My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 228

From then on, however, the old man started to have Stanley call Sophia over to the military compound to play chess almost every day. Every time they finished playing chess at the military compound, he would then tell Sophia to have dinner at Stanley’s place.

Nathan was pissed off; every time Sophia went to the military compound, he would tag along and follow her around to prevent Stanley-the-dumb*ss from making use of every bit of opportunity to have Sophia on his own.

He thought to himself, Well, my Dad is coming back soon, and Sophia won’t have time to play outside by then. She will fall head over heels for him once he comes home!

Sophia had become a complete fangirl for Taylor by now, but she was too shy to reveal this side of her in front of Hale. Since she found it too embarrassing to brazenly ask about Michael’s whereabouts, she could only find out discreetly from his fan group.

Some fans in the group were able to find out the whereabouts of some celebrities. High-definition snapshots of Michael at an overseas celebration dinner, for instance, were quickly uploaded to the fan group after they were taken. Furthermore, the fan group’s admin had connections in the talent agency and would disclose some trivial pieces of news from time to time.

Over the past few days, something happened in the fan group which delighted everyone. Many of the group’s members had actually received letters from Taylor!

This was the first time they had ever received letters from him; even though everyone knew that their Prince Charming couldn’t have written these letters himself, getting these letters was at least some sort of encouragement, so the fan group was buzzing with excitement.

Sophia also went by the alias Sirius in the fan group. Suddenly, someone asked her, ‘Have you received a letter from Taylor, Sirius? Most of us in the fan group have received it as well as his autographed

photos! Since you’ve made so many cinema bookings for his films, you must have received a special letter from him as well, right?’

Sophia felt extremely embarrassed; she couldn’t have received one of these letters because she had written them herself. She replied, ‘Yeah, I received one too.’

Many fans in the group had been boiling over with excitement for several days because of the letters. Suddenly, another big piece of news came out.

‘The latest news is here! Taylor has finished filming “Doctor Invincible”, so he is coming back to Cethos and will arrive at Bayside International Airport tomorrow afternoon! Let’s meet him at the airport!’

‘Lord Winston is coming back with him, so why don’t we team up with Lord Winston’s fans to meet Taylor at the airport together?’

The fans were filled with excitement as they said, ‘That’s right! Even though Taylor doesn’t need such a pompous display of grandeur, we should meet him at the airport!’

‘We have no intention of comparing ourselves with other celebrities’ fan bases, but some celebrities with huge followings always have tons of fans meeting them whenever they show up at the airport—just look at how impressive it is! We should show our devotion to our idol too.’

‘Taylor is way more popular than those celebrities, but look at how smug their fans are!’

Sophia had been following news updates from the fan group as well, so she learned about this as soon as the word was out.

Michael is coming back to Cethos! Why didn’t Hale tell me that beforehand? I’d really rather trust the fan group than trust him! she thought to herself.

Sophia had been indifferent to the world of show business in the past, but ever since she became a fangirl because of Michael, she started following what was going on in the entertainment industry.

A new generation of celebrities had risen to prominence in Cethos lately, and each of them claimed to have billions of fans worldwide. Since they each had a particularly crazy number of overzealously devoted fans, they turned up their noses at veteran actors like Michael and Harry.

These celebrities’ fans were also ready to draw comparisons between Michael and their idols at the drop of a hat. They had compared all kinds of funny statistics about Michael and their idols, such as the number of fans meeting them at the airport, how many followers they had on Twitter, how much they were paid for appearing in commercials, the number of high-end products they were endorsing, and how great their influence on their fans was.

Taylor usually kept a low profile, and he never appeared in variety shows or did product endorsements. Moreover, Taylor’s fans were relatively more rational, resulting in a wrong impression that Taylor had fewer fans than the celebrities with huge fan bases.

Unlike some overzealous fans in many fan communities, Taylor’s fans were not going to start a sh*tstorm on social media over the disparaging comments made about their idol by the fans of some of his fellow juniors. However, what should be done must be done.

Therefore, everyone in the fan group decided to go to the airport to meet Taylor in person.

However, the reality was that the fans who had gone to meet Taylor at the airport would never be able to see him in person. Taylor always left the airport through specialized passageways, so his fans never had the chance to catch a glimpse of him.

As such a situation went on for many years, the fans meeting him at the airport eventually dwindled in numbers until they disappeared altogether.Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

However, it was different this time round. Even though Taylor’s fans knew that they wouldn’t get to see their idol in person, they were determined to go to the airport to meet him—this was a battle between different fan communities.

The fan group’s admin even made a special effort to message Sophia in private. She said, “Please come tomorrow, Sirius. You paid the money for our fan group’s community shirts and even spent so much on cinema bookings for Taylor’s films, yet you never once showed up during our group’s activities. You have to come this time! Taylor’s flight will arrive at around 1 p.m., so why don’t we have lunch together after meeting him at the airport?!”

Sophia was a little hesitant, but she agreed to the admin’s request in the end.

Unlike other celebrities who had to treat their fans to meals, the aloof Michael never treated his fans to anything; he never had to play up to his fans since his capabilities always spoke for himself. Even though this group of fans had been adoring him for many years, he never lay his eyes upon them.

As her Lord’s wife, Sophia felt she should do something since it wouldn’t be long before she slept with their idol.

After going home from university, she began making preparations to meet Michael at the airport the next day.

The fan group had exclusively-designed clothing made for them to show their support for Taylor. It was a white hoodie with a pair of angel’s wings at the back and a pair of horns on the hood. The fans had clubbed together to have the hoodies custom-made, but Sophia paid for the bulk of it.

She put the hoodie on and looked at herself in the mirror several times. The more she looked in the mirror, the more dumb she felt dressed in this hoodie.

She thought to herself, Am I going to wear this thing while meeting Michael at the airport tomorrow? Won’t I lose my standing in the family if he sees me dressed like this?

On second note, she thought to herself, No, that won’t happen. We definitely won’t meet Michael in person tomorrow, so nobody will know about it as long as I say nothing!

With that, she put the fandom hoodie in her bag and prepared herself to meet Michael at the airport.

The next day, Sophia attended the morning lecturers and skipped the afternoon ones. When she reached the airport, it was already 12.30 p.m., and those from the fan group were already present. Since their fan group wasn’t large, the fans who were able to come merely amounted to about 50.

They changed into the customized fandom hoodie in the airport’s restrooms and came out looking like little angels. Sophia felt deeply uncomfortable about her appearance, but most of her feelings of embarrassment subsided when she saw everyone dressed like her.

Everyone even wore the same pink makeup, so Sophia hurriedly applied some pink makeup on her face.

Gemma and Hale had come with her, but she told them to wait for her in the parking lot; she didn’t want them to see the way she looked right now since it would be too embarrassing!

There were only 50 fans who came to the airport. They were all young people, and most of them were teenage students. The majority of them were ladies, but there were fanboys too.

Michael had fans across all ages, but those who were middle-aged certainly would not come to meet him at the airport. Hence, the active ones were those who were much younger.

Harry’s fans, who were also present, were wearing fandom hoodies similar to theirs. Since their idols were close buddies, the two fan communities were on friendly terms with each other—they even decided to collaborate this time round.

After getting fully dressed, the crowd headed to Bayside International Airport’s departure lobby. However, they soon discovered that the lobby was packed with huge crowds of people who had come to meet their idols.

It was only then did Sophia learn that the Academy Awards ceremony had just concluded in Freistan. Lots of Cethosian celebrities had attended the ceremony, and many of them happened to be taking the flight back to Cethos on the same day.

In other words, the airport was predestined to become a battlefield for the fan communities!