Please Come Back, Honey!

Chapter 168

A few moments later, Wesley arrived in the meeting room at Alpha Productions, where his appointment with Zola was going to be. In the meantime, Zola looked haggard, as she didn't sleep well the night before because of the news about Emma's visit to Wesley's house. Because of that, Zola appeared to be emotionally unstable even though she had long arrived at their rendezvous. The moment she saw Wesley entering the meeting room in high spirits, she couldn't help but think about the night he spent with Emma together, allowing her jealousy to take over her rational mind.

Nevertheless, Wesley pretended as if he didn't notice Zola's strange behavior and sat down in front of her, whereupon he went ahead and directly made his point. "Zola, as your old friend and partner at work, I have to tell you that you don't belong with Crystal." In fact, he had long sensed Zola's romantic admiration for him but had been acting ignorant toward it because he didn't want to put both of them in an awkward position.

Zola pursed her lips in silence, trying to calm herself down. A few moments later, she mustered her courage and looked at Wesley, questioning him about his stance. "President Zurich, you told me that I don't belong with Crystal, but who are you to tell me that?" Zola forced Wesley to show his hand by aggressively pressing on with her question. In fact, she was aware of Wesley's indifferent attitude toward her advances, but at that moment, she was driven by her rage to push her luck due to the news of Emma and Wesley from the night before. Because of that, she impulsively decided to make Wesley pick his choice between her and Emma against her better judgment, even though a part of her knew she was in over her head.

Wesley kept his head down just as a disgusted look flashed across his face. Little did Zola know that one of the reasons Wesley had no interest in her was because of her ordinary looks. After all, as a celebrity himself, he considered himself an aesthete with high standards, which was why he preferred a woman with good looks, but on the contrary, Zola had ordinary looks that failed to catch his eyes. Besides that, another reason that turned Wesley off was Zola's lack of professionalism at work. Because of those two reasons, Wesley knew deep down that Zola was not his cup of tea and reckoned she should get his message, but instead of making the sensible move of backing away, she chose to make a fool out of herself by forcing Wesley to show his hand.

Nevertheless, Wesley decided to put his words mildly to protect Zola's pride for old times' sake as he rose to fame back then because of her production. Thus, he gently said, "I'm telling you that as your superior and your former business partner. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors after leaving Alpha Productions."

Although Wesley had done his best to euphemistically make his point understood, Zola unleashed her rage and lashed out, rising from her seat as she glared at Wesley with a pair of bloodshot eyes. "The public may not know your girlfriend is Emma, but I do." She gritted her teeth and questioned the man. "Why did you choose her over me? What's so good about her? As a producer, I have at least one famous masterpiece, but what does Emma have? She was never even a producer, so what exactly does she have?! She has nothing but a face that looks innocent with a mind full of ideas about seducing men!" Zola blurted out her thoughts as her emotions completely got the better of her.

Meanwhile, Wesley's face darkened the moment he heard her response. While he could put up with Zola's doubts and distrusts, it didn't sit right with him to hear her insult Emma. Feeling his anger surging through him, the man held the pen in his hand so tightly that he broke it in half as Zola looked at him in a startled manner. Soon, Wesley said, "Zola, since you insist on turning things ugly, I suppose I have no choice but to break it down to you. You're nothing like her at all." His words were filled with indifference and coldness, devastatingly humiliating Zola.

In the meantime, Zola instantly found herself in an awkward position after hearing what the man had told her. While Wesley had hardly ever lost his temper in front of his employees, he had actually been so nice to everyone that Zola began to take his kindness for granted. Thanks to the illusion that Wesley was a Mr. Nice Guy, Zola paid the ultimate price with her pride for having pushed her luck when she shouldn't have. In a fit of pique, her tears rolled down her eyes as she held her phone tightly and said, "Wesley, I'm going to make you regret what you said today!" As soon as she finished her sentence, she tearfully stomped off from the meeting room and left Alpha Productions with Becky.

On the other hand, Wesley was left behind in his seat with a long face, frowning at Zola's unreasonable attitude. After all, he deemed his action of talking back justified and blamed it all on Zola for starting the argument by first insulting Emma. I was just trying to stand up for Emma. I have done nothing wrong, haven't I? Anyway, I suppose it's not a bad thing for Zola to join Crystal either because that'll mean she has just doomed her career.

Meanwhile, Emma was heading back to her home on foot right after Wesley dropped her off at the entrance of the residential area in which she was living. As she was silently thinking about ideas and inspirations to come up with a new script, she got so caught up in her train of thought that she didn't notice a black luxury car parked downstairs of her apartment. Before she could respond anything, Trevor showed up, acting strange with his hands in his pocket. "Finally, you're back. Do you know that Minnie had been yowling non-stop? I could even hear it from the opposite side of the door."

Worried about Minnie, Emma quickly ignored everything else and reached for her house keys to open the door. However, it was only after she opened the door that she realized it was a false alarm because Minnie wasn't yowling like Trevor said but was instead hiding under the couch. In fact, the kitten had always favored hiding under the couch and would only come out to explore every corner of the house when Emma was in her study or bedroom. However, Emma decided to let it be as long as its health wasn't concerned while trying to bond with it over time.

Feeling speechless about Trevor's behavior, Emma replied in an annoyed manner, "I didn't know you were such a good liar, Mr. Bateson. You hid that pretty well."

In response to Emma's sarcastic remark, Trevor continued to lie and said, "I did hear the cat yowling just now."