It was as if a thunder had exploded in Kate's head. For a moment, she felt dizzy. If she hadn't been holding the railing tightly, she might have fallen on the stairs.
Although Kate had a bad feeling after overhearing part of the conversation between Adriaan and Monica, and seeing the ambiguous actions between him and Drew, she couldn't accept the sudden blow when Adriaan admitted it himself.
In Kate's impression, Adriaan had always been a humorous, passionate, talented, gentle, and delicate man. Although he was very mean when they first met, she was the one who provoked him first. Later, she slowly developed a good impression of him and slowly fell in love with him. He was very talented, he was very good at making her happy, and he was very considerate to her. How many men would deliberately learn to cook for their girlfriend? He understood her, knew what she wanted, and always spoke and did things according to her wishes. Even if there was a small quarrel, he would stop it …
Until now, halfway through the party today, Kate felt very lucky and happy to have such a good man as her boyfriend. But the two conversations she heard made her feel very uneasy. In fact, she had this uneasiness for a long time, but she had ignored this feeling. As Adriaan became more and more successful, Emily, who was in the same dormitory, hinted to her more than once to be careful of her boyfriend, but Kate never took it to heart.
Every time she curled up in Adriaan's arms, the sweetness and attachment would make her forget to think. Now, the pot of sweetness was suddenly broken. The loss and loss even made her feel no pain.
"Why?" Kate looked at him and murmured, "Why would you and her …"
Adriaan came to the stairs and shrugged after a few steps. "That was just a deal."
"Just … a deal?" Kate looked at him incredulously with her eyes wide open. "What do you mean by a deal?"
"Of course, it means a deal." Adriaan pointed at his temple and twirled it twice. His tone was very calm. "I think you should understand."
Kate's face immediately paled. She couldn't help but recall the words that Emily had hinted at. Those were very obscure things that she hadn't paid attention to before, but now that she thought about it … Her lips trembled as she looked at Adriaan, unable to speak for a long time. Something in her heart suddenly collapsed.
"Don't be so nervous, Kate!" Adriaan stepped forward to help her. "Relax, this kind of thing is normal in Hollywood."
"Very normal?" Kate suddenly stepped back and dodged his hand. She gritted her teeth and didn't know what expression to use to face Adriaan. "How could you … How could you say such things in an irrelevant tone?"
Then, she thought of something, and her face became even uglier. "Where's Monica? Is it the same for Monica? "
"Well … sort of!" Adriaan nodded.
Kate was so angry that she stared at him with a smile. Her body trembled slightly. "I never thought … I never thought … that you would be such a person. Eide, you actually said that you love me … God, I actually believed it …"
"I do love you very much, Kate!" Adriaan wanted to go forward and hug her, but Kate immediately dodged and looked at him with an indescribable hatred. Adriaan had to stay where he was and raised his hand. "You're my girlfriend, only you are!"
"Girlfriend? Oh, yes, this is the best excuse to cover up the deal! "Kate sneered and choked a little.
"Calm down, Kate. Stay calm. You're too nervous. Relax and remember, okay?"
"What else is there to remember?! You've been lying to me! Eide! Now I know that you're a bastard! "
"You can call me a bastard, Kate, but I've never lied to you."
"Really? Then what you said just now was all false?!"
"Of course not." Adriaan looked at her calmly. "That's just a personal secret. Everyone has their own secrets, right? When you asked me, I always answered truthfully. "
Kate was stunned. Her lips squirmed twice, but she couldn't say anything. The two of them looked at each other quietly. After a while, Kate suddenly walked downstairs. When they passed by each other, Adriaan grabbed her arm.
"I don't want to stay here. I just want to leave." Kate struggled to say.
"Don't be like this, Kate. Calm down first, okay?" Adriaan had no intention of letting go.
"Let me leave here. I don't want to see you, Eide. I don't want to." She lowered her head. Although there was hatred in her tone, her previous choking was more obvious.
Adriaan looked at her for a long time and finally said softly, "It's too late. It's not safe to go out now. At least spend the night here! If you still want to leave when you wake up tomorrow morning, I won't stop you. "
Kate finally stopped struggling and looked up at Adriaan. There was no trace of blood on her pale face. Then she shook off his hand and walked upstairs without looking back.
