Chapter 116: Let the Ugly Duckling Choose Cinderella
After seeing off Jamie, Betty returns home with a nervous expression.
Sister Hilda immediately notices Betty's abnormality and asks her what happened.
Betty glanced into the living room to make sure her father and nephew were watching TV, then took Hilda's hand and stepped aside, explaining in a whisper:
"I suspect Jamie Dutton has some kind of bad intentions for me!"
Hilda looked at Betty with a shocked expression.
The expression was clearly saying, are you kidding me?
Hilda would rather believe that Jamie had bad intentions for her than that Jamie would have bad intentions for his sister.
Without giving Betty any chance to explain, Hilda pushed her directly into the bathroom and made her stand facing the mirror.
"Do you know who Jamie Dutton's girlfriend is? The prettiest and probably the richest girl on New York's Upper East Side, and then you look at yourself, do you think your family background is better than others, or are you more beautiful than others? ”
Betty turned to look at her sister and explained in a low voice:
"I know all of what you're talking about, but Jamie Dutton told me to buy a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey and read it through the night, don't tell me you don't know about it, I saw it under your pillow yesterday."
Hilda's face was embarrassed, and she immediately defended that she had hidden the book under her pillow just to keep Justin from finding out.
"So you know what that book is about, right? Although I haven't read it, I heard Trisy (neighbor) say that the content of that book involves sexual abuse, which is very scary! ”
Betty's face was full of panic, as if tomorrow she was going to experience the same terrible thing as the heroine of the book.
Hilda clutched her head speechlessly, looking at her hopelessly stupid silly sister.
"You really should take a good look at "Fifty Shades of Grey", the terrible sexual abuse content in Trixie's mouth is actually just a game between the hero and heroine, and it is through these small games that the two fall in love."
"Honestly, if I were the heroine, in the face of such a handsome and attractive man, I would also be willing to try those horrible games you call -"
Betty was so frightened that she covered Hilda's mouth and didn't let her continue.
"As a mother, how can you have such thoughts?"
Hilda ripped Betty's hand away and emphasized:
"As a single mom, I have the right to do whatever I want with someone I like!"
Betty didn't want to continue arguing with her sister about the subject, so she brought the conversation back to Jamie asking her to watch Fifty Shades of Grey.
Hilda also thinks that the work that Jamie assigned to Betty is weird, but she doesn't believe it, Jamie wants to do that to Betty.
Betty is trying to retort, what if Jamie is that pervert?
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the bathroom door.
Both sisters were taken aback.
Fortunately, Justin's voice came from outside the door.
He wanted to go to the toilet and asked if the people inside were okay.
Betty opens the bathroom door, and Justin is puzzled by how long his mother and aunt have been in the bathroom together.
Hilda casually made up a lie that she was teaching Betty how to dress herself, and deceived her son.
The two returned to the living room together.
Betty plans to tell her father about this and ask for his opinion.
Hilda advised Betty not to do this, and if she was really worried, she could call Jamie directly and ask for clarification.
If Betty doesn't dare, Hilda is more than happy to do it for her.
Betty refuses on the spot, feeling that Hilda's offer to call Jamie is the real ulterior motive.
Neither of them convinced anyone.
Just as Betty was about to tell her father about it, a news item on television caught the family's attention.
"Chuck Bass, the son of New York real estate tycoon Bart Buffy, recently revealed in an exclusive interview with Weststar News that the popular "Fifty Shades of Grey" will be adapted into a movie, and Chuck Bass will personally invest and play the leading role.
"It is reported that the project will be run by former CAA founder Michael Ovitz, Weistar Pictures is responsible for distribution, and many Hollywood actresses have shown strong interest in the heroine of the film, but the head of the film project, Owitz has said that the heroine will be more considered from the selection of new actors."
"Many Hollywood agencies, including CAA, are optimistic about the film project, and some authoritative analysts believe that once the film is as successful as it is, the heroine will become famous overnight and become the most potential newcomer in Hollywood."
Betty and Hilda withdrew their gaze from the TV screen and quickly exchanged glances.
