Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO

Chapter 384 - 235: Deeply in Love [Part 2]

Pedro Langley couldn’t take it anymore and reached out to ruffle the little ancestor’s hair into a mess.

"Ancestor, can you not be so troublesome next time?"

Brushing his hand off, Nora Scott raised an eyebrow, "Already tired of serving?"

"I wouldn’t dare."

Pedro changed his attitude in a second.

With her eyes half-closed, Nora beckoned him with her finger.

Pedro leaned forward.

Wrapping her slender arms around him, Nora gave him a peck on the lips, "Consider it a reward."

Raising an eyebrow, Pedro smirked, "That’s not enough."

Having just sat up for two minutes, Nora was pushed back down again.

...

After a few minutes of fussing, Nora finally managed to get dressed, freshened up, and then had her hair smoothed out by Pedro.

"Why did you cut your long hair?"

As he put the comb back, Pedro glanced at Nora in the mirror and suddenly asked.

Applying lotion on her face, Nora replied casually, "It’s inconvenient when I’m out."

After being in Lai’an City for just a few days, Nora cut her waist-length hair, and for the following years, she kept it short, using extensions when longer hair was needed for filming. It wasn’t until last year, after spending some time in the hospital and not being as healthy as before, that she started growing her hair out again.

Picking up some primer, Nora paused and curiously asked Pedro, "Have you ever seen me with short hair?"

"Yeah."

Planning to show Pedro some photos, Nora was slightly taken aback and asked, "When?"

Pedro honestly replied, "I have all your public appearance videos."

Nora turned back in astonishment.

"Altogether, they don’t add up to half an hour," Pedro pinched her incredibly elastic face, "To be a celebrity and end up like this, isn’t it kind of tragic?"

"You’ve even acquired Fernwood Entertainment, and I haven’t seen you take care of me," Nora deflected the blame.

"Right after the acquisition, I got someone to sign you first thing, and how did you reply?" Pedro frowned slightly.

"...How did I reply?"

Nora asked in confusion, clearly not remembering this situation.

Like Henry Chapman, she had never signed with a talent agency.

Henry had the capital and a temporary team, so he never needed one.

As for her, she needed freedom; signing with any company would limit her freedom. Thus, the roles she could take were really limited. Even if she had the acting skills to back her up, it was tough to survive in the entertainment industry for a few years.

Anyway, her first reaction whenever any company wanted to sign her was always refusal.

Pedro said, "Scram."

"..."

Nora raised an eyebrow.

The person who called must have picked a bad time.

Covering her head with his hand, Pedro lowered his head and looked at Nora in the mirror, "I thought you knew it was on my instructions."

He thought Nora didn’t want to have anything more to do with him.

Therefore, regarding Nora’s matters in the entertainment industry, Pedro only paid attention and never got involved.

Unexpectedly——

Nora didn’t pay attention to the entertainment industry at all, let alone any high-level changes in any entertainment company.

"...Oh."

Nora glanced at Pedro with sympathy.

After quickly applying some primer, Nora picked out a lipstick and carefully applied it to her lips.

She generally didn’t wear makeup when going out; her natural skin was good, so even without makeup, she was still strikingly beautiful. However, just now...

She could only apply light makeup to cover up properly.

But as soon as she finished the makeup, Pedro handed over a pair of sunglasses, "Better safe than sorry."

"..."

Nora silently accepted the sunglasses.

In recent years, her popularity had dwindled so much that she didn’t really need sunglasses anymore.

Only Pedro would care so much about her outward appearance.

...

After getting ready, Nora and Pedro left the room.

As they headed out, Pedro thought of someone troublesome and asked with a frown, "Where’s Henry Chapman?"

Casually tossing the room card into Pedro’s pocket, Nora confidently said, "Wasn’t he supposed to accompany you shopping? I sent him back alone."

"..."

The jealousy hadn’t even settled before turning into pure joy.

Pedro took her hand, scratching her palm, earning a glare from her.

As they walked toward the elevator, Pedro suddenly pulled Nora over, pointing his chin in the direction of the staircase, "Take the stairs."

"Hmm?"

Nora looked up in surprise.

Pedro said deliberately slowly, "Secret romance."

Nora: "..." Who’s having a secret romance with you?

Feeling a bit disgruntled.

As if noticing her little mood, Pedro chuckled and asked, "Still want to act?"

"Hmm."

"Then listen to me."

"... Wouldn’t going public increase the buzz?" Nora didn’t understand his thought process.

Pedro calmly retorted, "Do you need buzz?"

"I don’t need it."

Buzz can bring many things, but all she needed was to act.

"You’ve already got black marks of ’being a kept woman,’ and if you’re caught being with me, even jumping into the Yellow River won’t wash you clean," Pedro logically analyzed for her, "Moreover..."

He paused.

Nora asked, puzzled, "What?"

Grinning, Pedro leisurely questioned, "Do you have any idea about your scandal with Zero?"

"Huh?"

Hearing this for the first time, Nora was momentarily at a loss.

She, a scandal, with herself?

"Not important, check online when you’re free."

In shaping the rumor, Pedro had a part too, but he didn’t want Nora to worry.

Moreover, speculation could only remain speculation, and nothing predicted in that post could actually happen. If Nora didn’t make any news in the coming days, making people suspect she was just "trying to ride the hype," the internet would soon forget the rumors.

Given the current situation, only by Nora keeping a low profile and proving everyone wrong with facts could all rumors be shattered.

Of course——

The primary condition is that Nora doesn’t cause any trouble, staying cautious above all.

"...Oh."

Nora nodded slightly.

The hotel floor wasn’t high, so Nora and Pedro quickly descended the stairs.

Upon exiting, Pedro pulled out a pair of sunglasses and wore them.

"Did you change your clothes?" Nora suddenly asked.

They hadn’t turned on the lights last night, so Nora wasn’t aware of what Pedro was wearing, but it felt a little different to the touch.

"Yeah."

"Didn’t you not bring any luggage?"

"It’s in the car."

"...Oh."

She forgot Pedro had driven here.

Known for her straightforwardness, Nora hadn’t expected that the so-called "secret romance" needed such caution.

Pedro changed his clothes, used the stairs, and even exited from the back door.

A lot of extra steps.

Nora initially planned to ask why Pedro was so certain someone in Greenhill Town would be photographing her, but thinking about it, Pedro had already arranged everything meticulously, and she was too lazy to ponder more, so she didn’t ask.

Though she had been in the entertainment world for many years, she wasn’t as familiar with its intricacies, its twists and turns, as Pedro was.

"Where to play?"

Just as she settled into the front passenger seat, Nora took off her sunglasses.

Pedro also removed his sunglasses, tossed them together with hers, and then asked, "Where did you go with Henry yesterday?"

"Why?"

"We’ll revisit those places."

"Huh?"

She had already visited every fun place around here a few times, and now... going again?

"Experiences of dating alone with other men, you can’t have them in the future."

Pedro took up his domineering stance, but his intentions were petty and his words were dripping with jealousy.

Lifting her right leg, resting it on her left knee, Nora lazily cast him a side-eye, "You’re being excessive, aren’t you?"

Pedro started the car but didn’t drive off; instead, he leaned over, pinning Nora against the seatback.

He asked word by word, "Be honest, how many wild men do you have outside?"

Nora: ???

The car windows were all tightly closed.

Who’s afraid of him?

Sighing, Nora calmly met Pedro’s gaze, seeming to think seriously for a moment, then said, "Not many, just... four or five."

"Is that so?"

Pedro narrowed his eyes slightly.

Pinned her down.

Nora: "..."

Her freshly applied lipstick!