King of Hollywood Chapter 244: Family feast

"Frankly speaking, I never thought I would see your father in this situation." Adrian said a little bit depressed looking at the street scene through the car window.

"Then in what circumstances would you like to see my dad? When Mary starts school or graduates from college?" Jessica, who was sitting next to her, asked, Adrian stuck.

"I knew, Ed, you never thought about it." Jessica sighed complainingly. "If you can, you must hope my dad will never find out... his daughter has become a child. Mother."

"Okay, I admit that I did ignore this," Adrian grabbed her hand and raised her other hand, "but I never thought I would never tell your father This kind of thing cannot be concealed forever. The sooner you tell them, the greater the chance of understanding. Well, what I want to say is that Joshua said that the leak may be a good thing for us."

"Really?" Jessica blinked. "Aren't you angry with Joshua?"

"No, I promise." Adrian said very seriously, then looked at the street scene outside, coughed, and made a casual look and asked: "Yes, you said your dad knows you even After the children are there, they almost went back to the room to get the gun. Is it true?"

Jessica suddenly smiled, her eyes curved like crescents, with a little pride, very cute.

"Relax, Ed," she dragged her voice as if he caught his key point, "My dad is generally very kind. It is more serious, remember not to take the initiative to divert your attention when facing him, otherwise Will think you are guilty."

Her mouth is wide open, and even her white shell teeth are exposed. If it is usual, Adrian will have to use the mouth to tease twice, but now she just raises her eyebrows: "Okay."

Soon, the car drove to its destination and told the driver to take out the gift he brought with him-a bottle of red wine at an expensive Diqin winery-Adrian immediately took Jessica The doorbell rang at the door. quickly. Footsteps sounded on the other side of the door, and Joshua appeared in front of them, making a very obvious relief.

"Hi, Ed, you are welcome to come to our house." Joshua greeted enthusiastically and then blinked at them, making a "caution" lip.

"Hello, Joshua. I'm so happy to see you." Adrian nodded and entered the room with Jessica.

The living room is not big, you can see Jessica’s mother, Catherine Alba, who is playing with Mary beside the sofa, and Jessie looks at them with a smile while sitting on the chair beside him. Card's father Mark Alba.

"Dad." Mary discovered the figure of her father and mother for the first time, and immediately shouted crisply, and then dropped the toy in her hand. Raised his arms and ran swaying.

"Hey, Mary," Adrian smiled and squatted down to pick her up, followed by a bite on her fleshy cheek, and the little boy over three years old was grinning. It was the cutest time, "Have fun at grandparents' house?"

"Happy, Grandma can tell a story very well, and she doesn't lose to Dad at all, but Grandpa doesn't like to laugh." The milky little boy said to the Alba couple.

Mark, who had stood up, changed his smile and stretched his face. Looking at Adrian with a very unfriendly look, it seems to hate him very much, and it does not hide this at all. Catherine kept a courteous smile, but her eyes were quite complicated, and she was worried and helpless.

Adrian just wanted to speak, but he tilted his head back alertly, and the little guy who wanted to attack suddenly threw himself into a vacancy.

"Mary, what did I say? This is not a good habit." Adrian stared at her daughter. She didn't bite Mary but didn't crack at all, just giggled and kept smiling.

"Daddy’s ears are so... delicious?" Adrian asked annoyedly. She liked to bite on his face when she was a few months old. Now she is more than 3 years old. It can't be changed, it's really depressing.

"Ah." Mary immediately nodded her head hard, as if she had a clockwork. The naughty and lovely people around all laughed, except Mark Alba. Well, he still hooked the corner of his mouth somewhat, but his eyes still looked very disgusted when he looked at Adrian.

"Jessie, are you sure that Mary's hobby is not inherited from you?" Adrian looked at Jessica.

"Why aren't you?" Jessica asked with a smile, "We don't have this kind of hobby at home, but--"

She reached out and took her daughter from his arms: "I always think that this is Mary's surprise to me. She knows that her mother has been wronged. She wants to get justice for her mother."

Adrian rolled his eyes, glanced at Joshua snickering, and then reached out to Jessica’s mother: “Hello, Catherine, I’m sorry I’m only here to see you today, please call me Adrian Or Ed."

"Hello, Adrian." Catherine still shook hands with a complicated but polite smile.

"Hello, Mark..." Adrian immediately turned to Mark, but the latter snorted: "I think our relationship has not reached that point yet."

But then Catherine gently pushed her husband, and Mark took his hand reluctantly: "Just do it."