Betty was about to say that Jamie asked her to read "Fifty Shades of Grey" thoroughly, could it be that he wanted her to audition for the lead actress in the movie?
Before he could say anything, he was directly denied by Hilda.
"Don't be stupid, unless Jamie Dutton is trying to make a fool of you like that bastard Daniel, how can he possibly arrange for his assistant to compete for the lead actress in a movie?"
Seeing that Betty was still a little worried, Hilda directly took out her mobile phone and dialed Jamie's number.
"Hi Mr. Dutton, I'm Betty's sister, haven't you, you've heard me, I have to say you have a good memory."
Seeing that Hilda was about to digress, Betty quickly motioned for her to ask the truth with her eyes.
"That's right, Mr. Dutton, just now Betty told me that you asked her to read a copy, and she doesn't understand the work well, so she wants me to help her ask."
Betty had already regretted it by this time.
She didn't ask Hilda to make the call for her at all, it was all Hilda's own initiative.
Just as she was thinking about how to find a suitable reason to snatch the phone from Hilda's hand, Hilda suddenly screamed in surprise.
"Really? Mr. Dutton, are you really going to hand over such an important job to Betty? ”
Before she finished speaking, Betty snatched her phone.
"Mr. Dutton, what is the important work, I just-"
Hilda happily hugged her sister and interrupted:
"Betty, you've become the casting director for Fifty Shades of Grey!"
Betty froze straight away, for fear that Hilda was joking with her.
Fortunately, Jamie on the other end of the phone heard Hilda's voice and repeated the incident to Betty.
Until the phone hung up, Betty still felt like she was in a dream.
Finally, after repeated reminders from her sister Hilda, Betty finally believed that all this was true.
The two sisters hugged each other and screamed excitedly, making Justin, who had just come out of the bathroom, look inexplicable.
Just then, Betty suddenly stopped.
Patronizing the excitement and joy, I just forgot to ask Jamie on the phone why she would be the casting director of "Fifty Shades of Grey".
He was hesitating to call Jamie again to ask about the matter when the doorbell rang suddenly.
Both Hilda and Betty thought Jamie was back and scrambled to open the door.
Eventually, Hilda preemptively touched the doorknob lock.
When I opened the door, it was Betty's boyfriend Walter standing outside.
A guy with curly hair and a bit of a strange look.
Walter raised his hand and was about to greet Hilda, but he didn't expect the smile on Hilda's face to freeze instantly after seeing that it was him, and then turned around and left.
Betty followed and appeared at the door, and without saying a word, she stepped forward and hugged Walter, and almost killed the small Walter in excitement.
Walter thought to himself, it must have been revealed in advance that he was going to break up with Betty, otherwise Hilda and Betty would not have reacted like this when they saw him.
But Walter couldn't figure it out, the breakup was a decision he made today, and he didn't tell anyone about it, how did the Betty family know?
Could it be from his expression?
No way, as an assistant sales manager, Walter thinks that he is still qualified for expression management.
While Walter struggled with the issue, Betty finally let go of him.
"I have something very important to tell you!"
Walter looked at Betty, who was full of anticipation and excitement with some humility.
"Really? It just so happens that I have a very important thing to tell you. ”
"Wait a minute!"
Betty clutched her hands to her chest, feeling she needed to take a breath of relief.
She hasn't recovered from the joy of being appointed by Jamie as the casting director of "Fifty Shades of Grey", and she is about to get her boyfriend's marriage proposal.
God, is today her lucky day?
Yes, Betty could see the hesitation and nervousness in Walter's expression, but she interpreted it as a sign that her boyfriend was ready to propose to her.
Walter was about to speak, but Betty told him to wait.
She wanted to inform her family of the news first.
Walter's eyes widened.
He is well aware that Betty's family includes not only her sexy and beautiful sister Hilda and sensible nephew Justin, but also an amateur boxer father.
If Ignacio knew he was going to break up with Betty, would he rush out and blow him in the head?
While Walter was hesitating whether to run now, Betty had already turned around and returned to the house and told her sister that Walter was going to propose to her.
