Chapter 90 Gold digger


    “Renee, I thought you didn’t know me. Why then are you so concerned about what I do with my money?”Marcelo asked teasingly.


    He hadn’t forgotten how Renee had pretended not to know him when he showed up on the filming site. Now he‘ was taking revenge on her.


    Renee was utterly speechless.


    The reason she had pretended not to know him was because she didn’t know whether or not he would be okay with the crew members being aware of their rtionship.


    The other reason was also that she wanted to avoid any awkward situation. If the crew members found out that she and the sponsor knew each other well, they would start gossiping about her. She knew very well how difficult it would be for her to endure such a situation.


    Renee was helpless. Not only did Marcelo ask her to wheel him to his hotel room in front of the entire crew<b>, </b>but he equally messed up her n.


    “Well…Rich men like you always have many women at that beck and call.If I let everyone know I knew you, what do you think they would think of me.They would think I’m a gold digger or an escort.“Renee asked calmly. She thought what she said made sense. Upon hearing what she said, Marcelo face suddenly turned cold.


    “Do you want me to starting taking escorts?” he asked crossly.


    Renee knew Marcelo wasn’t serious when he said that. However, she couldn’t help but reflect on his words.


    She wanted to say something but hesitated. Was he going to make a snide remark about her overthinking and her being meddlesome?


    Renee wanted to tell him that he was free to spend his money however he wanted and do whatever he wanted with his body. After all, it was none of her business.


    However, she just couldn’t say those words.


    She actually cared.


    She cared about how he spent his money and most importantly, what he did with his body.


    Ever since they got married, Marcelo had been showing her respect and care at all times.


    He defended her in front of the Hudson’s family and did not hesitate to reject Alyssa’s advances. He even organized her birthday and brought her a warm fur coat.


    As far as Marcelo was concerned, his wife had to want for nothing.


    Renee was truly happy to be his wife, and she felt safe by his side.


    So under no circumstances did she want to share her incredible husband with other women.


    Seeing that Renee didn’t say anything, his face became even colder. “Mrs. King, that’s so kind <b>of </b>you “he said tly.


    The atmosphere in the room at the moment was so cold that Renee shivered slightly.


    Without saying anything, she stood up and inserted the key card into the card slot.


    There was a beep. Then all the lights in the room as well as the central an conditioner turned on automatically.


    Renee turned around and stared at Marcelo. His face was cold. She couldn’t understand why things suddenly turned out like this.


    Thinking that Marcelo probably didn’t want to see her right now, she <b>felt </b>sad. She bit her lower lip and said bitterly, “I think I should go now.”


    With that, she walked over to the door of the presidential suite and opened it. The next second, she walked out of the suite and closed the door behind her.


    Once Renee left, the presidential suite was plunged into almost total silence. Only the faint noise of the air conditioner and Marcelo’s breathing could be heard in the room.


    His breathing was heavy, as if he was holding back emotions within him.


    After a while, he sneered.


    She left just like that!


    She left without even saying a word.


    She could have said something that would clear up the misunderstanding.


    But she didn’t.


    Apparently, he was a fool to have traveled for hours just toe see her.


    The crew had to entertain the sponsor tonight. So, they finished the shooting early today so that everyone had time to rest. 1


    Important members of the production team as well as several lead actors and actresses were invited to the banquet.


    After her argument with Marcelo earlier today, Renee desperately tried to find for an excuse not to attend the banquet. However, Joseph didn’t want to hear anything. He took her there personally, arguing that it was still work.


    The banquet hall was quiterge and in its center stood a big round table with 24 seats.


    As soon as Renee entered the banquet hall, her gaze fell on Marcelo who was sitting at the head of the table.


    Everyone around the table was talking to Marcelo excitedly. However, he was extremely cold to them all. In fact, the expression on his face was even worse than when he had just arrived in the afternoon.


    “Renee, hurry up!” Joseph shouted, gesturing for her to take her seat.


    The only seat left was an empty one next to Marcelo.


    Dozens of pairs of eyes suddenly focused on Renee, who had to gather all her courage to walk towards the seat. 1


    She didn’t fail to notice that Marcelo didn’t look at her once which made her a little ufortab


    “You’re sote. To apologize, you must make a toast to Mr. King.” As he spoke, Joseph stood up and poured Renee a ss of wine.


    “I’m sorry, Mr. Ramos, I don’t drink, “Renee said with a look of disgust on her face.


    Not only did she dislike alcohol, but she hated being forced to drink ever more, especially by a man of crooked thoughts like Joseph.


    “Cut the crap! If you don’t drink alcohol, I would have known it. Hurry up and take this ss. Don’t forget I’m the director. You have to listen to me.” Now that Joseph had swapped his director’s te for cutlery for this dinner, the nice attitude he had when directing TV shows hadpletely disappeared. He now looked like a business mogul who loved to use his power to threaten others.


    Renee subconsciously nced at Marcelo.


    Leaningzily against the back of the chair, Marcelo looked at her quietly. He didn’t say a word and seemed to be looking forward to a good show.


    His indifferent attitude at this hour reminded Renee of the time when they had just gotten married. Back then,he quite often put her in ufortable positions, teasing her and waiting for her response like that.


    She felt a little upset and aggrieved.


    She looked away and stared at the ss in Joseph’s hands.


    Joseph and Renee stared at each other for a few seconds, and neither of them seemed willing to give in. The atmosphere gradually became awkward.


    “Mr. King, let me propose a toast to you!” Nora said atst, raising her ss. She was so graceful and charming.


    Joseph immediately withdrew his gaze from Renee and introduced Nora to Marcelo. “Mr. King, this is our leading actress, Miss Nora Stewart. She won the Best Actress awardst year.”


    Marcelo said nothing and still lookedpletely unmoved. His face was cold and his gaze was indifferent as he looked at Nora.


    He said nothing and didn’t even raise his ss.


    Nora had spent enough years in the entertainment circle and was ustomed to the capricious behavior of these bigwigs of the industry. She just smiled awkwardly and said, “It seems that Mr. King only wants Miss Hudson to raise a toast. Well, I will finish my ss of wine on my own.” After saying that, Nora brought her ss of wine to her lips and emptied it in one go.


    Catherine, who had been silent the whole time, subconsciously thought that it was her that Nora was talking about when she heard the word ‘Miss Hudson‘. However, when she saw Renee, she suddenly realized that Nora was referring to Renee.


    Catherine could see that everyone at this table was trying to curry favor with Marcelo. Seeing that, she realized that it might be a huge mistake on her part to give up the opportunity of marrying Marcelo back then.


    Not only was Marcelo handsome, but he also exuded a powerful and domineering aura wherever he went.


    Plus he was way richer,powerful and influential than Andrew.