Chapter 99 This Must Be Love
Ever since that day they met at the recording studio, there seemed to be some strange force mysteriously pulling him, making him want to get closer to her.
This was a feeling Lawrence had never experienced before.
Lawrence thought, this must be love.
At this thought, Lawrence showed that same infatuated look from that day.
Dash could tell just by looking at him that he'd fallen in love again.
He quickly tried to talk sense into him: "You've only met her once. How can you be so sure she doesn't have bad intentions? What if she deliberately showed up there that day to get close to you..."
"Then she must like me too," Lawrence said, his face full of longing.
"We have mutual feelings for each other."
Dash was immediately left speechless.
He'd already jumped to "mutual feelings."
Dash could only look helplessly at their manager, Ember.
"Ember, look, this..."
Lawrence immediately turned to Ember too, pressing his hands together pleadingly: "Ember, please, please, let me go see her, okay? If I can't see her, I'll really die."
Ember: "...Is it really that dramatic?"
Lawrence: "Yes, yes it is! And I'm not going to see her just for love—it's also for my career!"
Ember raised an eyebrow. "You actually still think about your career?"
In Ember's eyes, although Lawrence was the youngest son of the Parker Family, he was innocent and naive, a hopeless romantic—just a kid really.
Truth be told, Lawrence's unworldliness was not only related to his family background, but also thanks to his several powerful older brothers.
The Parker Family, as one of the four great families, wielded enormous power, but previously hadn't ventured into the entertainment sector.
Because Lawrence loved singing and acting, the Parker Family's eldest son, Soren Parker, invested heavily to build Emerald City's largest entertainment company—Infinity Entertainment Inc.
Infinity Entertainment Inc. covered both music and film, and over the years, countless A-list stars had emerged from the company.
Naturally, Lawrence joined his family's company, and after that, Ember became his manager.
Before managing Lawrence, Ember had just guided an actress to win Best Actress, but at the peak of her career, that actress had given up everything without hesitation to marry into a wealthy family.
This left Ember feeling devastated—decades of hard work destroyed in an instant. So she left her previous company and joined Infinity Entertainment Inc., managing Lawrence from when he was fifteen until now.
"Ember! Really, I want to find her to have her accompany my concert on piano!" Lawrence said earnestly. "She plays piano amazingly well—you'll know once you hear her."
Ember paused, stunned.
"You mean... you're planning to replace Phoenix and have that high school student accompany your concert?"
Lawrence nodded. "Yes!"
Ember immediately put her hand to her forehead. "Are you crazy?"
"You actually want to replace Phoenix!"
Phoenix Knight, 24 years old, Emerald City's top pianist.
Her piano performance level was among the best in the entire country. Not only that, she had held independent piano recitals and collaborated with numerous A-list singers, with extremely rich stage experience.
Replacing Phoenix with a high school student to accompany such an important concert—what if something went wrong?
It was simply asking for trouble.
"No, I don't agree!"
There was no way she could agree to this.
"Why not? Ember, but I really, really want her to accompany me. I can already imagine how she'd look in performance attire—she'd definitely be beautiful. And when she appears on stage, she'll absolutely dazzle everyone and blow the fans' minds!"
"Most importantly, her piano playing will definitely make the whole venue go wild!"
Ember was speechless. "Are you holding this concert for yourself or for her?"
"Ember, I..."
"Okay, stop talking."
Ember was really afraid of hearing any more ridiculous things come out of his mouth. Right now she just wanted him to leave. "If you want to go on a date, then go. I'll reschedule your magazine shoot for tomorrow morning."
Lawrence cried out happily, "Thank you, Ember!"
Ember reminded him, "Be careful, don't let anyone see you."
"Okay."
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"Is it in the direction of Pinecrest Drive?"
In the dorm, Violet and Isabella pulled out their phones and checked the navigation for the address.
LP had agreed to meet, just now, and had even sent over a coffee shop address—a fifteen-minute drive from school.
The two planned to leave campus and catch a taxi there.
Just as they reached the bottom of the dorm building, they found a large crowd gathered at the entrance.
When those people saw Violet, their eyes immediately lit up, and they shouted loudly: "Violet's here! Violet's here!"
As they got closer, Isabella saw that up ahead, flowers had been arranged in a heart shape, and Violet's ex-boyfriend Charles, whom they hadn't seen in a while, stood in the middle of the flowers holding roses.
He was tall and handsome—just standing there was enough to attract many girls' attention.
At this moment, Charles was gazing affectionately in Violet's direction, clearly waiting for her.
Isabella felt confused and looked at Violet. "Didn't you two break up? Why is he still coming to find you?"
Violet also saw Charles, and her expression immediately turned cold.
She was puzzled too.
What was Charles doing?
Violet walked over with curiosity, and Charles immediately thrust the flowers in front of her.
"Violet, please forgive me. I was wrong before—I didn't properly cherish our relationship. I know I was wrong now. Let's get back together!"
Isabella listened to Charles's speech and felt like the sky was falling.
This scumbag...
Was trying to trick her best friend again?
Isabella really wanted to kick him away.
"Violet, I've really thought things through during this time. The person I've always loved in my heart is you. I simply can't live without you. I haven't been able to sleep at all this whole time, always thinking about you. I'm begging you, please don't break up with me, okay?"
Charles's affectionate manner made the people around them envious.
"Charles really loves Violet!"
"So handsome and so devoted—if someone treated me like this, my whole life would be worth it."
Everyone didn't know the real story behind Violet and Charles's breakup, and had always thought it was a shame that such a good couple had split up.
Another group of people were just there with a pure spectator mentality, stirring things up.
"Violet, get back together with Charles! You two are really perfect for each other!"
"So romantic!"
"Get back together! Get back together!"
Isabella looked at this absurd scene before her, thinking how nice it was to be young.
This scene seemed utterly embarrassing to her, but these kids thought it was romantic.
In her previous life, after Violet and Charles broke up, Charles had also pestered her like this for a while.
Why?
Because at that time, Violet was already a rising star, and any random concert would have countless fans traveling halfway across China to see her.
And Charles remained that same person muddling through life.
He didn't yet know that the greatest fortune of his life was Violet.
Youthful feelings were pure—Violet liked the teenage Charles, so she never looked down on him during their young adult years.
Charles only understood this after losing her.
After they broke up, Charles discovered that without Violet, he couldn't even afford to eat, so he turned around and begged to get back together.
Not because he loved Violet, but because he needed Violet's money and fame.
But after seeing Violet's determination, Charles realized he could never win back Violet's heart, so he simply went all in—injecting her with a virus and destroying her.