King of Hollywood

Chapter 321: Chapter 48: Suffered a Small Loss Chapter 321: Chapter 48: Suffered a Small Loss Emma sat in a chair, cupping her cheeks with round eyes fixed on the filming occurring before her. Although she appeared to be focused and serious, the occasional kick of her dangling legs betrayed her inner world.

In two more months, the little tyke would be five years old. Don’t be fooled by her small size; emotionally, she was already at the level of a 6 or 7-year-old. Being quite bright, she could more or less fluently read the newspaper. Don’t underestimate this skill of fluently reading the newspaper, as English is not like Chinese, where new things can be understood just by combining two or a few characters together. In English, you either explain with a long string of words or outright create a new word. This is something not just children struggle with, but even adults need to consult a dictionary to understand, which is why it’s common for kids to only become fluent in reading newspapers around the age of eleven or twelve.

“So boring…” the young girl murmured listlessly, feeling secretly angry at Adrian. He had promised to spend a couple of days with her, but in less than one day, he had resumed work, and once he started, he left her here without a word, and it had already been several days.

Thinking resentfully about this, Emma couldn’t help but glance at Charlize, who was observing the shoot from not far away, and her little mouth suddenly pouted even higher. Well, it wasn’t so bad, since he had work to do, but he could at least spend the evenings with her, right? Instead, he often went off with Charli for God knows what. He thought he was being secretive, always saying he wanted to sleep alone, but how could she not know what he was up to?

What on earth were those two doing together? The little one let out a soft huff before her thoughts turned to this again. Even though Ed spent more time with her, he always found opportunities to sneak off somewhere with Charli, and even though he would take a shower each time before returning, her sensitive nose could still pick up a certain scent from him.

Emma didn’t know what it was, but it smelled nice, similar to after he had done something with Kate. At this thought, the little one’s mouth puckered up even more. When she first met Charli, she thought she posed no threat, so they got along quite well, but to her dismay, Charli eventually started getting entangled with Ed as well—how infuriating.

Although the little one was growing up day by day and understanding more and more, even managing to remain calm when faced with her foster parents paying more attention to their own children—of course, this was also because Rodlin’s partiality was not obvious—her feelings for Adrian had never changed. She was still so attached and fond of him, clinging to him every time they met, which was undeniably an interesting phenomenon.

“Hey, what are you doing sitting here?” A voice suddenly reached Emma’s ears, somewhat shrill but at the same time crisp, like the chirping of a bird.

Emma turned her head to size up the speaker with curiosity. The person was probably under ten years old and about four feet four inches tall, dressed in simple dark winter clothes, wearing a pink scarf, with a pretty face, though the features were a bit sharp, and thick eyebrows, almost boyish if it weren’t for those lively eyes and long hair.

Of course, these weren’t details that a little girl like Emma would pick up on her, so she just looked displeased and replied arrogantly, “Aren’t you a little one too?”

The other girl raised her eyebrows, evidently not expecting such a reply, and her interest in the little one increased.

“My dad is shooting a movie here,” she pointed at the central area of the set full of actors. “What about you?”

“Shooting a movie?” Emma initially didn’t want to engage further, but her curiosity was piqued by the statement. Just as she was about to respond, she heard the other girl exclaim in shock, “Oh my God, he actually shaved his head?! So ugly!”