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.

privileged life filled with wealth and status, but for him, these were just the traf his birthright,

like in an ordinary family where even small achievements were recognised and

his reality, such recognition was

own identity, he plunged into the entertainment

Stephanie, even though they did not share

133 The Birthday

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

choose a band–aid for him, the same unsightly, childish

to Jordan and Anthony, leaving him feeling sidelined once

was

softly, leaned towards Milly, and whispered

eyebrow but

Jonathan’s glances carried a trace of resentment, though she could not fathom

quietly in the corner, her face etched with a

create a rift between Milly and her assistant

the preparations in place, wouldn’t it be a

her, her intentions

scrutiny, met her eyes and gave

gesture and allowed a

to see how you’ll get out of this

the film set, Ace completed his duties and

received instructions from Mr. Hawkins to

scenes.

been sulky all day,

rest in the van with his eyes closed, a gentle voice stopped him.

He paused and turned.

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

was he

Stephanie: he should have felt resentment