It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1718 I Will Be With You As Long As You Want Me (Part Three)

"Re... Really? You are not pulling my leg? Am I going to be the lead actress, Mr. Xia?" Eleanor stuttered, somewhat surprised. She had feared that Rain would be unhappy with her, after witnessing the interaction between Annie and her. What she would never have

expected was that he would offer her the chance to appear on the big screen. She was so happy that her eyes were shining with excitement.

Upon hearing Rain's words, Annie felt utterly confused. She turned to look at Rain with a muddled stare. She had no idea what he was trying to do. Why would he reward Eleanor, the woman who just insulted his babies' mother, with a chance to be on the big screen? She just couldn't understand.

"You are wrong, but not by much. You are not going to be the leading actress. You are playing her maid. I heard that it is a very difficult role. The main character likes to torture her maid. I was just wondering who I was going to choose to play that part, then I saw you! What a nice coincidence. Clearly, there is no one who is more suitable for that role than you. Besides, since you enjoy acting so much -- who am I to deny your desire to act? The role is yours. You are most welcome." Rain's tone was sarcastic and snarky. Eleanor really did overestimate her charms. Rain couldn't possibly dislike her more than he did at that moment. Who was she to insult the woman he loved like that? She was surely too arrogant for her own good.

"Ha ha!" Annie couldn't help but laugh out loud. She had thought that Rain was really giving Eleanor a chance to be famous. But it seemed that she was wrong. Rain was really something else. How did he come up with such a good idea to punish Eleanor so swiftly? Annie really couldn't figure it out.

Eleanor glared apoplectically at Annie upon hearing her laugh. If looks could kill, Annie would have dropped dead on the spot. Then she turned her head to Rain with a fake smile fixed on her lips. Her eyes were pleading now, "Mr. Xia, can I not play that role. Please." "Of course, you can refuse the job. But be careful, if you give up this rare chance, you might not be offered roles in the future. It's totally up to you though." Rain didn't even try to hide that he was threatening her with the death of her career. He knew that Eleanor wanted to be famous, but he would ensure that the road to success was not an easy one. She had already gotten on his bad side, and he was not likely to forgive nor forget.

Eleanor couldn't help but falter and stumble backwards a bit upon hearing his threatening words. How did it come to this? Why was he helping Annie? And most importantly, why was he treating her like this? She knew that she really shouldn't have treated Annie so badly in front of him. But now, it was too late.

Rain directed a sarcastic smirk at her, and then walked to stand beside Annie. He didn't say another word, but just silently took the backpack from her and helped her carry it. As soon as he took up the backpack, his eyebrows knitted in surprise. Why was it so heavy? Did she put stones in it? How did she carry it by herself?

"Why are you here?" Annie asked in a small voice, her lower lip adorably caught between her teeth. She didn't know why he would come here all of a sudden, without telling her first.

"We have somewhere to be, so I am here to pick you up. Belinda told me that I could replace you here, so, I came right away." When he was talking to Annie, Rain's attitude completely changed. It was like he was someone else, someone gentler and softer. The icy heart melted away instantly in front of Annie. He spoke to Annie with a tender tone that Eleanor had never heard before, and his eyes were full of affection and love when he looked into Annie's eyes.

Eleanor watched the scene happening in front of her with disbelieving eyes. What was happening? Was she dreaming? Annie had told her that she didn't have anything to do with Rain for God's sake! 'Did she lie to me about her relationship with Rain?' Eleanor couldn't help but think. 'How will she explain this then? She must have lied to me! Or maybe Rain is just fooled by that sneaky woman.' She tried to convince herself and replace a truthful reason for the intimate interaction between Rain and Annie.

"Mr. Xia, um, do you know that Miss An already has a husband and two kids?" Eleanor interrupted them in a malicious tone. She glared at Annie with unkind eyes. She thought that Rain was fooled by Annie and that he thought she was still single. 'It is the only possible reason why he seems to be attracted by her. That's definitely it!' Eleanor tried to reassure herself. She wanted Rain to know the truth and see through Annie's lies. She wouldn't lose Rain to some plain and ordinary designer, never!

"Yes, of course I know. You wanna know why? Because I am her husband. And those two kids are also mine. They are my family." Rain was never the type of man to hide his feelings. He was not afraid to show everyone that he was in love with Annie. It was the truth after all, and he shouldn't want to hide it. That was why Rain was being honest, and didn't mind others knowing about their relationship.

"Wh... what? What did you say? It... it can't be real! It shouldn't be! You are lying, right?" Eleanor was so shocked that she couldn't even stand on her own legs. Her body was shaking and it seemed that she was about to faint. Luckily, a nearby crew-member gave her a hand and steadied her so she didn't fall to the ground.

"Of course, I wasn't lying. Why can't it be real? Anyway, what is it to do with you, Miss Xiao? Huh?" Rage had now filtered into Rain's face and he smiled darkly, but the smile didn't reach his stone cold eyes. Eleanor was an insect caught in the glare of his hard stare.

"I would have known about it, if you were really married! You must be lying!" Eleanor continued protesting dumbly, totally confused. She couldn't believe her own ears. It was a huge mess. If Rain really was Annie's husband, then who was the man she saw with Annie last time? Eleanor couldn't think straight anymore.Ó☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