"Are you sure?"
Hilda's face was skeptical.
When she opened the door just now, she saw that Walter had come empty-handed, and if it was a marriage proposal, she should at least prepare a bouquet of roses, right?
Betty pressed her hands to her chest and nodded excitedly.
Seeing this, Hilda had no choice but to suppress the doubts in her heart and congratulate her sister first.
Thank God, there's finally a blind guy who has taken a fancy to his ugly sister.
Meanwhile, Walter stood at Betty's doorstep and began to count down silently.
He decided to count to 10 seconds, and if Ignacio rushed out with his fists clenched, he would immediately turn around and run away.
Halfway through the count, Betty returned.
She closed the door and dragged Walter to the staircase.
"I'm ready."
Looking at Betty with an expectant face, Walter was a little confused.
It was only then that he realized if Betty had misunderstood.
"Hmm...... Why don't you talk about it first? ”
Walter's hesitation was seen by Betty, who thought her boyfriend was embarrassed, so she nodded happily and loudly announced that she had found a new job.
"Really?"
Walter looked at Betty in shock.
He just heard yesterday that Betty quit her job on her own initiative and then found a new job so quickly?
It can't be a tea potion, right?
Walter remembered that Betty's sister Hilda had wanted to recommend Betty for a similar job.
"It's true, my new boss is Jamie Dutton, you know who he is, right? The last time we watched the Bulls play together, you told me that you dreamed of having a local dad like Jamie Dutton who could buy an NBA team at his fingertips! ”
Walter blinked vigorously.
He did say something like that.
But he still couldn't believe that Betty had just lost her position as assistant to the editor-in-chief of Mode and was immediately back as an assistant to Jamie Dutton.
When did Betty become the illegitimate daughter of God?
"Listen, Betty, I know it's sad to be humiliated by Daniel, Editor-in-Chief of Mode, you're right, that bastard just has a good father, otherwise he wouldn't be worthy of the editor-in-chief's position, but you don't have to make up such outrageous lies to fool yourself, do you?"
The smile on Betty's face froze on the spot.
Walter actually thought he was lying to him?
"Isn't it?"
Walter asked rhetorically with some anger:
"I know you want to make up a boss who's better than Daniel to comfort yourself, but you really shouldn't lie with Jamie Dutton."
"It's ridiculous, even a shit like Daniel is willing to use you as an assistant because of his dad, how could someone like Jamie Dutton hire you as his assistant?"
Betty was shocked and couldn't believe that her boyfriend would say such a questioning thing.
At this moment, the door behind him suddenly opened.
Justin, his nephew, who had been eavesdropping at the door, came up to Walter with a digital camera that showed Jamie and the family after dinner tonight.
Walter glanced at it and froze when he saw Jamie sitting in the middle of Betty's family.
He snatched the camera, enlarged the photo, made sure it wasn't dazzled, and finally looked up in shock.
Betty shrugged her shoulders.
At the same time, he threw an approving look at his nephew Justin.
Before Walter could apologize, Betty made another explosion.
"Mr. Dutton not only hired me as an assistant, but also gave me a very important job as the casting director for 'Fifty Shades of Grey'!"
Walter's whole body was numb.
Although he still couldn't figure it out, he at least figured out one thing.
Betty was really lucky!
"Now it's your turn, don't you have a very, very important thing to tell me too?"
Betty looked at Walter expectantly.
"Forehead ......"
Walter swallowed nervously.
"Ming...... Tomorrow is my birthday, and I want to take your family out for a meal. ”
Betty looked at her boyfriend suspiciously.
"Isn't your birthday in August?"
Walter replied hesitantly:
"Yes, I used to have a birthday in August, but two days ago my dad called me to tell me that he drank too much on the day I was born and remembered the wrong date, but I was actually tomorrow's birthday."
When it came to the end, Walter looked at Betty very firmly.
It doesn't matter if it's his birthday tomorrow or not, the important thing is that he must not break up with Betty, who is about to soar.
The trivia is over, and the normal update starts tomorrow!
(End of chapter)