Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 117

Flossie was quite the lifesaver.

Eileen took a bunch of photos with Flossie, all smiles and warmth. But after the photo shoot, Flossie got a bit too handsy. She helped Eileen fix her messy hair and even touched her face, saying. “Your hair is so smooth, and your skin is really nice.”

Eileen was taken aback. She pulled her hair back and gently pushed Flossie’s hand away.

“What do you like to eat and drink? Any hobbies? I feel like we’ve got a real connection, don’t you think…”

Eileen started to feel uneasy. Wait, was Flossie… into girls?

Eileen instinctively took a step back. She bumped into something or rather, someone. It was Egbert. She quickly rushed over to him, grabbed his arm, and hid

behind him.

Flossie looked at them, confused. Egbert, holding Eileen’s hand, asked Flossie, “Anything else, Flossie?”

Flossie opened her mouth to say something, but Egbert cut her off. “If not, we’ll be on our way.”

After they left, Eileen was still feeling uneasy. She looked back and saw that Flossie wasn’t following them. She turned to Egbert and said, “That was freaking creepy! Did you see the way she was looking at me? Like she wanted to eat me up!”

Egbert calmly replied, “Yeah, that was a bit over the top.”

Eileen stroked her chin. “I think Flossie’s into me. Never thought my charm would be so powerful that both guys and gals would be into me. Am I the drop-dead gorgeous babe people often talk about?”

Egbert just stayed silent.

Seeing Egbert’s reaction, Eileen continued, “You know, we used to have two beauties in our company. But since I started filming, there’s only one left. Because one of me is worth two.”

Again, Egbert didn’t say anything.

Eileen then said to Egbert, “You must feel really lucky to have such an outstanding friend like me.”

Egbert, finding her sudden self-praise strange, just went along with it. “Yeah, I’m incredibly lucky.”

Eileen giggled. “Since you’re feeling so lucky, here’s your chance to treat me to dinner tonight.”

Egbert was speechless. Oops, he got tricked into treating her to dinner. Again.

Eileen was over the moon.

They started shooting. The main storyline was still being tweaked, so they mainly filmed the supporting roles in the morning. In the afternoon, Eileen and Egbert had their scenes, which took place indoors.

Flossie, who was sitting in front of the camera, was watching the two of them cozy up on the prop sofa. She was stunned.

The script just said, “Palmer wants a child, so he’s been clinging to Joyce a lot,” but how did it turn out like this?

He was pressing against her, combing her sweaty hair with his fingers. One hand was stroking her head while the other was holding her neck. He forced her to look up at him. Their kiss was sticky and wet, and it never seemed to end.

Flossie was dumbstruck, and then she heard the director say, “Let’s do it again.”

“Do it again?” Flossie was shocked.

The makeup artist had already gone to touch up the actors’ makeup. Both of their clothes were messy, and the kiss marks on their faces needed to be wiped away.

Galen glanced at Flossie and said, “If you can’t handle it, you should leave. This is a love scene.”

Flossie didn’t understand why they needed to shoot such explicit scenes.

Galen frowned. “This isn’t explicit. There are even more explicit scenes. All of this is to build character.”

Palmer’s emotional changes are conveyed through physical contact with Joyce, so these intimate scenes were necessary. That was the drama.

They had to redo the scene six times. When it was time for a break, Flossie brought Eileen some water and a towel to wipe her face. As soon as Eileen saw that it was Flossie who brought her the towel, she immediately walked over to Egbert. And Egbert naturally reached out his hand to her.

Egbert got a tissue, and while holding Eileen’s face with one hand, he wiped the sweat from her temples with the other.

Flossie felt heartbroken. She just stood there, staring at them from a distance.

The next scene was a continuation of the current one, but this time, it moved from the sofa to the bed. Flossie couldn’t take it anymore and left.

The scene took more than two hours to finish.

When they were done, Eileen was lying in Egbert’s arms, her face flushed. She was tired and didn’t have the energy to move.

The set was very quiet.

Initially, Egbert didn’t move either. But then he turned his head to look at Eileen, gently wiped her cheek with his finger, and moved a strand of hair from her lips.

In the process, he touched her lips. Eileen let out a soft sigh. His movements became even gentler. He turned over and held her in his arms.

He held her tightly, with one hand supporting the back of her head.

After a while, Galen’s voice came. “That’s it for today, everyone. Let’s clean up and give them a break. Everyone, please leave.”

One by one, the crew members left. Eileen closed her eyes and rested in Egbert’s arms for a while, taking in his faint scent.

After a while, she pushed him away.

Egbert let go of her.

Eileen sat up, turned her head, and asked Egbert with a pout, “Are my lips swollen?”

Egbert also sat up. He held up her face, looked at it carefully, and said, “They’re fine.”

Eileen let out a sigh and weakly got off the bed, heading for the bathroom.

When she came out, her face was wet. She was wiping her face with a tissue and asked, “Aren’t you getting up?”

Egbert pulled the blanket up to his waist and replied, “You go ahead.”

Eileen put on her coat and said, “Alright, I’m heading down then.”

After Eileen left, Egbert went to the bathroom.

The scene was shot in a real house rented by the crew, so the bathroom was functional and even had a shower head.

Egbert took a cold shower.

When he came out, he found that Eileen had come back again. She was rummaging through a pile of props for car keys.

Hearing the door opening, she knew Egbert was out.

Eileen casually asked, “I noticed the prop team’s car keys are missing, the staff are busy, so I offer to help them fetch it…” NôvelDrama.Org: text © owner.

Before she could finish her sentence, she lifted her head. All of a sudden, she saw Egbert standing there, wrapped only in a dark towel. He was damp, with moisture lingering on his body.

Eileen was dumbfounded. She blinked her eyes, her gaze sweeping over the man’s firm and well- defined abs, and then she looked up at his face.

“Why… are you taking a shower here?” Eileen was a bit flabbergasted.

Egbert didn’t answer. He pursed his lips, walked past her, and went to get a towel from the couch. As he brushed past her, Eileen felt the chill from his body.

“A cold shower? What’s up with you?” She was even more baffled.

Egbert turned his head and wiped the water drops off his chest with the towel. He glanced at her and countered, “What do you think is up with me?”