"Thank you." Adrian maintained his demeanor, and secretly took a breath until he released it. The other party put a lot of effort on his hands. Although he didn’t squeeze him, it didn’t feel good. . Although Mark is a little shorter than him, but because he served in the army, the size is full, and the skin is relatively dark, standing in front of him is quite oppressive. It seems that today’s dinner is not so Easy to eat.

Although Mark Alba’s attitude stiffened the atmosphere in the living room, it was slowly revived under the adjustment of Catherine Alba. After adding Mark, he continued to show no reservations. Out of aversion to Adrian. Basically, there is nothing unkind to say, so it is quite harmonious until the dinner.

"Frankly speaking, it is not easy, because everyone knows that the film academy does not like non-realistic works. But it is not that there is no chance at all. The film academy has been constantly seeking change and absorption in the past two years. Young people make themselves look less old-fashioned, so I still have some confidence." While using a rather sumptuous dinner at the table, Adrian used Joshua’s opportunity to pull the topic to Oscar, explaining to Catherine Own works.

Since communication with the father is temporary, it is better to start with the mother. In fact, he has been quietly trying to please Catherine through words this whole night, which did have some effects, but it also caused Catherine to always look at herself with a pair of... son-in-law's eyes.

"Sounds great," Catherine raised her cup with a smile. "Maybe we should give you a cup and wish you a record."

"Thank you." Adrian also raised the cup in his hand. After taking a sip, he naturally picked up the tissue from the side. Wiped the corner of Mary's mouth sitting next to herself.

"Watch your chin carefully, and why don’t you eat one of the beans?" After wiping, Adrian tapped her plate again.

"I don't like it." Mary pouted her head and shook her head coquettishly.

"That's not enough, it's already given to you very little, and it's OK not to eat at all." Adrian shook his fingers and shook, like a good dad.

"But my sister said. We are going to fight against the big bad dad." Mary still grunted, and the serious look made Joshua laugh.

"Okay, Mary, since that is the case, either choose to fail the struggle. Or choose to fail and pay the price, a great price." Adrian said "threateningly", the little guy blinked his eyes and finally reluctantly after a while Pick up the spoon and put the beans on the plate and send it to your mouth.

"This is the good girl." Adrian praised the sentence, and then turned his attention to the dinner table, just caught Catherine's not so pretty face.

This is not surprising. Mary had already said how her sister had been several times before, and he and Jessica had only one child, so who can be imagined. Even though Catherine feels very good about him because of the manners displayed by Adrian, I am afraid that she will not be too happy in this situation, but it doesn’t matter. It’s useless to get Catherine alone in order to get things done.

"So, Adrian," Mark said at the moment. His eyes were fixed on Adrian, "What do you think of as a **** in Hollywood?"

"This is the truth." Adrian shrugged, without evading at all, "I am indeed a playboy."

"Now." Mark raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah," Adrian is still so breezy, even if Jessica glanced at him, "Dating with different women always gives me a lot of inspiration and then turns into works. For example, " "Retaining the Last Dance" started out as an ordinary dance story. I gave it to other screenwriters when I had a concept and no longer pay attention, but with constant contact with Jesse, some of her feelings made me Suddenly remembered this idea, so there is the story that everyone saw in the theater. Until now, I like the dance that Jesse danced at the end. It is very good."

After he finished speaking, he smiled at Jessica in response, and Jessica lowered his head, his mouth slightly bent, and he still seemed to miss that time.

Adrian is very sincere, and at least the facts seem to be true, but as parents, the Alba couples will never accept this statement. But they are also difficult to refute, because no one is more in line with the description of this sentence. Hollywood has declared that women are their source of inspiration. Many directors, Roman Rolandsky, Warren Beatty, Woody Allen Wait, it has been said this way, but compared with Adrian it is a little witch.

Not to mention Jessica’s inspiration just now, not to mention the women who became red because of him, and the ideas he provided for the entire group, five years and five Oscars are enough to make many People looked away. Even if it is a different matter to kidnap their daughters here, in the face of powerful facts, it is not easy to talk for a while, is it necessary to have a noisy and noisy? Don't forget, they "invited" him to come.

So, Mark asked another question calmly: "You have no plans to get married. Right?"

"Sometimes before, now, it's impossible." Adrian is still very sincere.

These words immediately lowered the atmosphere in the room, Catherine didn’t speak anymore, and Jessica fell into some thoughts, but Joshua turned her eyes around to try to say something, but never Opening. Dinner ended like this, and after finishing the table and staying in the living room for a few minutes, Adrian went to the room upstairs with Mark to have a conversation between men and men.

