A Film Queen

Chapter 133 The Birthday Gift

“It’s fine; we really don’t need it.”

Jonathan, who had just been rushing around urgently, was now slumped hack onto the sofa, his voice tinged with resignation.

Seeing his sudden change of mood, Ace paused before suggesting. “Jonathan, should I ask the driver to take us back to that secret room we were just in? Maybe it’s still there.”

Jonathan’s face remained impassive as he responded, “No, let’s just head back. It’s not that valuable. I don’t even want it anymore.”

Ace was confused.

Hadn’t Jonathan just been insisting on its importance? Why this sudden shift in attitude?

Do celebrities really change their minds so quickly?

Jonathan leaned back, closing his eyes and radiating a chilly aura that seemed to ward others off. Even Stephanie, who had been playfully trying to get his attention, hesitated to come closer now.

Maybe Jonathan alone understood the truth behind what he said just now.

That item, while crucial, was ultimately inconsequential.

As the fifth in the Burnett lineage, two years junior to his brother Xavier, Jonathan had always felt somewhat overshadowed. From his earliest years, his older siblings had carved out significant paths: the eldest as a prominent CEO and the second as a celebrated designer.

Meanwhile, his third and fourth brothers were stars in their fields, too.

Yet, he remained unremarkable.

In a family orbiting around successful figures, he often felt neglected. Even in times of crisis, a call to the family doctor was about as involved as anyone got with him.

With Anthony and his sister now in the picture, he felt even more like a ghost in the grand Burnett household.

for him, these were just the traf his

might be like in an ordinary family where even

his reality, such

the entertainment industry, aspiring to dominate the spotlight and become

did not share blood.

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soft and sweet voice like Stephanie, However, she would silently tend

band–aid for him, the same unsightly, childish one that he had

Anthony, leaving him

was still

his eyebrows furrowed and eyes closed, wearing an unhappy expression. He scoffed softly, leaned towards Milly, and whispered conspiratorially, “Ms. Milly, I think he might be going through an early

but chose

feeling that Jonathan’s glances carried a trace of

them noticed Stephanie sitting quietly

and her assistant during a live broadcast, but the

preparations in place, wouldn’t it be a

beside her, her

Stephanie’s intense scrutiny, met her eyes and gave

gesture and allowed

how you’ll get

his duties and departed after

and the team received instructions from Mr. Hawkins

scenes.

who had been sulky all day,

back and rest in the van with his eyes closed, a gentle

He paused and turned.

already left, was rushing towards him, battling against the wind. Her approach,

was he

he should have felt