An Extra Spark by Liwen Ho

Author:Liwen Ho [Ho, Liwen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Evan

Evan gritted his teeth as Margot’s sugary sweet voice filled the car.

Evan, sweetheart. It’s Margot. Get ready to pack your bags. Call me back for more details. Ta-ta!

“Pack your bags?” Emma stared at him with wide eyes. “What is she talking about?”

“I have no idea,” he replied with a sigh. The last thing he wanted was to fall into another one of Margot’s traps. He questioned whether there was one trustworthy bone in her body. He still hadn’t confronted—nor forgiven—Margot for her scheming earlier that day. He hated the hold his anger had on him, but he hated the power Margot had over Emma even more.

As Emma’s boyfriend, he was supposed to protect her. But he had already failed to keep Margot from wreaking havoc on their relationship. He vowed to do everything he could from now on to protect Emma. “She’s likely up to no good, but we’re smarter now. We’re not going to let her pull the wool over our eyes again.”

Emma didn’t look so convinced. Her voice shook as she asked, “Are you going to call her back?”

He frowned. “You’re not going to be able to sleep until you know what’s going on, are you?”

“It’s okay if you don’t want to,” she quickly insisted. “I-I’ll be fine. I’m pretty tired, so I’ll probably crash right away.”

Narrowing his eyes, Evan studied Emma’s expression in the glow of the moonlight streaming in through the windshield. He could tell she was making excuses. But he was in no mood at that moment to talk to Margot. He was sure whatever news she had for him could wait. “I’ll talk to her on set tomorrow morning. If it was really urgent, she’d be calling—”

His phone rang.

“Again,” he finished with a smirk. He checked his phone. Sure enough, it was Margot calling for the second time in a span of two minutes. Evan felt Emma’s eyes on him, silently pleading for him to pick up the phone. “I’ll answer it. But don’t worry. I can handle her.”

Emma nodded and leaned on the center console, eagerly waiting.

He held the phone up to his ear and greeted Margot with a curt, “Hello?”

“Evan, there you are,” Margot cooed. “Did I catch you at a bad time?”

“It’s fine. What did you call for?”

“Didn’t you get my voicemail?”

“I did. What did you mean by pack my bags? I don’t have any trips planned.”

“Guess what? Now you do. We’re going to the Silicon Valley Comic Con tomorrow night. Some guests dropped out, so Daddy was able to get us in. He called everyone to let them know, but I told him I wanted to give you the news myself.”

Evan’s eyes widened as a surge of excitement coursed through his body. He’d been looking forward to doing one of these events ever since he started acting on Edenvale. He enjoyed every opportunity he had to meet fans and talk to them. And to be able to do it in his home town? This was a dream come true. “Are you serious? That’s awesome.

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