Revenge Of The Cannon Fodder Villainess

Chapter 157 - Filming (1)

The next morning, Valentina woke up very early, sent a video to Luca, got dressed, ate a quick breakfast at the hotel, and stood outside to catch the shuttle.

As she stood there, many people dressed in regular clothes and staff shirts stood along with her, and since she didn't recognize them, she assumed they were the film crew for 'My Fair Lady.'

Saying a quick hello to everyone and chatting lightly, she waited for several minutes until a large coach bus arrived. She quickly entered and sat in the front, putting her headphones in. She stared out the window and began zoning out as people entered the bus.

Thud!

Flinching, she turned to see Jonathan Starling staring at her with deep bags under his eyes.

Looking between the backpack on her seat and his face, she calmly picked up his bag and carelessly threw it in the seat behind her.

There were so many empty seats on this large bus, and he chose to come sit with her with that unpleasant look on his face? He could dream on and go bother somebody else!

Jonathan stared at her for a moment before throwing himself down in the seat right by her.

"You...." He started to speak before hesitating as his expression softened.

"Good morning, Valentina. How are you, Valentina? Can I sit next to you, Valentina? No, you can't, Jonathan. Please sit elsewhere." Valentina parroted at him, completely annoyed with the Grayson family men. She had slept fitfully last night due to Kaiser's shenanigans/apology and wasn't in the mood to deal with his nephew or cousin or whatever the relationship was.

"Oh. Morning, I guess. Thanks for letting me sit here, Val. I can call you Val, right? Anyways, you....what did you do to my uncle?" As Jonathan shamelessly replied and made himself comfortable beside her, she gave him a look.

"Who's your uncle, and what does he have to do with me?"

Seeing her pretend that she didn't know what he was talking about, Jonathan was temporarily speechless.

Since the last time he had seen her at the opening ceremony getting cozy with Kaiser, he had immediately harassed Roman to find out more details about who she was since several crazy things had happened at the ceremony.

Naturally, he chose Roman because Kaiser was too scary to bother freely, even with his personality that didn't care much for authority. After being blown off by Roman, he tried to do some investigation on his own but was blocked at every corner by Kaiser's cease-and-desist to the entire family.

The most information he had gotten was from the director assuring him that the film was still on as both her and Aaliyah's injuries were fine. Apart from that. Radio silence. Even when he tried messaging her through social media, she had totally ignored it which irked him.

That had all changed two days ago. First, Roman had dragged him into the office and made him swear not to hit on Valentina, to behave himself while filming, and to take care of her when set; otherwise, he would die without knowing how or why. While delivering the message, Roman looked scared for his life, but figuring he had just pissed his Kaiser off, he didn't bother taking it seriously. He was used to doing what he wanted anyway and as there was no ring on her finger, she was free game. It wasn't that he was particularly interested, but didn't believe in letting other men block his chances of finding love.

After carelessly agreeing, when he had arrived at the hotel yesterday, his surprise punishment from the demon lord had begun. Looking as if he wanted to murder him, Kaiser had made him kneel down all night while threatening him with physical, financial, and mental harm if anything happened to Valentina, if he attempted to romance her, or if the filming schedule was disrupted because of his poor behavior.