad Sterling had yet to realize his role as a father.

Though she was afraid of President Sterling, Mary had to muster her courage to speak up for Anna and Pop.

Taking advantage of the fact that it was on the phone: "President Sterling, Anna raised the child on her own until she was three. Now she’s just asking you to take care of her for three days, it shouldn’t be too difficult for you, right? Besides, Pop is growing up, and in the past three years, ’Dad’ never appeared in her life. Don’t you owe it to her to use this opportunity to make it up?"

After speaking, Mary first heard her own heart ’thumping.’

Sure enough, she regretted it right after saying it; she was still scared of President Sterling!

Even through the phone line, Mary seemingly felt the powerful presence on the other side looming over her, almost choking the throat of her destiny.

Once again, Mary realized the huge gap between herself and Anna; without the guts, she shouldn’t have dared to act rashly in front of President Sterling.

Recognizing her place, Mary didn’t wait for the response on the other end, and cowardly hung up the phone.

She urgently needed to return to Anna’s side for comfort!

If she really offended President Sterling, only Anna could protect her!

At the entrance of the club—

Florian Hollis’s fans had been waiting from morning till evening, without seeing even a glimpse of their idol, and still had no plans to leave.

Some fans brought binoculars, even climbed roadside trees, hoping to sneak a peek at the situation inside through the gaps in the curtains.

"How’s it going? Did you see anything?" an anxious person asked under the tree, "Did you see Florian?"

"I saw, it looks like Anna Thornton... is dancing," the person with the binoculars said.

"What about Florian? He’s not with her, right?"

"Absolutely not! Our little Florian just turned eighteen, we can’t let him be corrupted."

"Judging by the way Anna Thornton looks, you can tell she knows her way around men. Haven’t you seen the recent gossip news? Anna Thornton’s stepmother personally exposed some juicy stuff!"

"Do you think Anna Thornton shooting an MV with Florian is trying to stir up a new target?"

"Maybe she’s looking for a new target to play the stepdad, isn’t it said she already has a child?"

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"The more you talk, the more terrifying it sounds. The night I heard about the announcement of the new MV female lead, I was so angry I couldn’t sleep."

"Who wasn’t? That’s why we have to watch over here all day. We must protect the best Florian in the world. If Anna Thornton dares to play tricks and lead our boy astray, we’ll make sure she ends up being berated into seclusion like Kimberly."

Anna Thornton hadn’t even done anything yet; they already imagined her as an unscrupulous ticking time bomb.

Just as the fans, filled with righteous indignation, stood their ground, suddenly a luxury sports car drove into the club.

Bear in mind, this was the filming location for Florian’s MV, rented for three full days, and generally, unauthorized personnel couldn’t just enter.

So, when the sports car drove in, it was regarded by the fans as an intruder, and they alerted security to intercept it.

However, the young fans didn’t know that certain license plates had unfettered access to all entertainment venues in Aethelgard.

For example, the connections pulled together through intermarriage between the four major families could achieve this effect.

Besides them, the only one who later would have this privilege was Conrad Sterling.

Nobody expected Conrad Sterling to show up.

Especially Mary, who sensed a powerful, dangerous aura approaching before she even laid eyes on him.

Seeing Conrad Sterling, Mary’s heart sank.

She thought, she merely uttered a little opinion, President Sterling wouldn’t be so petty as to come all this way just to reprimand her, right?

Talking about quick reflexes, Kevin Jacobs was the first to react. Hearing the security and fans’ reports about someone coming, as soon as he saw Conrad Sterling’s car, he slapped his thighs in excitement and greeted him: "President Sterling, what brings you here in person?"

As Conrad Sterling got out of the car, a strong perfume smell on Kevin made his nose uncomfortable: "And you are?"

"Oh, President Sterling, as the big boss of the company, you must be very busy and forgot about me. I’m Florian’s manager, my last name is Jacobs, just call me Kevin. I’m just a small fry, it doesn’t matter if you don’t remember me, but you know Florian, right?"

Kevin Jacobs said as he welcomed Conrad Sterling, treating him as the big boss there to check on the filming progress.

"Our male lead and female lead are currently filming!"

Now they were filming a scene that needed to be completed in a classroom, Kevin Jacobs led Conrad Sterling into a room arranged in a high school classroom style, just as the director called ’cut.’

"Florian, come over and meet President Sterling!" Kevin Jacobs waved at Florian.

Upon hearing this, Florian turned his head and rolled his eyes at Kevin Jacobs, "As a manager, how come you’re saying lines like an old manager of brothels?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? President Sterling came personally to see your MV shoot, look how much the company cares about you!"

In Kevin Jacobs’s eyes, Florian was currently Dynasty Entertainment’s biggest money-maker, and it was natural for the big company boss to focus on him.

If President Sterling didn’t specifically come to see the highly popular Florian, could it really be to see Anna Thornton?

Reminded by Mary, Anna Thornton also noticed Conrad Sterling’s arrival. Surprised, she waved cheerfully to greet him, "Hi!"

However, she was curtly glared at by Kevin Jacobs, "Don’t try to climb the social ladder!"