Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen

Chapter 144

Eileen’s grandpa, Mr. Robin Howard, was a big shot in the medical field with countless students under his belt.

Yet in his entire life, he only took on three students.

The oldest and the first to become his disciple was Malloy Carl.

Nowadays, he’s a big wig, loaded with honors from various associations and hospitals, and holds a super high social status.

Eileen hadn’t been in touch with Malloy for a while.

The last time she saw him was the year after her grandpa passed away.

That year, she ran into her grandpa’s three students when she was visiting his grave on the anniversary of her grandparents’ death.

Just then, from the other end of the phone, Malloy’s surprised voice rang out, “Eileen? Is that really you? Why the sudden call? Are you in town? Where are you? I’ll send someone to pick you up.”

Listening to Malloy’s nonstop chatter, Eileen couldn’t help but chuckle, saying, “Malloy, the grandma of a friend of mine is sick, and I was hoping you could take a look.”

Then, Eileen explained the situation and handed the phone over to Chad Lopez so he could fill Malloy in.

After a while, Chad handed the phone back to Eileen.

He said with a complex expression, “Mr. Carl wants to speak to you.”

Eileen took over the phone.

From the other end, Malloy asked, “Eileen, which med school are you in now? Can you take some time off? I could go see your friend’s grandma. If you’re free, you could tag along.”.

Eileen said a little awkwardly, “Malloy, I didn’t study medicine.”

There was silence on the other end. Malloy was flabbergasted.

After a while, he finally said, “You didn’t study medicine? How is that possible? Your talent… Did you study science then? Like your grandma? Are you planning to become a programmer or a scientist?”

Eileen bit her lip, “I didn’t study science either.”

This time, Malloy was silent for even longer, “Did you follow your dad and go to military school? Eileen, girls being military can get hurt easily…”

“Malloy…”

Eileen cut off Malloy, saying somewhat gloomily, “I became an actress.”

Malloy thought he had heard wrong.

It took him a moment to respond, “What?”

Eileen said quietly, “Malloy, do you watch TV shows? I’ve been in a show that’s been airing online. It’s been viewed over a billion times.””

Fifty-something, devoted to medical research, spending all day in a lab, clueless about TV, movies, variety shows, and tech stuff like the internet, computers, and smartphones, Malloy was speechless.

Finally, amidst Malloy’s continuous sighs, Eileen hurriedly hung up.

After ending the call, she told Chad, “He said he could take a look at your mom’s situation.”

Chad nodded, looking deeply at Eileen, “Thank you so much for today”

Eileen laughed softly, “It’s no problem.”

Suddenly, Chad said, “But it would be great if you could come along to see my mom.”

Eileen was taken aback, then smiled, comforting him, “Don’t worry, Mr. Carl’s medical skills are top- notch. With him in the picture, there’s nothing to worry about.”

Eileen and Chad didn’t say much else, and then she went back to work.

Around noon, Eileen received a call from Egbert.

Egbert said he was waiting for her downstairs.

Eileen quickly dragged Galen downstairs.

Galen, being older and slower, complained while being dragged along by Eileen, “You’re acting like you haven’t eaten in ages!”

Eileen didn’t argue, just kept walking quickly.

At the entrance to the TV station.

Eileen spotted Egbert in the passenger seat of the car right away.

She walked over excitedly, only to see another familiar face in the driver’s seat.

It was Egbert’s agent, Gilbert.

Eileen had met Gilbert a long time ago, so she recognized him.

She waved at Gilbert with a smile.

But Gilbert didn’t react, just gave Eileen a cold glance.

Just then, Galen also came over.

They both got into the car and sat in the backseat.

Gilbert was the driver.

Upon seeing Galen, he wasn’t as standoffish as he was with Eileen.

While he drove following the route to the BBQ place on the GPS, he occasionally chatted with Galen.

Galen and Gilbert knew each other, and they mostly talked about industry stuff.

After a while, Gilbert changed the subject, “I heard that in ‘Eyes on the Rendezvous’, Ms. Lopez and Egbert play a married couple.”

Eileen was looking at the scenery outside, but when she heard this, she turned her attention to the front, saying, “Yeah.”

Gilbert snorted, “Egbert didn’t cause you any trouble, did he?”

Galen felt something was off with Gilbert’s tone and was about to clarify.

But then Eileen said, “He did cause some trouble, but it’s okay, I’m not the type to nitpick.”

Both Gilbert and Galen were speechless.

Through the rear-view mirror, Egbert glanced at Eileen in the backseat.

Gilbert choked a bit, then said, “Really? What kind of trouble? I should teach him a lesson.”

Eileen looked at Gilbert curiously, “Teach him what? Do you know anything about acting? He’s a movie star, are you? How come I’ve never seen you on TV, do you

work for the underworld TV station?”

Only then did Gilbert fully understand why everyone said not to mess with Eileen.

Her words were indeed sharp.

Gilbert wanted to say something else.

But then Egbert suddenly said, “Don’t think she won’t hit you just because you’re driving. If she decides to hit you, I won’t stop her.” This belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

In the end, Gilbert didn’t say anything.

They arrived at the barbecue restaurant.

The seats had been reserved in advance.

Seeing that half of the seats didn’t have any hot sauce, Eileen asked, “Who can’t handle spice?”

Egbert and Galen stayed quiet.

So Eileen turned to Gilbert. “Mr. Gilbert, can’t you handle spicy food?”

Gilbert paused a bit, then said, “I’m not feeling it.”

Eileen responded, “You’re such a weakling.”

Gilbert didn’t know what to say.

Alright, he got it now. He had genuinely pissed this woman off.

Gilbert was somewhat peeved at Eileen.

Egbert had never been this close to a female artist before, and as his manager, Gilbert was always protective of him. He was always wary of any woman who gets too close to Egbert.

Especially since Eileen had a bit of a bad rep, which was something Gilbert couldn’t stand.

Midway through the meal, Gilbert suddenly raised a glass to Eileen. “Ms. Lopez, this drink is on me.”

Eileen responded coldly, “You’re toasting me by drinking? What do I owe you?”

Gilbert took a deep breath. “I was rude earlier. I shouldn’t have lost my cool at you. I apologize. We’ve got some history together, so how about we bury the hatchet

over this drink?”

Eileen glanced at him. “History? Do I know you?”

Gilbert curbed his irritation. “Remember that time you ran out of a room brandishing a bloody knife, heading straight for Egbert? It was me who got a doctor for you!”

Eileen was taken aback, and suddenly turned to look at him.

Seeing Eileen’s surprised expression, Gilbert continued. “You don’t remember? That time near Cinema City hotel, you were drugged, came out with a knife, asked Egbert to call an ambulance for you, and then Egbert carried you back to your room. I was the one who found the doctor, and we were the ones who took you to the hospital. The medical expenses were covered by Egbert….”