Chapter 137 - Sweet Sixteen (1)

In a blink of an eye, six years passed quickly. Orita had gotten used to not having Wilmer around as often but when her children started to grow up and become busier, the lady of the house decided to return to America to the main Wilde mansion where she had a higher chance of at least bumping into her children while they were travelling for work.

Joyville was sad without Danny around and things just weren't the same anymore after that year. Elfie left the Special Class and the Special Class never did have another meeting like the one they did at the barbecue with the E.C. Class. The new replacements teachers for the Special Class were boring enough that even Alex decided to skip class. The three Wilde children spent their years self-studying in the library and graduated high school ahead of time. At the tender age of fourteen and fifteen, all three children had their diplomas and started focussing more on their chosen paths in life.

Now at sixteen, all three children were experiencing the peak of their success.

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"Ms Wilde! Can you spare five minutes for an interview? Ms Wilde!" a bespectacled reporter asked and hurried after a beautiful blonde androgynous beauty. For Alex Wilde, this has become a common occurrence.

The successful teenage model and actress smiled at the crowd and waved at them as she got into the car waiting for her. Her manager was no other than Claire who glared at the reporters before getting into the car after the Wilde princess.

Six years passed by too quickly. For Alex who wanted to become an artist, it shocked everyone when she put down her paintbrushes to focus on studying for the national exams. Alex was twelve when she made the decision to accelerate her studies and graduate early. At the same time, she started asking Orita for more modelling and acting jobs. Orita did what she could and pulled many strings for Alex to get a strong head start in the showbiz. Thankfully, the girl matured quickly and was sensible. She ended up excelling two years into the industry and had her first big break as a child actress with a hit film as the main star.

Orita still remembered the day Alex came back with Claire from the casting auditions to tell her mother the great news. Alex had been taking on small roles as supporting characters for small films while going for acting classes to help better her skills for only six months. She only started her journey as a novice actress after a long year so the news was rather unexpected. The movie director wasn't someone Orita knew personally but he saw Alex's talent and wanted to give her a chance. The heiress was ecstatic about the news and everyone celebrated it the same way they celebrated her small commercial shoots. While nothing much has changed within the Wilde household, the world had started looking at Alex differently just like how the Wilde princess wanted. Modelling jobs came flooding through the mailbox and Alex had to enlist the help of someone capable to act as her manager. Claire volunteered for the role after Scarlet's continuous persuasion. The main reason why the head maid was recommended for the role of Alex's manager was because of the increasing amounts of harassment cases. With the fame that Alex earned from her achievements, there were many people who hated her success or envied her. These people often resorted to underhand methods to harm the girl so to give everyone a peace of mind, Claire volunteered to be Alex's manager and full-time bodyguard.

"What's next?" Alex asked and sighed once the car had driven far enough. It was only three in the afternoon but Alex was already exhausted. She was currently in Paris for a fashion week showcase. The Wilde princess had just ended her fitting session with the designer and tried on the outfits before the practice runs tomorrow. However, her day was far from over.

Claire looked at her phone and ticked off one more agenda from the list. Alex was tired and Claire was glad that she worked as a maid previously. With her years of experience, Claire was now adept at making some snacks and seeing to Alex's needs now that there weren't other servants around to help. She passed the model-actress a sandwich prepared that morning. Knowing that Alex was on a strict diet, she made something filling but low in calories.

"Eat this and then take a nap, I'll wake you up once we arrive at the next venue. You'll be having a talk show event next and then a gala later in the evening."

Alex groaned and accepted the sandwich. Of all the things she did, Alex absolutely didn't like gala dinners. They were full of reporters, cameras and creepy folks. On the bright side, tonight's gala dinner wouldn't be that bad.

"Will we be meeting Scarlet to get our hair and make-up done together?" Alex cheered at the thought of seeing her sister after a few long months.

Claire smiled. "Yes. Mr Le Beau has reserved his parlour for the both of you tonight so you can feel more at ease later. I heard that Scarlet's flight would touch down at about five so she should arrive at the parlour before you."

