Chapter 1402 - 1398: Taking You to France to Meet My Family
Kyla Zamora showed her all the endorsement offers since the variety show started, ranging from baby formula to lingerie, covering everything imaginable.
Chloe Winston was dumbfounded and asked, "Why is baby formula also looking for me as an endorser?"
"Maybe they think if a baby drinks the formula you endorse, they’ll turn into a super-talented big sister," Kyla joked. The endorsement fee for this formula wasn’t low; it was the best-selling formula in the country.
"Pfft, when I was young, I played in the mud at the orphanage, drank porridge, and ate pickled vegetables, never had formula," Chloe laughed and shook her head.
After much consideration, she finally chose to endorse skincare products. Firstly, Chloe’s beauty was unmatched, and secondly, it was a top international skincare brand looking to develop the market in China. They wanted a super popular female star for Asia, and Chloe, being so popular now, was selected.
Kyla had her eye on this endorsement from the start, and she laughed, "Just take this one. The endorsement fee is 3 million, and it’s a top brand. Your future endorsements should use this as a standard, only higher not lower. We are following a high-end and cool route."
"3 million, Kyla, is my worth that high now?" Chloe was stunned, her pink cherry lips slightly open, her big black eyes sparkling. With a single endorsement fee of 3 million, could she buy a house without waiting for the variety show’s finishing fee?
Chloe’s endorsement fee was comparable to that of leading female stars, but considering her immense popularity and background, it was no surprise.
"Hmm, future endorsement fees will be even higher," Kyla laughed. "I’ll also keep an eye out for some good scripts during this time, so when you finish the variety show, you can go straight into filming. Having works is the only way to establish your position, just like Delphine did."
"Okay, thank you, Kyla." Chloe reached out to hug Kyla’s arm, acting cute like a little kitten.
They talked all afternoon until Constantine Stewart’s assistant called, reminding Chloe about the evening banquet, and she suddenly jumped up in a hurry.
"What’s the matter? Why are you so flustered?"
"Constantine Stewart said we have to go to the Shaw Family for dinner. Granny Shaw wants to meet me," Chloe said while biting her lip. "I don’t want to go."
Kyla saw her wearing a white T-shirt and skinny pants, with canvas shoes on her feet, and helplessly pressed her forehead, saying, "Are you silly? Going to the Shaw Family for dinner is an honor few in the Imperial City have. Go quickly. If you build a good relationship with Granny Shaw or Leah Squire in the future, even Constantine won’t dare to trouble you. Delphine is in the United Kingdom, beyond reach. You, just visit the Shaw Family more often."
"Let’s go, I’ll help you find something to wear. Really, you all are so worrisome." Kyla hurriedly took her straight to the mall.
Chloe eventually chose a classic black Hepburn dress. Her skin was already fair, her small face full of collagen, and wearing the black dress with her short black hair made her look lively and exquisite. As for the canvas shoes and bear backpack, Kyla confiscated them, forcing Chloe to buy a pair of black leather shoes and a yellow handbag.
Kyla looked at the bear backpack and canvas shoes in her hand and sighed instantly, thinking how careless a life she lived, almost wasting the good looks given by the heavens.
"This doesn’t match my style," Chloe felt stiff even when smiling while wearing the Hepburn dress. She couldn’t pull off the elegant little woman look.
"Good girl, just go." Kyla smiled, protests were in vain.
When Constantine Stewart came to pick her up, he saw the girl in a black elegant dress, with a mask, standing behind an inconspicuous column in the mall. Her allure was almost heart-stopping.
The man glanced at the dress box on the car’s back seat, paused for a moment, then got out of the car, and gentlemanly opened the car door for the girl to get in.
This dinner was roughly the first meal the two had together after their divorce. Constantine Stewart had changed cars, using an extended Rolls-Royce, still wearing a white shirt and black trousers, but with cufflinks and a tie in red diamond, adding an inexplicable allure of masculinity to his usually gentle and handsome face.
Chloe glanced at his tie, hesitated to speak. This red tie was a birthday gift she secretly worked to buy in her second year of university. Constantine Stewart disliked the color’s brightness and never wore it before. She thought he had thrown it away, but to her surprise, he was actually wearing it.
After getting in the car, Chloe automatically sat in the back without saying a word. When Constantine Stewart rejected her gift before, she felt inferior, wondering if her taste was too poor. Looking back now, it seemed ridiculous; when a man doesn’t care about you, doing more is useless. Fortunately, she awoke from Constantine’s spell.
"Granny is very kind, just treat her like your own grandmother, no need to be reserved, act naturally," Constantine said calmly.
Chloe nodded, showed a faint expression, didn’t respond, and they arrived at the Shaw Mansion in silence.
It was Chloe’s first visit to the Shaw Mansion, and seeing the majestic traditional Chinese house, she felt overwhelmed. Just as they got out of the car, the man held her hand, lowered his eyes, and said in a low, seductive voice, "Pretend we are a couple, so be a bit more intimate."
Chloe looked up at his properly dressed, refined, and handsome appearance, frowned, followed him into the Shaw Mansion, and said lightly, "Has anyone ever told you that you’re unpredictable and fickle?"
She gradually figured out the way to talk to Constantine Stewart. The gentlemanly scoundrel always wore a facade, maintaining surface friendliness, so the other party wouldn’t get angry.
Constantine’s gaze deepened slightly, a hint of humor in his voice, "My mom told me that. I’ll take you to meet my family in France someday."
Upon hearing this, Chloe’s body stiffened, she quickly retracted her hand, then sweetly smiled at Leah Squire, who came out. "Sister Leah."
Leah assessed the both of them with her pretty almond-shaped eyes, smiled meaningfully, and said, "Finally, I’ve been waiting. Grandma was just asking about you guys, come in quickly."
The Shaw Family matriarch, though over 80, was full of vigor, looking at most in her sixties, wearing a modified loose cheongsam. She was wearing reading glasses and reading the evening paper. Upon hearing the commotion, she stood up, beaming as she said, "Is it Constantine who’s come?"
Constantine Stewart went up, handed the gift he brought to Aunt Zhao, then supported Granny Shaw with a gentlemanly smile, "I heard it’s hard to get a meal at the Shaw Family, so I brought Chloe to freeload, hope you won’t chase us away, Grandma."
"You rascal, haven’t you eaten enough here?" Grandma Shaw laughed and scolded affectionately. Her grandson was a quiet one, but everytime this kid from the Stewart Family came over, the Shaw Mansion would be full of laughter. Granny often hoped he would visit more often.
Granny Shaw looked at Chloe, came up to hold her hand, and said with a smile, "What a pretty child." Then, half-jokingly, she complained to Constantine, "You two have been married for three years, why didn’t you bring Chloe to see this old lady sooner?"