Addiction to Temptation: His Mischievous Sweetheart Captivates Him-Chapter 157: My Husband Is No Saint

Although Natalie Vaughn was still mad at Zane Thorne because of what happened in the dressing room, she couldn’t understand why Zane had done it on purpose. Yet when Zane looked over, she still moved a few steps to the side. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Julian Sutton: ...

No need for that.

Natalie didn’t know, but Julian was well aware. After all, he had connections suppress the incident when the photo of him and Natalie went viral.

Now seeing Natalie’s man’s reaction, he understood that Zane must have also seen the photo and was getting jealous. Julian felt a bit of manly pride seeing this.

Tsk, Felix Langdon and Zane Thorne, they’re both jealous of him. How can he be so charming?

So, Julian Sutton, who had a reputation for being gentle and refined in showbiz, didn’t just listen attentively to Director Gable’s instructions but moved closer to Natalie Vaughn to rehearse lines with her.

Natalie Vaughn: ...

She suspected Julian was doing it on purpose. Quinn Langley was right there; he was the lead actor, so why approach her? What was he up to?

"What do you want?"

Julian’s eyes flickered as he pretended not to understand Natalie’s question.

"I’m still a bit unfamiliar with this part, wanted to go over it with you."

Saying this, he moved a few steps closer to Natalie.

Natalie: ...

She fell for Julian Sutton’s trick. Everyone in the industry knew of Actor Sutton’s prowess. Having been part of the crew for over two weeks, Natalie was well aware of Julian’s capability; his fans didn’t hype for nothing.

His unusual behavior made Natalie more cautious, especially when she was under the intense gaze of Zane Thorne.

Suddenly, Natalie had a flashback of when Felix Langdon was still in the crew and Julian’s behavior. At that time, she was busy watching Felix’s scenes and didn’t pay much attention to Julian’s oddities.

They usually kept their distance during rehearsals, and after filming, he acted like a stranger, but that one time he was very close with Quinn Langley.

Thinking about it, Natalie suddenly squinted her eyes, studying Julian. The internet praised him as a cool, gentle god, but she never thought he’d find pleasure in making people jealous.

Natalie smirked and stopped stepping back, suddenly leaning into Julian’s face. Actor Sutton, who was just at ease, showed a hint of panic in his eyes, subtly leaning back.

"Beauty Sutton, my husband isn’t exactly a good guy. If he gets jealous, he could trip up the one who made him jealous, regardless of right or wrong."

Julian’s eyes twinkled black as he asked in return.

"Wouldn’t it be you who suffers?"

Natalie’s eyebrows lifted, a mischievous smile played on her lips. She first glanced at the distant Zane Thorne, then casually explained to Julian.

"No matter what, I’m still his wife. You tell me who’d be worse off."

Julian: ...

"And does your fan base know about this..."

Natalie’s brows furrowed slightly, seemingly searching for the right words.

"Masochistic... hobby of yours?"

Julian: ...

"Tsk, how did the fun end so abruptly?"

Natalie just raised a fake smile. Internally, she snorted coldly. Laughable, Zane’s possessiveness was off the charts, playing games with Julian would inevitably bring some hardships for her.

But it was too late, no matter what, Zane was already sour and jealous due to their too-similar clothes.

After kindly warning Julian, Natalie quickly retreated a few steps, maintaining a distance of two to three meters as if Julian had a virus.

Julian also lost interest in this playful game. Zane Thorne, the sole heir of The Thorne Group and the head of the GN Group, was not someone you easily provoke, no matter the title. He wished to remain in the entertainment industry a few more years and didn’t want to return to the Sutton Family.

Director Gable soon wrapped up his instructions, readying for a shoot.

This scene centered on Natalie, whose character was now corrupt and evil, fighting against the righteous faction. She was a villain in the eyes of many forces, fighting alone against ten.

Ultimately, she kills everyone but is gravely wounded while battling Julian Sutton and Quinn Langley, the male and female lead.

In the scene, she is defeated by the two and seriously injured but rescued by her adopted brother.

This fight scene was quite complex; before filming began, Director Gable specifically checked on Natalie’s condition.

Even though many in the dressing room noticed the hickeys on her body and Natalie knew Director Gable didn’t mean anything by it, she couldn’t help but blush.

"Director Gable, don’t worry, I can do it."

She wanted to speed up progress and hopefully wrap up early to spend more time with Zane before he flew back.

Since that was the case, Director Gable only nodded but still gave some instructions to the action director.

Natalie always worked with utmost earnestness. When the staff outfitted her with the wire harness, despite the pain pressing on her waist, she didn’t utter a word.

However, Zane Thorne watched with a furrowed brow. He had never seen Natalie shoot a scene before and didn’t know what wirework involved.

Zoe Chandler, noticing Zane seemed clueless, offered an explanation.

"Nina’s role requires her to use wirework in over half of the scenes."

"It’s not just during shooting; before each shoot, she needs to repeatedly practice with the action director and stunt coordinator and coordinate with other actors."

"Including preparation time before filming, for this more than a month, Nina has been practicing daily, going through countless ointments for bruises."

"Yet she never complained once, and not only Director Gable, but the action director, and even her partners, the stunt coordinator and actors, praise Nina non-stop."

As Zoe narrated, she observed Zane’s expression changing from jealous dissatisfaction to tenderness, which allowed her to secretly breathe a sigh of relief for Natalie.

Plea bargaining, especially with a beauty like Natalie, was often effective. Particularly since Zane was already very fond of Natalie.

After listening to all this, images floated in Zane’s mind of when he removed the iris robe from Natalie, kissing her back and waist, faint traces of medicinal fragrance wafting.

Blame himself, passion had clouded his mind, preventing him from noticing the light marks on her body, mistaking the marks on her back and waist as his doing.

The man’s expression turned cold, even the creases in his frown bore a certain severity. If he recalled correctly, when Natalie started this shoot, she already strained her waist due to wirework, worsened by a woman’s meddling, causing a mild sprain.

So during the entire time of joining the crew, had she been enduring wirework this way?

This was the so-called ’just play around’ acting suggested by Felix Langdon? This wasn’t playing, this was clearly enduring hardship.

In Astra City, Felix Langdon, who had just returned to the office, unexpectedly sneezed. The chief assistant thoughtfully poured him a cup of hot water.

"President Langdon, with the weather cooling down, please be mindful of your health."

Rubbing his nose, Felix pondered.

"It’s nothing. What did The Thorne Group say about the new film base project in Sunderfall?"

"The call came through earlier, saying they’re waiting for Junior President Thorne to return for discussions."

Junior President Thorne was now another nickname for President Thorne within the circle, considering his father hadn’t fully stepped down from The Thorne Group.

Knowing the relationship between Felix and Zane Thorne, the chief assistant added.

"With Junior President Thorne, I assume things will progress more smoothly."

Just this comment sparked an epiphany in Felix.

The GN Group was busy as ever; Zane wouldn’t take on such a small project. Pondering, Felix sneezed again.

A certain anxiety surfaced in his heart.

Why did he feel this negotiation with Zane might end up costing him a lot?