The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 1541: Chapter 1541: He’s Quite Intimidated by Nathalie Quinlan

”In the beginning, I didn’t want to agree. The entertainment circle is chaotic, and what if he tricks me? If he bribes the staff through me and goes off to take photos of Audrick Zachmann’s private life, what then? It’s not like such things haven’t happened in the industry before—paparazzi bribing the star’s staff to photograph them changing clothes privately.”

Nathalie Quinlan raised an eyebrow at him, her voice hoarse: ”Go on.”

Trode Freeman seemed encouraged, then he mustered the courage to continue: ”After two days, he contacted me again, saying we don’t need to approach people like the assistant beside my cousin. He had someone in mind... It wasn’t long before he sent me the information. I found out it was just a staff member responsible for miscellaneous things around my cousin, not someone like a lifestyle assistant.”

”I hesitated then, feeling something was off. I even asked him, ’Since you’ve found someone, why not contact them yourself instead of involving me?’”

”He told me, ’You’re a relative of the Zachmann Family. If that staff is discovered later, Audrick Zachmann wouldn’t really do anything to you. He’d at most scold you a few times. But if they contact the staff directly and get found out, it would be troublesome to handle, so they turned to me instead.’”

Trode Freeman now regrets everything, he’s quite sorry for being so deceived. He looked at Nathalie Quinlan again and continued speaking.

”...At that time, I didn’t think much of it. Plus, they were generous and transferred 500,000 to my account immediately, telling me the remaining 200,000 was my fee for the effort. I... I couldn’t resist the temptation.”

Bernard Ingram often talked to him about the relationship between Room One and Room Two within the Zachmann Family.

He knew Nathalie Quinlan had the closest relationship with Audrick Zachmann.

So when Nathalie Quinlan showed up in the KTV room, he knew she was definitely there for him, and that it was about Audrick Zachmann’s hospitalization.

”Cousin, cousin.” Trode Freeman was quite afraid of this cousin he’d never met; he always felt that Nathalie Quinlan was different from Caryn Zachmann.

Caryn Zachmann liked to do things covertly.

Nathalie Quinlan was the type... who could tolerate others, but if she was really provoked, she wouldn’t bother to play tricks.”

His grandmother definitely didn’t hold much weight in Nathalie Quinlan’s eyes, and Trode Freeman himself feared trouble.

He was scared enough this time, his expression close to tears: ”I really didn’t know they bribed that staff to sever the rope holding Audrick’s influence until I saw the tweet about my cousin being arrogant and skipping work on the hot search. Then I realized something was wrong and called my dad... Only half an hour ago did I learn my cousin was hospitalized.”

Bernard Ingram relied on being a family relation to cling to the Zachmann Family’s lifestyle. Such a big matter as Audrick Zachmann’s hospitalization, she mostly would go once herself.

At most, bring along her son.

As for her grandson’s generation, the connection with the Zachmann family is even more distant.

She really wanted to let Trode Freeman show up more in front of Leonardy Zachmann and Mr. Zachmann, but it’s a pity Audrick Zachmann’s hospitalization wasn’t a happy occasion, so she couldn’t very well bring the whole family to visit the hospital.

Trode Freeman explained the causes and consequences to himself, took out his phone, and wanted to transfer the money back to Nathalie Quinlan: ”...I only spent a small portion of the 200,000. The remaining 195,000, I’ve never touched. I’ll return the money to you.”

The girl had her eyes half-closed while listening, her aura quite restrained. Her white fingers tapped the sofa casually, making her seem rather indifferent.

It was only after Trode Freeman finished speaking that she lifted her eyelid to look over: ”Do you still have that person’s contact details?”