Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 148

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In his hotel room, Chad was handling work matters when he suddenly got a call from the executive director of Shining Star.

“A hundred grand?” Chad dropped his pen, took off his glasses, leaned back in his chair and asked, “Who’s the other party?”

The executive director was very enthusiastic and hurriedly answered, “I don’t know who they are, they didn’t reveal their names, and the negotiations were through an assistant. But apparently, they’re from Kyoto.”

Chad fell into thought.

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The executive director explained again seriously, “We didn’t agree to their terms. We told them clearly that our show is fair and square, and we won’t do anything shady!”

Chad gave a few random replies, and after hanging up, he called Bernie to have him look into the matter.

After instructing Bernie, Chad was about to get back to work when he noticed a new message on his phone.

Chad opened it and saw that it was from his father.

The message was simple, Egbert and his sister’s engagement was off. From today onwards, Egbert was no longer the future son-in-law of the Lopez family.

Chad was utterly confused.

The rest of the Lopez family was also in the dark about reason.

But his father didn’t send any more messages and didn’t give any explanations.

Chad stared at his phone for a while, then took a screenshot of the message and sent it to Egbert.

Egbert replied after about an hour: [I know.]

Chad immediately replied: [Are you happy now?]

Egbert: [?]

Chad replied: [You always wanted to break off the engagement. Now that your wish came true, are you happy?]

Egbert didn’t reply anymore.

Chad felt a bit gleeful, thinking that Egbert must be pissed.

So, he sent another provocative message.

Chad: [Why so quiet all of a sudden?]

After sending this message, Chad waited for a long time for Egbert’s reply, but it never came.

Chad knew Egbert must have blocked him.

After the first episode of Shining Star was aired, it drew a lot of attention.

The team members were all very happy. Soon, they arrived at the venue for the fourth stage performance.

Neither Aurora nor Hubery appeared in this competition. After the host praised them, he announced the two new coaches.

Both coaches were singers who had been famous in the industry for a long time. They were more than qualified to be coaches.

At the fourth stage performance, Hedy was eliminated.

Without the support of Aurora and Hubery, Hedy couldn’t continue in the competition with her own abilities alone. Her elimination was just a matter of time.

After the competition, Eileen saw a missed call on her phone while she was removing her makeup backstage.

She called back, said a few words to the other party, and then hung up.

After a while, Eileen changed into her casual clothes. At this moment, a staff member came in and announced loudly, “We’re having a dinner party tonight. Anyone who wants to join, please raise your hand. I need to count the number of people.”

Eileen immediately raised her hand, excitedly saying, “I’m in!”

The staff member saw her, pointed at her, and said, “56…”

Eileen quickly added, “I’m bringing someone else too!”

The staff member replied, “You’re bringing Janice, right? Okay, 57…”

Eileen added, “Right, there’s Janice too. So, I’m bringing two people, I’m bringing two people!”

The staff member was speechless.

In the end, Eileen alone accounted for three places.

After receiving the call, Janice rushed to the TV station. She saw Eileen waiting on the sidewalk downstairs. NôvelDrama.Org owns this text.

Janice hurriedly ran over, her face flushed, and took Eileen’s arm, “Eileen, thank you, I didn’t expect you to come down to pick me up.”

Eileen replied, “I didn’t come down to pick you up.”

Janice silently moved to one side.

At this time, a group of contestants came out of the elevator.

Karin was among them. She saw Eileen and quickly came over, gently pulling at Eileen’s clothes.

Eileen saw it was her, smiled, and asked, “Are you guys going too?”

Karin shyly nodded and said, “It’s a party hosted by my dad, I’ll be there.”

Turns out it was hosted by Mr. Chad. They really are loaded.

Just then, a white imported BMW pulled up at the entrance of the TV station. The car door opened, and out stepped Mr. Chad.

Karin waved her hand and called out, “Dad.”

Chad saw them and walked over, smiling at Eileen, “Ms. Lopez, we meet again.”

Eileen politely nodded at Mr. Chad and said, “Hello.”

Seeing people starting to come out one after another, Chad then said, “Shall we head over?”

The dinner party was at a nearby seafood restaurant, not far from the TV station, just a few minutes’ walk.

Eileen replied, “I’m still waiting for someone, you guys go ahead.”

Chad looked at her and asked, “Who are you waiting for?”

Eileen smiled and said, “Someone very important to me…”

Just at this moment, a black business car drove up.

Eileen recognized the car and quickly said, “He’s here!”

With that, she immediately ran down and stood on the sidewalk, peering into the car.

After the car came to a steady stop, the back door opened.

Then, a tall man stepped out of the car.

The man was dressed in a dark grey coat. His presence was very strong, and his handsome face wore a gentle smile.

Chad was stunned.

So were the others present.

“Egbert!” Someone shouted.

Instantly, everyone crowded around, tightly surrounding Egbert and Eileen.

Eileen quickly stepped in front of Egbert, trying to keep the peace. “Back off, back off! You’re spooking my lifesaver here! Give us some space, will ya?”

Someone curiously asked, “Eileen, how come Egbert’s your lifesaver?”

Eileen snapped back, “None of your business!”

That person was left speechless.

Afterward, they all went to the restaurant together.

On the way, Chad kept looking back at Egbert and Eileen, who were trailing behind and chatting about something.

Chad frowned and deliberately slowed down to walk beside them.

Egbert was in the middle of speaking when he saw Chad approach. He stopped talking and shot him a cold look.

Chad, however, was all smiles. “Mr. Reed, weren’t you supposed to be on a movie set? What brings you here?”

Egbert didn’t bother to respond.

Eileen spoke up for Egbert, “He finished his movie and decided to drop by to see me.”

“Drop by?” Chad’s tone was somewhat sarcastic. “But this is an internal gathering. Is he coming too?”

Worried that Chad might charge Egbert, Eileen quickly said, ” He’s my family! Family doesn’t have to pay!”

Chad was taken aback, his voice cracking, “Family?!”

Egbert just chuckled and coolly retorted, “Can’t I be her family?”

Chad was choking with rage, “How can he be considered your family?!”

Egbert quickly tried to cover Eileen’s mouth, but she beat him to it, “Why can’t he be my family? Look, he’s got two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, just like me. What are the odds? He must have inherited my features, he’s my son! Of course, he’s my family!”,

Chad was dumbfounded, and Egbert was speechless.

After showing off in front of everyone, Eileen quietly sidled up to Egbert and quickly tried to smooth things over, “I didn’t mean to use you, it’s just that he wanted to charge you… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m your son, is that okay?”

Egbert rubbed his temples, suddenly feeling a headache coming on.