Chapter 43 The Youth
Both Natalia and Archie entered the club, and were greeted with a wideke after passing the rockery
garden.
Under the night sky, sparkling ripples on theke reflected the street lights and the moonlight. At one
nce, the edges of theke were not visible.
The doorman led them up the stairs into the lobby, and took the esctor to reach the private room
they booked.
Watery Moon was the name of the private room, and it quite in line with the artistic atmosphere at that
moment.
Inside the private room, it was finely decorated with antique design, but some details were blended with
modern scientific looks, so as to give customers a pleasant andfortable experience.
On the south, there was arge window facing theke. Standing here, one would have a broader view
of theke than that from downstairs.
In fact, the lights on the stone arch bridge far away could also be seen. The dazzling lights and elegant
scenery were simply creating a unique vor.
Nataliamented with a smile, “The scenery here is so beautiful. I like it a lot.”
Archie curled his lips into a smile.
He picked this ce because he had investigated into her preferences.
Then, the two of them sat down and ordered the dishes.
Again, the vors of the dishes were Natalia''s favorite.
Thinking of how considerate Archie was, Natalia was shy, and always felt like she was taking
advantage of him but could not repay him.
Suddenly, Natalia thought of Stephen''s case. She had searched it on the inte in the afternoon when
she was waiting for the artistes to return.
Stephen released a post on Weibo ording to Natalia''s instructions, and the response was great.
Although there were no definite results yet, Natalia was confident that the case would be resolved
sessfully as long as her n was implemented smoothly.
Therefore, she said to Archie. “You don''t have to worry about Stephen''s case. I''ve already started
handling it, and it won’t be long before it is settled.”
Archie looked at her with a smile and said in a soft tone, “Why do I feel like I not only found a good
wife, but also a great helper?”
Natalia was startled.
In that instant, a thought shed through her mind.
She nced at Archie, and did not say anything, but in her heart, she secretly made up her mind.
Once they were done eating, Natalia excused herself to go to the restroom.
There was actually a toilet in the private room, but she was embarrassed to use it because of poor
sound-proof.
The restroom was located at the end of the corridor, next to the elevator. After leaving the private room,
Natalia headed to the female restroom with help from a waiter, who showed her the direction.
As soon as Natalia came out of the restroom, she noticed some familiar figures walking in her direction.
Stunned for some reason, Natalia took a step backward ghostly.
It just happened that she hid behind a dragon-patterned pir at the entrance of the restroom.
Shawn Miller and Jessica Dawson were the ones who were walking toward her, and they were
apanied by a middle-aged man in a pair of ck-rimmed sses.
Natalia recognized the man right away. He was their country''s famous A-list director, Nathan Hale.
The three of them were talking happily.
Nathanughed and said, “Mr. Miller, I previously heard that you have a beautiful wife, but I didn''t know
who she was; I finally know that it''s Jessica.”
Shawn replied to him with a smile, “Director Hale, thank you for looking after Jessica all these years. I
look forward to a pleasant cooperation with you this time.”
”Of course. I watched Jessica grow up, and she has great potential. She''ll surely be the youngest
best actress in this generation.”
Jessica grinned. “Thank you for yourpliments and blessings, Director Hale.”
“I worked on the script of ''The Youth* for years and I have very high expectation for it. You must not let
me down, Jessica!”
“Director Hale, don''t worry. I''ll definitely try my best to interpret this role, and won''t disappoint you.”
Jessica nodded obediently.
“That''s great... and I am relieved.”
The group of three eventually walked past Natalia.
Because of Natalia’s slim figure, she wore a ck outfit today, thus not a single person noticed her
when she hid behind the pirs.
Only when the three entered the elevator, she came out from behind the pir.
As Natalia watched the direction they headed to, her eyebrows furrowed.
She had read the script of ''The Youth'' before by chance, and immediately attracted by it.
In today''s male-dominated world, even if there was a heroine in a period drama, her parts would be
mainly limited to her role as imperial concubine.
From the beginning to the end, the story would revolve around a fewdies fighting over a man.
However, ''The Youth'' was quite a different drama. It was definitely an epic of women, and the stories
about war, peace, and alteration of dynasties were fully depicted from a woman''s perspective.
Natalia''s blood was burning with passion when she finished reading the script.
From the drama “The Youth”, she saw entirely different values from the drama.
Women were not merely bound to petti love. If given the same resources and status, women would not
be inferior to men.
Unfortunately, the structure of the script was tooplex, as it involved six countries. Huge investment
was required to fully demonstrate the story, and it would take lots of efforts to shoot the whole drama.
Just because of this, the drama was stranded in the end, even though there was a heated discussion
about it. Mostly importantly, no investor was interested in it.
During these years, Natalia never heard about any progress about the shooting.
She couldn''t believe that the drama was finally pulling together for shooting.
It seemed like Jessica was going to be the leading actress.
Natalia looked down as she was struck with an idea.
When she returned to the private room, she found that Archie had already paid the bill.
Natalia was embarrassed.
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It was clearly agreed that she would treat him to dinner, but he ended up paying for it behind her back.
Archie took her hand as they walked out, saying as he walked, “Mrs. McCathy, did you forget that we''re
married? What''s mine is yours, so which one of us pays the bill makes no difference.”
Natalia’s face blushed upon hearing his words.
She cooed, “Are you suffering a big loss?”
Archie chuckled. “Well, since you''re aware of it, you should make it up to me tonight.”
As he spoke, he gave Natalia a hint by pinching her palm.
Natalia''s spine stiffened instantly.
Turning her head to look at him, Natalia gritted her teeth and said, “Don''t even think about it!”
After saying that, she quickly shook off his hand and went into the car. Archie followed behind her with
a faint smile.
Once he was also in the car, he asked cheerfully, “I meant to ask you to fill the bathtub for meter, why
are you so agitated? Were you thinking about doing something else?”
Natalia was lost for words.
She knew how bad the man was!
He always liked to tease her!
Once they returned home, Natalia quickly searched for ''The Youth” script on the inte.
She saw the script two years ago, so she remembered the general framework, but not the details.
Fortunately, there was plenty of information about it on the inte, because it was extremely popr
two years ago.
If she gathered all the information, she could get a rough idea of it.
Natalia arranged the pieces of information in a file, and sent one copy to Laura Davies.
After a while, Laura replied to her message.
“Dear Natalia, are you asking me to ept a role in this drama?”
Natalia could not be bothered to keep her in suspense, so she cut to the chase. “Well, take a look at it,
and see if you like it. Then tell me about your thoughts.”
It only took a second for Laura to respond excitedly through a voice message.
“Dear Natalia, I don''t have to look at it. I read the script two years ago, and I like the drama very much!
Are you asking me to take the role as the female protagonist, nna Nelson?”
Natalia was caught off-guard.
Secondster, Natalia replied three words, “You can dream!”
Laura thought to herself,
“It hurts! But I must keep smiling.”