Too Late to Ask Too Late to Love (Julian and Eleanor) novel Chapter 13

“Eleanor, are you sure you won’t stay with me tonight?”

Sarah held onto Eleanor’s hand, unwilling to let go. She had already asked her to stay several times.

She didn’t want to leave either, but tonight’s banquet was too important.

After all, it was her first public appearance since returning to the country. Although it was a jewelry–themed dinner, at its core, it was an investors‘ banquet for The Dawn is Coming.

All the key people had to be there, and the organizers had invited her multiple times.

Since she had already agreed, there was no reason not to go.

She was supposed to go back to her hotel hours ago to rest and prepare for the evening’s banquet, but she couldn’t resist Sarah’s enthusiasm, who kept pulling her into endless conversation. She ended up staying until dusk.

Sarah knew how important it was, so she didn’t insist anymore.

After saying goodbye to Sarah, Eleanor returned to her hotel. Someone had already brought her gown over.

After changing into the gown, Eleanor quickly touched up her makeup and headed to the event hotel.

The Starlight Hotel had been swarmed by reporters since early on.

Although it was supposedly a private dinner hosted by major jewelry collectors, A–list celebrities and various socialites were also in attendance.

Even some figures who were usually impossible to invite showed up.

Besides snapping red carpet photos of the stars, the paparazzi were also lying in wait for Julian, who hadn’t appeared in public for a long time.

Especially since the genius director was preparing for his next award–winning film. The hype was all over the internet; now, even the official announcement of a cast member could make the trending topics list for two days.

So, some people speculated that any actor or celebrity invited to the banquet tonight had a chance of being cast in The Dawn is Coming.

The paparazzi were even live–streaming from the hotel entrance, speculating on who was powerful enough to attend the banquet.

It reached a point where basically every person who got out of a car would end up on the trending topics list.

Sophia gracefully stepped out of a luxury van and walked the red carpet to sign in.

The reporters all aimed their cameras at her.

Since their engagement five years ago, although no further news about Sophia and Julian had come out, many still speculated that the two were secretly married.

Especially since high–definition photos of Sophia entering Julian’s villa had been leaked that afternoon.

“Don’t tell me Sophia is actually secretly married to Mr. Blackwood?”

“How could it be fake? Didn’t you see the photo of her getting in with the fingerprint lock?”

“Then how come this is the only thing that’s come out in all these years? And if they’re secretly married… why are they still living separately?”

“Those two are so busy. Since Mr. Blackwood retired from acting, he spent over a year just preparing to film ‘The Dawn is Coming‘. And Sophia is always filming all over the country, even if none of her projects make a splash…”

Another car pulled up, and the reporters stopped gossiping. The live–commenting screen overlay on their phones shifted from discussing Sophia and Julian’s scandal to Sophia’s poor career performance, and then immediately to who might be in this car.

The car door didn’t open for a long time, maxing out the anticipation of everyone watching online.

A moment later, the car door opened.

A delicate face, dazzlingly pale, was almost blinding under the flash of the cameras.

“This… this is…”

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