Chapter 165
Gracie called again to hurry her, Astrid gave Roman a kiss, and then reluctantly stepped into the elevator.
Humming a song along the way, Astrid headed to the set. She saw that familiar car even before she arrived.
Seeing her approach, Hal got out of the car.
He didn’t look happy, and seemed to have lost more weight since his last visit.
“Astrid, how have you been?” Hal approached her, and she took a step back.
Seeing her deliberately keeping a distance, Hal felt sad, “Astrid, we don’t need to be like this.”
Astrid chuckled lightly, “I’m an actress. If the media catches me alone with you, I’m sure your fans will bash me. So, it’s good for me to keep distance from you.” Hal: “I really miss those days when we first met three years ago…”
“Enough!” Astrid cut him off, “Hal, I don’t want to argue with you. Just leave.”
“Astrid, I met you first. But why don’t I exist in your eyes? You were supposed to be mine! Maybe I should have been more ruthless, then you would have been mine long ago!” Hal said fiercely.
Seeing Hal in front of her Astrid was reminded of the heartbreaking past three years ago, “Your love is twisted. Loving someone should make her feel happy.” Hal laughed coldly, “In my eyes, love is possession. I love you, so I must have you!”
“You’re insane! You’re absolutely insane!” After Astrid spoke, Hal started to slowly approach her.
He spoke as he walked, “Your dream is to be a good actress, while my dream is to be with you. If you don’t make my dream come true, I’ll make sure you can’t fulfill yours.”
“Astrid, if you’re with me, we can fulfill each other’s dreams. Wouldn’t that be good?”
Astrid’s fists clenched tightly, with a renewed urge to punch this lunatic.
Hal: “Look, all the journalists around here are arranged by me. They’ve already captured our meeting, and I can’t guarantee what kind of stories they’ll write.” Many journalists came out from the cars around, all carrying cameras, but all with serious faces.
They hadn’t expected that Hal wanted them to photograph Astrid!
Thinking about the orders Chad had given them before, they felt very scared.
Astrid glanced at the journalists around, then looked back at Hal, without panic, “So, are you threatening me?”
Hal: “Yes.”
“Then, ask them if they dare to post what they’ve captured online.” Astrid stood with her arms crossed, “Did you guys capture anything?”
The journalists shook their heads frantically, “No, Ms. Irvine, my camera wasn’t even turned on, I didn’t capture anything!”
“I didn’t get a picture either. If I had known that I was here to shoot Ms. Irvine today, no matter how much he paid, I wouldn’t have come!”
“Ms. Irvine, I was just passing by!”