"I don't like it, Mr. Kewell. I don't like it at all." After entering the room, Mark Alba said unkindly, even the title changed.

"I can understand, Mark," Adrian smiled indifferently, "If Mary grows up, and mixes with a playboy, even if she gave birth at the age of 18, I will Very angry. I wish I could kill him."

In a simple sentence, he blocked what Mark was going to say. Anyway, he "invited" him to come, even if he had to. So even if he wanted to kill him with a gun after he knew it, it should be calm down now, and Adrian does not need to weaken Mark. He is not Jessica.

"I did a little research, Mr. Kewell. I believe there are still many girls like Jessie who are deceived by you." After staring at him for a while, Mark said again.

"I think you have used the wrong word," Adrian shook his finger up. "I have never deceived Jesse, she knows everything about me."

"Jessie is my daughter, I know her very well, she is not that kind of frivolous girl, I have reason to believe that you have hinted or threatened her, so she had to be with you." Mark severely Said.

"In the beginning, there was one thing. I never denied that if Jesse was going to leave, I would not stop, I would send blessings," Adrian spread his hands, "Of course, Mary is my child, I will not Give her to anyone."

"Finally admitted?" Mark sneered after him. "I haven't seen young rich people and playboys like you, once you see which girl will chase you down, and when you get tired of it, you throw it aside irresponsibly, don't ask, don't stay here I pretended to be an innocent look, kid!"

Adrian narrowed his eyes. He really didn't like Mark's attitude. What was he like? Criminal?

"I believe you should be clear, Mark, Jessie and I are legal," he said, raising his eyebrows, and then raised his index finger before the other spoke. "You know, Jesse came over and told me she didn't When you are pregnant, there is actually a better solution: find a hospital for abortion. I believe that with my strength, it is not difficult to find a hospital and a doctor who can seal, and it is only three weeks pregnant and not troublesome , Pay another nutrition fee to Jessie, and never meet again, you may never know what she experienced!"

Mark's face turned black immediately.

"But I haven't thought about this," Adrian said quickly. "It doesn't take a second. It has nothing to do with whether the Catholic Church and the fertilized egg are alive. What I have to do after the child was born from the beginning The decision is made, no matter what, the one in Jesse’s belly is my child, and I won’t let my child live outside. You can accuse me of being a **** or an asshole. You can say that I’m morally deficient, but you can’t absolutely say I’m not responsible! Absolutely not!"

Fast but clanging words made Mark speechless for a while.

"Excuse me, Mark, maybe you care about Jessie, but in my opinion, you are always only a half-qualified father." Adrian has become more and more unkind, "Yes, you will her The education is very good, frankly speaking, although Jesse likes to play, the big sale in Hollywood can hold her bottom line than most girls, this is the credit for you and Catherine, but you don’t understand what she really wants in her heart What."

"You said that I don't understand what my daughter wants?" Mark frowned, but ignored Adrian and continued. "I still remember the first time I saw Jesse, she was like that." Standing there, in the studio, in front of the camera, eager to show her charm and desire to get people's recognition. But at the same time, she was very scared, what if it was messed up? What if everyone didn't like it? She was Such a hope to show that I was so scared, worried, and insecure~IndoMTL.com~ That contradictory feeling immediately attracted me, which is also the origin of "Retain the Last Dance."

He said with a deep breath: "Jessie told me the story of her childhood, sickness, long hospitalization, non-stop moving and lack of friends, etc. At the same time, parents are right She is too strict. I don’t mean to say that this is a mistake. There is no doubt that children need to be disciplined, but at the same time, they can’t make them feel as if they are trapped in a bird cage, looking at the clouds in the sky but dare not spread their wings Flying. This is the problem of communication. Mark, father is a role model for children. They may be rebellious and disobedient in the process of growing up, but the image of the father will always remain in their hearts. So, are they willing and willing Whether you communicate, whether you can talk to you or not, depends on how you used to communicate."

Mark's look is changing.

"Maybe you think that my fun with Mary today is for you to make a good impression on you," Adrian is still non-stop, "but you are wrong, I have always communicated with Mary like this , I communicate with all my children in this way, I think I can still be a good father."

"You can't protect Jesse for a lifetime, you can't always restrain her with your rules, Mark, but you can make an umbrella for her that will appear when she needs it, fighting for the wind and the rain." He finally ended Said. (To be continued...)