Chapter 1906 Dinner For Five
Yuvan chuckled at Zayden’s solemn expression. “You’re right. What a fine young man you are! I am curious, how did your father raise you to be as well-mannered as this?”
Zayden puffed his chest out proudly. “He didn’t have to do much. I was born oozing charm and charisma.” “He had inherited my uncle’s charms, he means. My uncle is more interesting than him!”
“Is that so?” Yuvan exclaimed in admiration. “I would like to meet this uncle of yours and tell him what a wonderful son he has.”
Zayden smiled broadly. It was evident that he was enjoying the praise he was lavished with. Gazing thoughtfully at Yuvan without speaking, Zayden spoke after several moments. “You’re not half bad, you know? Welcome aboard.”
“Really? Well, thank you, little man.” “You must work hard on this and uphold the quality of the show. We can’t make my mother look bad. She’s the female lead.”
“Don’t you worry. I’ll do my best to make her shine.” Yuvan appeared to have gained the children’s trust. He gazed at the two children and smiled thoughtfully.
The casting director had found a young, professional actor to play the part of the doctor’s son. He was so efficient that Nicole’s scenes with him often did not require another take.
As a result, the segment that was to be shot over that afternoon was completed ahead of schedule.
As Nicole’s entire afternoon was cleared, she opted to drop by and visit Joy and Zayden and was surprised to see their faces alight with excitement in Yuvan’s company.
The children appear to be enjoying themselves!
Soon after, a member of the production crew walked over to inform them that their scenes and script had been prepared before handing each of them a little booklet.
“How are we going to shoot the scenes with school tomorrow?” Zayden asked, looking worried. “Should we ask our teacher for a leave of absence?”
Joy studied the script in her hand. “We don’t have to miss school for that. We can shoot the evening or night scenes after school! How about working on the night scenes during weeknights and the day scenes over the weekend?”
“Sounds fine to me. What about Yuvan? He would have to wait for us.” Zayden jerked his chin at Yuvan.
“It’s not a problem for me,” the older boy assured them. “We can shoot at your convenience. I can make myself useful to the production crew during the day while you’re at school.”
“How would you like to start tomorrow night, Yuvan?”
“That works for me!”
The trio soon fell into discussion while occasionally consulting their script. Nicole, who stood watching them, smiled warmly at the sight. She did not expect that Yuvan would get along with the children as well as he did and hoped that he would be able to live up to the children’s harsh critique.
After the scenes between the lead characters were shot later that night, Rodney called just as Wilbur was preparing to send Maya back to Imperial Garden.
“Hello, Dad?”
“Come home for dinner tonight. Bring Maya with you.”
Wilbur was surprised to receive the invitation. It only took several seconds before he recalled that his father had voiced an intention to use his relationship with the Seet family to secure some large projects.
“I’ll ask her.”
After a brief deliberation, Maya decided that as the Simpson household would be enjoying a brief period of respite with Mabel safely away at the hospital, no harm could come from dining at the Simpson residence for once.
“I’m in.”
“We’ll leave at once, Dad.”
“See you soon.”
After hanging up, Rodney ordered for the kitchen to prepare two additional portions.
Maya and Wilbur found themselves arriving at the Simpson residence several minutes before Janice and Nicholas. Frozen with unpleasant shock, the four of them stood staring at each other awkwardly.
“Everybody is here!” Rodney exclaimed, clearly pleased. “I hope you’re hungry! I had the kitchen pull out all the stops tonight.”
Janice barely suppressed a sneer as she gazed upon the exquisite dinner laid out on the dining table.
It’s obvious that Rodney did not expect that I would come. I know that the extravagant dinner was prepared for Maya. He never welcomes me in that manner.