Adriaan watched her back disappear at the top of the stairs and then shrugged.
Early the next morning, Kate was waiting outside the villa with her suitcase. Her eyes were red. She didn't sleep much and spent most of her time packing. As promised, Adriaan didn't stop her. He just stood at the door and watched everything quietly.
The taxi soon arrived at the villa. Kate didn't say anything and put her luggage in the back with the help of the driver. Then she looked at Adriaan and pursed her lips. Her eyes were shining. Even so, she still got into the taxi without saying anything and left the villa.
"There are always some accidents that can't be controlled, so don't take it to heart." Adriaan murmured. Although he sounded optimistic, he was still standing outside the villa motionlessly after the taxi left for dozens of minutes.
It wasn't until Mrs. Galen and the cleaning company came that Adriaan came back to his senses. After saying a few words to the housekeeper, he returned to the house and went straight to his study. He picked up the phone and made a call.
"Roger, it's me. Look after her. Don't let anything happen that I don't want to see … No matter what. Of course, if that happens, I will give you appropriate help … Very well, that's all." After a few words, Adriaan hung up the phone, but he didn't put the receiver back. Instead, he held it in his hand and carefully played with it.
The experiment was a failure, right? Oh, of course, feelings are always uncertain, but it doesn't matter.
"Do you really think I'll let you go, Kate?" An inexplicable smile slid from the corner of his mouth. "You are the first woman I've been with in this world. How can I let you go so easily? A fledgling can't stay in the nest forever. You will understand what reality is. You are mine, Kate! "
Although the Golden Globes were always shady, there had never been any sensational scandals. Therefore, it had always been one of the most important awards in the United States, and the media had never stopped praising it. The next day, most of the newspapers focused on Pacino winning the Best Actor Award again. He had already won the Best Actor Award at the Golden Globe Awards back in 1974. More than a decade later, when compared to the Oscars, the significance of this award was self-evident.
"Although I rarely speak on this topic, I have to say this now: the Oscars do owe Al a Golden Man." The host of the latest episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live said this when talking about the Golden Globes.
This was the consensus of most people. Although the list of Oscar nominees hadn't been announced yet, they all agreed that Pacino would be nominated and that he would win the Best Actor Award the most. In addition to the Oscar, Pacino's wonderful performance and the Best Actor Award at the Golden Globes were also the reasons. Although the Golden Globes were named "Oscar Weathervane" by nosy people without any actual evidence, it could influence the judgment of the Film school judges sometimes.
Other than that, the most talked about award was Drew Barrymore's Best Supporting Actress Award, which was even more popular than Emma Thompson's Best Actress Award. Thompson was very talented and famous, and her acting in Howard Manor had received unanimous praise. However, she was British after all, and it was enough for the British media to praise her. For the American media, the problem girl who had realized her mistake and turned back was worthy of special mention.
"She is no longer the degenerate party girl she used to be. Although she is still rebellious and precocious, Drew Barrymore has completely picked up her acting career," said The Hollywood Reporter.
Of course, there were still many people who talked about her previous debauchery. These were all good news materials. Some tabloids seized on her current coquettish roles to talk about, claiming that it was precisely because they were exactly the same as her in real life that she could play those roles so thoroughly.
The attention that Adriaan received was similar to that of Drew, and sometimes even higher, because he was the one who had won the Best Movie, Best Actor, Best Actor, and Best Supporting Actress Awards! Moreover, both Scented Woman and Howard Manor were nominated for Best Movie.
"It's a pity that Clint won the Best Director Award, and Adriaan didn't win all the important awards. Fortunately, Clint won the Best Director Award, otherwise Adriaan might be hated by many people. It's really curious. Although we all know that he is very talented, we never thought that he would be able to do this. I wonder what kind of heights he will reach at the Oscars, "a media commented.
Yes, no matter how much the reporters paid attention to the Golden Globes, they were more concerned about the upcoming Oscars. Therefore, although Adriaan lost at the Golden Globes, who knew if he could win the Best Director Oscar? After all, he had already been nominated last year.
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