Chapter 41 - What Was The Name Of His Group?

In the Philippines, Ann had just finished the last taping for a movie that she was currently working on. The director shouted, "Cut! It's a wrap!" before he went towards her to congratulate her on finishing perfectly.

While everyone was congratulating Ann, her assistant came over and was handing her cellphone to her. When she looked at the screen to check who was calling, a smile crept on her lips. Then, she excused herself to find a less noisy and secluded place before answering the facetime call.

"Hi, sweetheart! How are you? I've missed you so much! How I wish you were here right now. I just finished shooting, and I will see you very soon." She was rambling on and on, not giving Ava a chance to speak. Suddenly she realized that Ava seemed to be inside the bathroom, and when she looked closer at her phone, she noticed that she had tears in her eyes.

"Is something wrong, sweetheart? You can talk to me," Ann said sweetly.

"Mommy!!! It's so embarrassing! I can't believe this happened to me. What am I going to do? I have no face to show anymore... I want to die!!!" Cried Ava loudly while wiping snots and tears away from her face at the same time.

Seeing this made Ann worry. But she was too far away to comfort her daughter. So the only thing she could do was to try to make her stop crying so Ava could tell her what happened.

"Ava, sweetheart... Why don't you tell mommy what happened? Then we'll see what your daddy and I could do to make you feel better. Come... Why don't you stop crying for a moment and tell me? Alright?" She was trying her best to coax her to stop crying before her eyes began to get swollen.

After hearing what her mother said, Ava tried her best and slowly stopped crying and wiped her tears. When Ann saw that she was already trying to stop crying, she coaxed her to take deep breaths. "Alright, now breathe, slowly inhale... then exhale... continue doing it. There you go; you are doing great. Breathe..."

Ava followed her mother's instructions and breathed slowly, in and out. Once she felt that she was calm enough, she then began telling Ann what had happened.

"Hahaha! Hahaha! Oh, I'm sorry! Sweetheart, I'm not laughing at you. It's just... It's too funny the way you were telling me how it happened." Ann was feeling bad that she had laughed out loud. But what Ava had told her was too hilarious.

"Anyway, don't be embarrassed. It was not your fault that it happened. Also, it's not like you knew that you would have company." After Ann said the word company, her brows almost collided with each other, and her eyes widened.

"Wait a minute, why do you have COMPANY in your villa?! Who permitted them to come to your place? I don't care who they are; what I want to know is who authorized this?" Ann was uncontrollably upset that there were boys inside their villa at this hour. She needed to get to the bottom of this; if she had to fly there right now, she would, and she would make sure to fire those bodyguards that were taking care of them.

"Mom!!! Calm down; it's really no big deal. The headmistress and the faculty approve it. We were tasked as the ambassadors of the Royal Academy, and this is part of that. So we need to entertain them." Ava suddenly turned a full 90 degrees in terms of her attitude. She knew how her mother was; if she set her mind on something, you'll never know what she would do next.

"Hmmm, I will need to have a word with the headmistress and the faculty when I get there. Nevertheless, don't worry about what happened and just face them. Just act normal, be your charming self, and you have nothing to worry about. Show them the most beautiful smile. I'm sure they will be so charmed by you that they will forget everything that happened." Ann proudly told Ava while touching the bridge of her nose as if she was starting to have a headache.

Ava saw this and decided to cut short the conversation. She put on a sweet smile on her face before she spoke. "Mommy, I need to go back out there now, thank you! I feel much better, and I will do as you told me. I will put on my sweetest smile and act like it never happened. I love you! Bye!" She then swiftly slid her finger to end the facetime call.

Ann didn't get the chance to say anything when she saw the screen suddenly turn black.

She was still shaking her head when her assistant found her. She was waiting for her with all her belongings ready to go.

"Tell everyone that I will not be joining them for the after-party. I have an emergency, and we need to go." She ordered her assistant as she prepared to leave.

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As soon as Ann arrived home, she went straight to Jeff's study to see if he was there. He was inside, but she found him speaking on the phone with god knows who. She didn't want to disturb him, so she went in and immediately gave him a peck on his cheek before quickly leaving to go up to their room to change her clothes.

After changing her clothes, she checked on Arria if she was doing her homework. But, instead, she found her sitting in front of the TV watching some kind of concert. She was so engrossed with the show that she didn't even notice her mother was standing right behind her with a scowl on her face.

Just as Ann was going to say something, the idol group started singing, and she stopped.

She stood there and watched with Arria. She was mesmerized by how good the group was, and the lead singer with his blond hair was such a beautiful boy. Then after carefully looking, she realized that the boy resembled someone she knew, then it hit her... "Tanaga!" She mumbles quietly.

She needed to make sure, and the only way to find out was for her to call Ashely. So she quickly took out her cellphone to make a facetime call to Ashley. After a couple of buzzes, Ashley picked up.

Ann didn't hesitate and went straight to the point. "Hey, sister! Didn't you tell me that your son went on to train to become an idol? What was the name of his group?"

Ashley wondered why Ann would ask but didn't show it. Instead, she happily replied....