After Gabriella finished speaking, she looked at Cecilia's bright eyes in disbelief. "You're not really considering inviting him, are you?"
Cecilia curved her lips, neither confirming nor denying it.
Gabriella held her forehead, thinking, "Oh my god, Cecilia must be out of her mind."
"What? Do you think inviting him would still be no match for Lydia?" Cecilia asked.
Gabriella replied, "In front of Alexander, Lydia is nothing but a speck of dust. If the chief editor chooses Lydia over him, his career as a chief editor will be over. Alexander's fans alone would drown him in their spit."
Cecilia leaned back against the chair. "That's all we need."
"What do you mean? Is that really the point? The point is how can we actually invite Alexander?" Gabriella said.
"We won't know if we can until we try," Cecilia calmly responded.
"...," Gabriella was at a loss for words.
Ever since Cecilia mentioned giving it a try, Gabriella gave up trying to persuade her because Cecilia had assigned her a heavy workload that successfully shut her up.
Cecilia spent the whole day working on the planned tasks, trying to make time in the coming days to figure out how they could invite Alexander. It was rare for her, who usually left work punctually, to stay late.
It wasn't until Lucy Preston sent a message that she realized she had already been off work for an hour.
Lucy: "Have you had dinner?"
Cecilia: "No, I'm working overtime."
Lucy: "Are you busy with work?"
Cecilia: "Not really busy, just a bit occupied. Do you have free time now? Let's meet and talk."
Lucy: "Yes, let's go for hot pot together."
The two agreed, and twenty minutes later, they found themselves sitting face to face at a hot pot restaurant in the city center. Cecilia finished telling Lucy about her day and then rolled up her sleeves passionately to vent her anger towards Lydia on behalf of Cecilia.
"This hypocritical woman is shameless. She knows you don't like her, yet she keeps finding ways to get under your skin. She intentionally misleads people in your company to make them think she is a princess from the Sterling family. Ha, with her fake innocent face, she is not even worthy."
"I think you should just publicly reveal your identity to prevent that hypocrite from using it to deceive others."
Cecilia shook her head, "No, my father and I are still at odds. If I reveal that I am his daughter now, won't it be like slapping myself?"
"You can't just let her continue to disgust you like this. What are you planning to do?"
Cecilia replied, "I plan to invite Alexander for the year-end special edition."
Cough. Lucy sprayed water out of her mouth, coughing uncontrollably.
Cecilia hurriedly handed her a piece of paper to wipe her mouth.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you so excited?"
Cecilia looked at Lucy in surprise.
After wiping her mouth, Lucy sat up straight instinctively, her eyes glimmering. "Nothing, I'm just surprised. How did you think of inviting him? He's probably not easy to invite. I heard he went abroad for further studies and is not even in the country. How are you planning to contact him?"
Cecilia squeezed her phone and shook it, smiling. "Because he is the biggest star I can think of, and he happens to have a good relationship with Tristan. He was the best man at our wedding."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lucy snatched the phone away as if it were a treasure, holding it in her hands. "If you have that kind of connection, why didn't you say so earlier? You must have his contact information. Just send him a message."
She lowered her head, opened Cecilia's phone, and opened the WeChat contacts page, asking, "What's Alexander's WeChat? Did you save him as a contact?"
"Well..." Cecilia awkwardly smiled. "At that time, Tristan added me to a group, and it seems like Alexander added me as a friend. But I wasn't close to Tristan, so I thought it wasn't necessary to have too much contact with his friends, so I didn't accept his request."
Lucy: "..."
Title:The Mysterious Wedding Group
"So you don't have Alexander's contact information now?" Lucy Preston held Cecilia Sterling's phone and indeed couldn't find Alexander in the contacts. She looked up with a resentful expression on her face.
Cecilia nodded, feeling somewhat embarrassed about the situation. Because of the business alliance with Tristan Harrington, they met once before getting married and decided to tie the knot. It seemed that they were both afraid of the other party changing their mind and not finding a more suitable partner, so they rushed to set the wedding date. The wedding reception was also small and according to Cecilia's preferences, without much fanfare.
At that time, she had discussed with Tristan to have a simple small family dinner, get the marriage certificate, and just have both families sit together for a meal. Lucy was busy with her shooting at that time, so she wasn't asked to be the bridesmaid. Unexpectedly, before the wedding, Tristan added her to a group chat called "True Love Assist Group," where she found out that all the people in the group were Tristan's friends and he also invited a few friends to be groomsmen.
Tristan's friends were mostly big shots in the industry, and Cecilia recognized their names, but she hadn't had any contact with them before. They called each other sisters, brothers, and even called her "Aunt-in-law," which was quite warm. Cecilia, as a young girl in her prime, blushed at being called that.
She didn't know who took the lead, but they told her to approach them if she had any issues. If anyone dared to bully her, she could call any one of them, and they would easily take care of the offender.
They were a group of elegantly dressed elites, privately chatting in a domineering manner like bandits, only focusing on the chat content without considering the faces of those involved. Cecilia almost thought she stumbled upon a gang of bandits.
Afterward, she received several friend requests on her phone. Cecilia thought that she would eventually get divorced from Tristan and it wouldn't be good to know too many people from his circle. She had promised Tristan to appear as a loving wife in public, and the more she interacted with him, the more occasions she had to play the role of a good wife. So, it was best to avoid having any contact with people he knew.
On the day of the wedding, she was very nervous and had a confused mind. She hesitated and, in the end, pretended not to see those friend requests.
She thought there wouldn't be any intersection in the future, but she didn't expect to need someone's help so soon. She wondered if Alexander would hold a grudge.
After Cecilia finished stating her reasons for rejecting Alexander's friend request, Lucy was so angry that she almost flipped the table. "That's Alexander we're talking about! Alexander! He has been the most popular male artist for so many years ever since he rose to fame. Do you know how many women are lining up to sleep with him? And yet, you refused to add him on WeChat."
At this moment, Lucy looked like a crazy fangirl. Cecilia chuckled and said, "Calm down. Why are you so excited? Do you still remember that you are a female celebrity yourself?" Fortunately, they were in a private room, or else if someone captured Lucy's hysterical behavior and shared it online, even if she were a D-list celebrity, it could go viral.
Lucy took a deep breath and murmured, "How can I stay calm? He is my male god. I have liked him for so many years."
Cecilia raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised. "Why have I never heard you mention him?"
They usually talked about everything in private. Lucy would even pull Cecilia along to share with her whenever she saw a handsome guy on the street. She would switch her preference for male stars in the entertainment industry from time to time, from fresh-faced young idols to seasoned male actors, but she had never heard Lucy talk about Alexander.
Lucy bit her straw and took a sip of lemon juice to moisten her throat. She looked melancholic as she said, "You don't understand. The person who truly matters to you is not someone you easily mention."
Cecilia replied, "Alright then. Do you think it's appropriate for me to actively add Alexander as a friend now?"
Lucy's eyes lit up, "So, does that mean you can get his WeChat?"
At this point, Cecilia truly believed that Lucy had liked Alexander for many years. She was a lively and smart girl, but as soon as Alexander was mentioned, her IQ seemed to plummet to negative numbers.