Marrying the Ugly Heir for Truth and Wealth

Rayne rejected Christina's suggestion decisively.

"Since Anthea is targeting you, there is no way I'll let you have any interactions with any of them. Seeing that Anthea is friends with Elizabeth is enough to prove that she's not a good person either. You're pregnant right now. If they harbor bad intentions and something happens to you, I'll never be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life."

She mulled it over and added, "Christina, in the worst-case scenario, let's just cancel the order. They deliberately fooled our newbie into clinching the contract, anyway. They're obviously the unreasonable ones."

After some contemplation, Christina insisted on the original plan.

"Maybe they're waiting for us to breach the agreement first? In any case, there are no grudges between Anthea and me. She's probably just a pawn that's being taken advantage of. I'll bring someone along with me. After all, she is a public figure and has an image and reputation to maintain. I doubt she'll dare do anything to me openly."

Christina supposed she could deal with an uninvited troublemaker without asking Nathaniel for help.

As long as my studio is still open for business, I'll have to learn to deal with challenges and hardships.

"Why don't I go with you? I know more about this deal than you do. It won't be difficult for me to handle their unreasonable demands," suggested Rayne.

Without hesitation, Christina rejected her offer. "I've already troubled you to help me manage this studio. This matter happened because of me, after all. Let me resolve it. I'm only pregnant, and won't be giving birth so soon. I'm not that fragile."

Rayne was never pretentious toward Christina; instead, she was very honest and straightforward with her words. "Well, you've paid me such a high salary. I'm more than willing to become your diligent workhorse. Haha..."

The joyous atmosphere Rayne created successfully shifted Christina's mind from the matter. The two continued chatting until Sebastian interrupted them with a doorknock.

"Mrs. Hadley, Mr. Hadley is still in a meeting. I'm afraid it'll only end in the evening. Then, he has an important social event to attend in the evening. He's tied up but is worried that you'll wait too long, so he wants me to pass the message and find out if you'll like to head back to Scenic Garden Manor or go to Mdm. Zapler's place."

Uneasy about leaving Christina alone at home and worried that she would get too bored or her emotions might get out of control, Nathaniel thus thoughtfully planned things out for her. Christina smiled faintly. "Send me back to Scenic Garden Manor then."

"All right. I'll arrange a car to send you back right away." Sebastian then called the driver and instructed the latter to wait downstairs. "Mrs. Hadley, we can go now. I'll walk you out." "Thank you." Christina grabbed her handbag and stepped out of the office.

As they passed by the secretarial department, the secretaries averted their gazes toward Christina and remained fixated on her as she walked.

When Sebastian shot them a warning look, those secretaries immediately ducked their heads and pretended to be busy with work.

Christina had long gotten used to being scrutinized by others anytime and anywhere.

It was something she could not avoid after becoming Nathaniel's wife.

Moments later, Christina and Sebastian took the elevator down. When the elevator doors opened midway, two glamorously-dressed young women entered. One of them had a pair of oversized sunglasses covering half of her face and was behaving like an arrogant and prideful noblewoman.

The other woman was trying to talk sense into the former to stop throwing tantrums lest she messed with the wrong person and ultimately sabotaged her own career.

"Natalia, given my current fame and resources, do you think I need to be at the mercy of an inferior director?" Anthea Campbell scoffed. "Does he really think I became famous because of his lousy drama? What an id*ot! How can someone take such formalities as genuine praises? No wonder he's still a nobody despite working in the entertainment industry for this long. He's thinking of using my fame to boost his drama, huh? Sure, as long as he pays me a fee of seventy million according to the market rate. Otherwise, there's no room for discussion."

Natalia warily glimpsed at Christina and Sebastian, then shot Anthea a knowing look, hinting the latter to keep herself in check and not become someone else's subject of ridicule. "Anthea, if you have something to say, let's talk when we return. This is Hadley Corporation, not our turf"

Hearing Anthea's name, Christina gave her a second glance. Coincidentally, Anthea also turned to look at Christina. It was that one glance she got on the latter's tail like a lunatic.

Right then, the elevator doors opened. As Christina stepped out, Anthea followed closely behind.

Suddenly, Christina felt someone pull her hand aggressively from behind. Letting out a cry, she lost her footing and nearly fell onto the ground.

Fortunately, Sebastian swiftly held onto her and asked, "Mrs. Hadley, are you all right?" Oh, my... That was a close one.

Christina regained her balance, and after taking a deep breath, she glanced at Anthea, who was staring at her intently.

As Anthea's manager, Natalia was long acquainted with Anthea's personality. Even though she was unsure why the latter would suddenly find trouble with a stranger, she had enough experience to know she was not supposed to intervene when the latter was teaching someone a lesson.

Anthea huffed, "I remember who you are. You're Christina Steele.

This world is indeed small. I can't believe I'll run into you here." At this point, it seemed like a thought crossed her mind. “I heard your assistant tried to contact me today but failed to reach me. Don't tell me you purposely make your way here after looking into my schedule and pretend as if you bump into me out of sheer coincidence?"

Sebastian stared at Anthea. She's pretty popular, and with her demeanor and looks, she does fit to be the ambassador for this season's new product.

Then again, many other celebrities are equally outstanding too. How can the advertising department agree to sign her without finding out about her personality? Isn't this adding unnecessary trouble for the company?

Unfortunately, Anthea was undoubtedly foolish. Of all the people, she had offended the woman Nathaniel cared about the most. This time, a dramatic change would come for the advertising department, and so was Anthea's career. Her career as an artist would probably end here, and it was something even the Campbell family could not do anything to salvage.

Christina quirked an eyebrow and retorted, "Ms. Campbell, are you too immersed in your character and think the world only revolves around you?"

Having been deeply influenced by Elizabeth, Anthea had always held a prejudice toward Christina. Now that she ran into the latter and got brutally ridiculed, she felt anger surge through her whole body at

once.

"Christina, do you think I willingly engaged your studio to make me a gown? Listen! I have lots of resources and money. Even if you beg me, I won't wear the crappy gown your studio made to attend any events!"

"You can always change your mind. I'm not short of customers." Christina was unaffected by Anthea and remained as cool asa cucumber throughout.

"Besides, I'm not interested in earning your money anyway."