Please Come Back, Honey!

Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Emma’s inquiring gaze turned toward Wesley, who was standing next to her. Wesley gave her a helpless expression, indicating that he had no ideaas to why Trevor was here either. The director was known as Joseph Hayward and he reacted much faster than Emma and Wesley. As soon as he saw Trevor entering the room, he immediately went over to greet Trevor witha smile on his face. “Mr. Bateson, I didn’t expect you to come to this party in person. Truly a rare guest indeed.” ; Trevor exchanged a simple handshake with the director. “Of course, I have to attend a party that you’re hosting, Director Hayward.” After the director and his party greeted Trevor, Wesley finally brought Emma forward with him. Although the discussion between Wesley and Trevor had gone sour previously, they decided to bury the hatchet since they were going to continue their cooperation onthis project. Wesley wore a shallow smile on his face as he exchanged pleasantries with Trevor. In the end, she had no choice but to face Trevor. She bravely brought out her most respectful and restrained attitude that was suitable for a newcomer in the workplace like her to greet him. “Nice to meet you, Mr. Bateson.” Aside from Cerys and Wesley, nobody else knew about her past with him. The director interjected and smiled widely at Trevor. “Mr. Bateson, the scriptwriter failed to show up previously due to a sudden emergency. Seeing her today, I didn’t expect her to be so young and beautiful. We will have a beautiful woman to admire at work in the future, so we won’t feel sotired.” He believed that he was praising Emma with his words. However, he received a chilly stare from Trevor for some reason.

The reason why Trevor glared at the director was that the words the director uttered about admiring a beautiful woman at work sounded very obscene to him. Reaching out his hand, he shook the slender hand that Emma automatically offered and abruptly spoke to her slowly. “I heard that the screenwriter’s pen name is Winter. Your hand is cold indeed. Don’t you think you’re dressed a little too lightly?”| Emma thought that he was completely out ofhis mind. Why is he criticizing my clothes? Does it have anything to do with him? Retracting her hand, she smiled andanswered, “You’re good at making jokes, Mr. Bateson.” “The director interjected again from the side. “You don’t understand, Mr. Bateson. All the young women are dressed like this nowadays. Check out her slender waist.” While speaking, he actually tried to reach out his hand to touch her waist. Her expression changed drastically and she instinctively took a step back. Although she had never formally set foot in the workplace, she had heard and seen many things related to workplace sexual harassment. Susanna had also complained to her about many rubbish men including directors, assistant directors, and some male actors whowould take any opportunity to take advantage of the female actresses. Be that as it may, Emma never imagined that an insignificant screenwriter like herself would encounter something like this today. She was a little confused, but she mostly felt angry. It was fortunate that she had avoided him fast enough. Otherwise, she would have been disgusted to death if he had touched her waist.

Even so, what was the point of being disgusted or enraged? She would still need to remain at this party. More importantly, Joseph’s hand had not touched her, so it would be inappropriate even if she wanted to retaliate. A slightly embarrassed expression appeared on his face when he saw her side stepping his advances. Before he could say anything, he felt a murderous gaze shooting straight at him from above his head. He abruptly raised his eyes and came face-to-face with Trevor’s grim expression which frightened him so badly that hequickly chuckled in nervousness. Wesley broke up the tense atmosphere at just the right timing. “Since we’re all here, let’s get seated.” Needless to say, he was just as angry anddisgusted by Joseph’s behavior. Unfortunately, there was nothing anybody could do during this event. When they were deciding on their seats, Emma and Cerys decided to sit together. At the same time, they created a certain distance between them and Joseph. Once the banquet started, it was time for the men to exchange drinks with each other. Emma lowered her head and ate quietly. She had admired the director for his talents and wanted to take the opportunity to ask him a few questions. It was very important for a director and a screenwriter to communicate. After all, the screenwriter would need to confirm with the director whether certain scenes would work in the actual shooting when writing the script. However, thanks to his sexual harassment, she no longer had any mood for work. It could even be said that she was having a huge headache. How was she supposed to get along with the director in the future? Be that as it may, while she was quietly eating, she soon realized that somebodywould turn the Lazy Susan so that any dishes containing mutton or beef would be shified away from her in a timely manner whenever one of those dishes appeared in front of her.

Looking up at Trevor seated at the main seat, she caught a glimpse of his long and slender fingers pressing against the Lazy Susan. When she looked over at him, he lazily opened his eyes to look back at her. Thus, she bit her lip and lowered her eyes to continue eating. It would seem that the mockery she spewed at him the last time was rather effective. He actually remembered that she could neither eat mutton or beef. After several rounds of drinks, the director suddenly held up a wine glass in front of Emma. “Little Yates, you were absent during our previous meeting. Although you had a valid reason, it stands to reason that you should still be punished with a drink on an occasion like today.” When thedirector finished speaking, both Trevor and Wesley turned to glare at him at the same time. Both of them had a trace of warning and displeasure in the depths of their eyes. The director seemed to sense something. Narrowing his eyes, he composed his emotions and prepared to let Emma off. Who could have known that Emma would stand up and respond readily? “Okay. It’s true that I deserve to drink as punishment,” she replied generously while looking at the others. “I’m honored to be able to work with you as a screenwriter. Please guide me in the future.” After saying that, she threw her head back and emptied the contents ofher glass before she sat back down without the slightest change in her expression in All the people sitting around the table were surprised. It had to be said that her appearance gave them the feeling of somebody who was warm, soft, and goodnatured. She did not look like she could drink. Therefore, nobody expected her to boldly gulp down the contents of her glass in one go. Wesley looked at Emma deeply while Trevor’s expression darkened.

Since when was she able to drink? During the three years that they spent together, he did not recall herdrinking in the slightest. Even at family gatherings, she would use the excuse of not drinking to avoid taking even the slightest sip. Why is she not trying to avoid drinking now? Is she aware that once a womanreveals the slightest hint that they are capable of drinking, the noisy men who liked heckling women will never let her off easy? Needless to say, Emma was aware of everything that Trevor was thinking about right now. It was just that there was no way she could skip out on drinking on this occasion. Besides, her status was that of a newcomer in the field at the moment. Everybody sitting here had more experience than her in the entertainment circle, so she could not afford to offend any of them It was also true thatshe could ask Wesley to help her block the wine from coming her way or to get away without drinking, but what about next time? What about the next, next time? She could not count on others to help her every time, so she could only protect herself. I’ll drink if I have to. I’m not afraid. Nobody might be able to associate her youth and beauty with drinking alcohol, but the truthwas that she was very good at holding her liquor. Emma and Susanna were best friends who had known each other since high school. Back then, Susanna was a poor student who only had her looks going for her whereas Emma was an excellent student in allaspects. It could be seen from the fact that she was good friends with Susanna that she actually had a wild streak inher bones. Drinking was something she learned from Susanna at the time. She later drank so much that her ability to hold her liquor increased to the point where she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk I’m goingto drink the director and his entire team under the table tonight.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Let’s see if they still dare to drag me out drinking with them in the future.