Ninian took out her phone and glanced at it. Many messages popped out.
There were messages from Nerola, who was worried about her, wondering if she had reached home safely;
messages from Lana, who shared pictures of delicious food and beautiful scenery on her vacation; and messages from Paul and her other colleagues on the crew set who were concerned about her.
She replied to each of them. She also told Paul and her other colleagues that she took a few days off to attend to some personal matters.
Her eyes widened when she reached the last message.
[When are you coming back?]
This question sounded vague and nothing out of the ordinary.
But the sender was from her paragon, Everettâs agent, Zayn Barnes.
âHow did Zayn notice me taking a leave and not visiting the cast? Besides, why does he care when Iâll be back?
âThatâs strange.
She frowned and was perplexed. Even so, she did not hesitate to reply to his message.
âIâll be back in about five days.â
After sending this message, she added another one immediately, âThank you, for your concern, Mr.
Barnes. Please rest assured, I wonât hinder the shooting!â
After a while, âZaynâ replied to her message.
Ninian clicked on it and saw the indifferent reply.
(Okay.)
She raised her eyebrow but did not think much about it. She set the phone to airplane mode and was ready to sleep Meanwhile , on the other side of the continent , Everett stared at the screen of the phone for a long time. He felt reluctant, knowing that Ninian would not reply to his message.
Soon, he suppressed his emotions, stood up, and walked out.
âZayn, book me a ticket to Ninianâs piano concert.â
At the door was an assistant sent by Zayn, who had left to attend to some matters.
The assistant was stunned when he heard Everettâs command. He said awkwardly, âSir⦠As far as I know, the tickets for Ms. Wintersâ concert have been sold out a long time ago. Itâs in two days, and your schedule at that time is packed. I donât thinkâ¦â
Everett glanced at him coldly.
The assistant stopped talking abruptly. He looked horrified as his forehead was drenched in a cold sweat.
âYouâre excused. Take a month of paid leave. Donât show up for the time of being.â Zayn said to the assistant gently as he strode over.
The assistant left, looking pale.
Zayn looked at Everett and said politely, âSir, Iâll push your work schedule forward and try to get the ticket for Ms. Wintersâ concert. But the Winters siblings will be attending it as well. Are you sure you want to confront them so openly?â
Zayn had ordered someone to investigate when he saw Ninian with a man at the airport. After much effort and utilizing some of the Craig familyâs loyal forces, he found out the truth about the incident three years ago.
Three years ago, Ninian had been kidnapped by a bad person, which angered the Winters family. This incident even directly triggered great turmoil in the business field.
After that, the Winters family completely erased the news of Ninianâs kidnapping, and Zayn could not find any trace of it.
All thanks to Everett, who was involved in the incident The Craig family knew about this very well because he was the one who saved her.
Back then, George and Everett had already met each other.