Alex ate happily and took a nap while Claire busied away, replying emails and checking Alex's schedules. Thinking about it, it would be two years now that Britannia had disbanded. The band had done really well but because all three children didn't treat the band as their priority, they decided to disband after their one year's worth of fame. Unlike Jasper who was determined to become a young start-up and Alex who wanted to enter the showbiz as a model-actress, Scarlet didn't give up what she'd built for herself. 

The young writer continued writing her books and updating her blog even though it was at a slower pace. At the same time, Scarlet continued her music career as a soloist with Lin Lin's help. She debuted under the name Pirate S. as a singer who is a singer-songwriter who worked in a duo team with the composer LL who never showed her face. Naturally, the Wilde's knew who LL was but they helped to keep their secret and supported the girls however they could. Wilmer often gave concert tickets to his clients to support Scarlet and Orita never failed to attend every live concert that was held.

Under Jupiter Records' management, Scarlet was eventually introduced to modelling as a side job. As her fame grew she became product ambassadors and that led Scarlet to become scouted as an actress in the East. She decided to go with her original Chinese name for her acting career in the East - Liu Xiu Wen and has been enjoying the duality that she lived. In the day she was a huge showbiz figure both in the East and the West. At night, she was a popular writer as well as the owner of the Human Observation Journal. While all three children were overworking themselves, Claire thought that Scarlet might have too much on her plate when compared to Alex and Jasper. Orita and Jenna had tried multiple times to convince Scarlet to drop something before she collapsed from fatigue but the young writer seemed to be enjoying herself too much to drop anything.

While the two girls were building their success and increasing their fame in the entertainment world, Jasper's game development project took off much later. It was only last year that his very first game prototype was created and released to the market in the alpha stage. Of course, Wilmer backed the boy up. Jasper traded using an account Wilmer set up for him and grew the capital handsomely enough to fund for his own research projects and hire professionals for his team. The boy took the longest time to get all the resources and people on board before his project finally took off. Needless to say, after Jasper pitched that idea to several big firms he managed to clinch the sales required and signed a partnership with some of them with the Wilde Empire backing his start-up's major shares.

Till date, Jasper's net worth as the founder of Kiwi Cat Studio Corp. was worth way more than Scarlet or Alex. The company's estimated net worth was $100 million when it was first registered on the stock markets but since then, it has skyrocketed. Despite being very rich at such a young age, Jasper never changed much. He still had bangs covering his eyes and lived a very simple life with the exception of not going to school now that he has officially graduated for a while. He rented an office and employed some of the E.C. Class members as part-timers to help him out on top of the professionals employed in his small team. Elfie eventually left the game development project when Jasper's official team was stable enough to progress on its own. Scarlet and Alex also decided to leave that gaming development to Jasper while they focused on their individual career choices.

Claire texted in the 3G Fan Club group to update everyone about Alex's progress. Scarlet had Tina to help her out as an assistant while she wasn't really Scarlet's manager, unlike Claire. Sue volunteered to care for Jasper and moved to America with the boy when his company got registered on the stock market. The two servants updated the group chat almost as often as Claire did just so that Orita and Jenna wouldn't fret. Wilmer appreciated the constant updates about his children and while it made him proud as a father, he felt like a failure as a man. In these six years, not once had he been home even though he called his family often enough to hear them. The problem with Anastasia still was far from being resolved and his heart ached.

Six years ago, Scarlet asked him if he could grant her one wish if she studied hard and became very successful. Of all three children, he would say that Scarlet has indeed become very accomplished. Sometimes, even more so than Alex or Jasper with how many fields she dabbled in. Scarlet owned shares in Wilmer's company as well as Jasper's company. She even launched her own fashion brand with Alex despite her busy schedule but that's not something many people knew about. If she asked for a wish right now, Wilmer knew he couldn't deny her. However, the fact that he hadn't been able to resolve the issue with Anastasia even after six years with Danny's help made Wilmer feel rather hopeless. Not only was he unable to return to see his wife for their silver anniversary, but he also wasn't even able to see his daughters for their sweet sixteen.

As he read the group chat without replying, Wilmer thought how much of a failure he was as a man.