“Alright, I see. I’ll hang up then.”
“Okay, darling, have fun.” Then she hung up.
Derek stroked his forehead, put his phone back into his pocket, and looked at Henry.
“Have you dealt with it?”
“Yes, sir. I’ve instructed her. However, Mr. Clark is still here. I’m afraid you will have to stay in the room for a while longer.”
Derek’s gaze swept across his desk and looked at the crystal bowl that Serena had just brought in. “Tidy up the table.”
“Yes, sir.”
Derek walked out of the study then.
Henry walked into the study and saw the empty crystal bowl! The fruit pudding had all been gone!
Had Derek eaten all the fruit pudding?
All of it?
He had actually eaten spicy food as well as the dessert today?!
Why had Derek changed so much since Serena had shown up?
Derek passed by the bedroom and paused for a moment before walking straight over. He took the elevator to the third floor.
He did not like other women’s smell in his bedroom, so the women sent by his mother had all been arranged to the left room on the third floor.
On the third floor, Derek directly opened the door and walked in.
The women in the room were obviously unprepared. It was Sherry, a second-tier actress, who had already made her debut at the age of seventeen. She had made quite a few movies and TV dramas. However, she couldn’t make it to the first-tier anyway.
She was wearing a red V-neck dress. The wide open collar could barely cover anything.
The red lipstick matched her clothes very well with her long rolled eyelashes, fair skin, and curly hair. What a hot woman!
Unfortunately, Derek didn’t even look at her. He walked straight to the sofa and sat down. There was a small bookshelf beside the sofa. He took a book and began to read.
Sherry was surprised. Many directors had been coveting her after they had seen her dressing like this, but Derek didn’t even look at her!
She dressed so boldly today but she couldn’t even get a glance from him?
Derek’s mother, Lauren, had found her and had promised her that the Saint Group would invest 30 million to support her to star in the new movie as long as she agreed to sleep with Derek for one night.
But she wanted more than that.
What did being with Derek mean? It meant that she could obtain everything that a woman could dream of. Even if it was just Derek’s mistress, it would make countless women jealous.
Sherry walked towards Derek, the 10-cm high heels clicking on the floor.
“Mr. Derek.” Her delicate voice was so sweet that it could melt the listeners’ heart.
She bent down.
If Derek were looking at her now, he would probably have seen her breasts.
However, Derek ignored such a sweet voice and didn’t even glance at her at all.
Sherry wasn’t angry at all. “Mr. Derek, you must be tired after a busy day. Why don’t you let me give you a massage?”
As she spoke, Sherry tentatively touched Derek’s lap, her fingers gently sliding on his thigh. The posture was extremely intimate.
“Fuck off!” Derek suddenly waved his long arm and knocked Sherry to the ground.
Sherry was shocked on the ground, “Mr. Derek…”
“Didn’t Mr. Henry give you a word?” Derek said gloomily with a cold aura.
Sherry covered her chest and lowered her head. Henry had given her instructions, but she just couldn’t suppress her ambitions.
“Yes, he did.”
“Then why would you do that? Are you courting death?”
“Mr. Derek … I…” Sherry’s face turned pale out of fear!
Derek stood up and walked straight to the bedside. He opened the drawer and took out a rope. Then he looked at Sherry and said, “Come over.”
Sherry was suddenly overjoyed. Was he going to play something special?
It seemed that Derek had some special hobbies. He had said no, but his behavior was honest.
Sherry obediently walked in front of Derek on the catwalk and stretched out her hands, signaling for Derek to tie her up.
Derek didn’t show any pity for her and tied her up quickly.
Sherry did not resist at all. Furthermore, she was somewhat enjoying it.
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In the bedroom.
Serena was still lying on the bed sulking as her phone rang.
It was a call from the editor.
Serena answered the phone, “Hello.”
“Excuse me, is this Ms. Serena who has been delaying the drafts?”
“Well, what are you talking about? I remember I’ve finished my last book, right?”
“Holy crap, you said that you’ve finished it. But I’d rather you haven’t finished it! It was supposed to be a sweet story. But you ended it up with the hero fleeing with the mistress and the heroine remaining single, though rich!”
“It’s quite realistic, isn’t it? You know, there’s not much romance in real life!”
Serena lowered her head. She had written a story about herself and Sammy on the Internet, and the story depicting their love from childhood instantly got popular among people.
But when Serena had discovered that Sammy and Clara had had a relationship, she had angrily given the story a bad ending.
“Oh, come on, this is a story, not the reality. If people want to read a real story, they could just live their lives. Why would they bother to spend money on reading it on the Internet? Your comments section has been over-crowded, don’t you know?”
“It’s been a long time since I’ve logged in the page. I don’t have time for that.”
“I don’t care! Write a new book right now, or continue the story and reverse the ending so that the protagonists can be together happily.”
Serena pondered for a moment and said, “I can’t guarantee.”
“My god, my salary is all up to you. You know, as an editor, I have only one popular writer and that’s you. So, please, Ms. Serena, please do me a favor. Show some pity to me. I’m just a little editor.”
“Give me some time.”
“For god’s sake, what are you thinking? Come on! Think about money, think about your fans, and think about me!”
“Alright, alright, I’m going to write a new book.”
“Fine. Then it’s settled!”
The phone was hung up.
Serena really didn’t know what to say!
However, she had studied economics in the university and had failed most lessons and had almost failed to graduate. The only thing that she was good at was to write web novels.
Because of her humorous writing style, colloquial dialogue, her novels were close to the readers and were very popular among readers.
If she gave up on novels, she would probably have nothing left.
Write a new book!
After hanging up the phone, Serena still didn’t feel sleepy, so she decided to go out for a walk.
Since she had nothing to do anyway, she did not take the elevator. Instead, she chose to walk down the stairs.
At the corner of the third floor, a woman in red showed up in front of her.