Chapter 126
Ines heard the news about Kelly quitting her job while she was at work. She shook her head, thinking it was the best decision for Kelly. If Kelly stayed, she’d probably get swallowed up by the office gossip, considering the skeletons in her closet.
Around noon, Ines got a call from Phoebe, asking her to discuss an interview for a magazine. Ines couldn’t help but laugh and shake her head, thinking Phoebe was jumping the gun, almost as if she was scared that Ethan and she would back out. It was just last night that they agreed to it, and now she’s pushing for the details. Upon reaching the designated rendezvous, Ines found Phoebe absorbed in her notebook, pen dancing fervently across the page. It was characteristic of her, perpetually armed with a notebook for those unexpected moments of inspiration
Phoebe was so focused that she didn’t even notice Ines Ines knocked on the table in front of Phoebe and jokingly said, “Hey, boss lady, your interviewee has arrived”
Phoebe responded with a ‘do not disturb‘ hand signal, not even lifting her head from her notebook
Ines had no choice but to sit across from her and order a drink. About half an hour later, Phoebe finally looked up, letting out a long sigh, “Alright, I’ve got the questions sorted out.”
Ines jokingly asked, “Phoebe, is your magazine on the brink of bankruptcy or something, for you to be this anxious?”
Phoebe capped her pen, Tm interviewing Ethan, many girls‘ prince charming in A City Time is of the essence, I have to buckle down.”
“Oh Phoebe gave Ines a flattering look, “Ms. Galeana, please forgive me for something”
Ines had a bad feeling about this, “What did you do?”
“Humph, it’s not really something bad”
“C’mon, Phoebe, cut the chase and spill the beans,” Ines said
“As you’re aware, our magazine and the TV station are sibling entities, both falling under the umbrella of Kaleidoscope Publishing Last night, I mentioned to the editor–in–chief about the prospect of you two featuring in our magazine Deeming it significant, they relayed the matter to the upper management. This spurred an urgent meeting, resulting in a new strategy The executives felt that confining your appearance to our magazine, given its restricted readership, would not fully capitalize on your influence. Consequently, they decided to include a television interview in the plan as well, Phoebe expounded
A TV interview? You mean we have to be on TV? Ines frowned.
Phoebe nodded enthusiastically, snapping her fingers, “Exactly, Izzy, sharp as always.”
Ines gave her a look, “Don’t butter me up.” It seemed like she was going to do something she didn’t like
“Haha, so what do you think?‘ Phoebe was unsure about Ines’s reaction, not knowing if she agreed or disagreed
“I’m not keen on appearing on TV, but it seems like I don’t have a choice.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be there too. The host of the show you’re going on has a nice personality, they won’t make things difficult for you.”
“You’re not the host?” Ines asked, surprised.
“Of course not, I’m a magazine editor, I’ve never hosted before. The show you’re going on has a fixed host. They might give me a special guest seat, where I’ll be writing and maybe join in on the interactions occasionally”
Ines gave a slight smile, trying to drag Phoebe into this, “If you’re not hosting, then we’re not going on that show.” After all, she and Ethan agreed to do this to help Phoebe, there was no need to give other hosts a chance
“Izzy, are you doing this on purpose?” Phoebe’s eyes widened
“I don’t care, I have my conditions. If we can negotiate, we’ll do it, if not, forget it.” Ines was firm.
Phoebe gritted her teeth, slamming the table slightly, “Alright, it’s settled. I’ll start learning about hosting from tonight, you can tell me what we need to pay attention to” She wasn’t afraid of the higher–ups refusing now that they were at her beck and call.
Locking at Phoebe, Ines couldn’t help but chuckle After a while, she said, “I hope you can avoid Ethan’s past relationships in the interview, mainly focusing on our current affairs Ethan’s past is a bit traumatic, I don’t want to bring up his painful memories”
“Okay, I’ll send you a draft with the questions we’re going to ask. You and Mr. Meyer can think about how to answer them. Of course, you can also improvise, it’s all up to you”
The magazine interview turned into a TV show. After meeting with Phoebe, Ines immediately told Ethan about the details. Ethan simply responded, “You can decide everything” He didn’t seem to care about the change Ines was a bit upset and kept saying “We’re going on TV, it’s not just an interview, are you really okay with it?” She was worned that the recording would be awkward since he was always quiet around strangers and she had never done this before.
“Izzy, don’t worry, just follow my lead. If you don’t want to answer, just stay silent and throw the question to me”
“I’m not nervous.
Ethan chuckled, not pointing out her lie, merely joking. “Good, you can start thinking about how to confess to me on the show then.”
Even through the phone, ines could feel his good mood. She snorted, “Don’t make it sound so easy, we’re going to support the show, we can’t mess it up.”
The interview was slated for the day after next. To afford them ample preparation time, Phoebe dispatched the interview outline that very night. At that juncture, Ines, fresh from a shower, received Phoebe’s document
Ines opened it up and saw that Phoebe had listed 20 questions, touching on their lives, work, and most notably, a lot about Ethan’s love life. These questions were clearly for the ladies in the audience, they even asked about the number of abs he has, leaving Ines a bit speechless. Just as she finished browsing through, Phoebe called up: “Izzy, hurry up and check out the questions I sent you. The ones in bold might be a bit touchy, ask Ethan first if he’s cool with answering them. If not, loop back to me and we’ll tweak them.”
